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Illinois (Democrat) Lawmaker Convicted of Fraud
AP ^ | 11/30/05

Posted on 11/30/2005 9:22:19 AM PST by nypokerface

CHICAGO - A state lawmaker who didn't live in the district she represents was found guilty of using fake addresses on re-election paperwork and voter registration cards, and must resign.

Rep. Patricia Bailey was found guilty Tuesday of election fraud and perjury after a one-day trial.

"You never had a heat, electric, a telephone, a cable bill," Cook County Judge Diane Gordon-Cannon told the Chicago Democrat. "You never lived for 30 minutes inside your district."

Bailey, 52, first elected in 2002, faces up to five years in prison when sentenced Dec. 21. She wouldn't comment as she left the courtroom.

State law requires her to give up her 6th District House seat on Chicago's South Side, but prosecutors were working to determine whether she had to do so immediately or could wait until she was sentenced.

Bailey also will have to leave her job as a Cook County probation officer. She will be ineligible to hold a government job for five years after her sentence is completed.

Bailey testified that she had been a victim of identity theft and repeated miscommunication about her residence, saying she had intended to move to an address she provided to the state when she filed for re-election.

Robert Sawicki, an assistant executive director of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, outlined six voter registration documents with various addresses Bailey had filed — some just a few days apart — since she first registered to vote in 1995.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan called Bailey's actions "a serious breach of the public trust" and said those who "voted for or considered voting for Ms. Bailey believed that she lived in the 6th District. The fact that she did not is unethical and illegal."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: black; corruptdems
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1 posted on 11/30/2005 9:22:20 AM PST by nypokerface
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To: nypokerface

Good Lord - she was a state rep and a PO? God, she hasn't got any shame, has she?

Next!


2 posted on 11/30/2005 9:25:50 AM PST by RexBeach ("The rest of the world is three drinks behind." -Humphrey Bogart)
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To: nypokerface

Just part of the Democrat Culture of Corruption®

3 posted on 11/30/2005 9:27:10 AM PST by martin_fierro (Not a good week for Glitter and Flair)
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To: nypokerface

Hey Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), please comment on this little piece of work.


4 posted on 11/30/2005 9:28:58 AM PST by PetroniDE (We Don't Live in Texas Anymore --- State Name is Now TAXES !!)
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To: nypokerface

Paging Nancy Pelosi. Please pick up the courtesy phone.


5 posted on 11/30/2005 9:29:43 AM PST by beltfed308 (Cloth or link. Happiness is a perfect trunnion.)
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To: martin_fierro

Is that a bad picture or does she have a 5 o'clock shadow?


6 posted on 11/30/2005 9:30:52 AM PST by Sarajevo
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To: nypokerface

At least she was alive... not always the case in Chicago voting.


7 posted on 11/30/2005 9:30:55 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: martin_fierro

Another African American who believes they can live by another set of rules it seems... Although it is doubtful, I hope she gets the maximum sentence!


8 posted on 11/30/2005 9:32:02 AM PST by sit-rep (If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
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To: nypokerface

Maybe she can convert to Islam in prison and change that horribly Caucasian-sounding name to something more befitting her.


9 posted on 11/30/2005 9:32:23 AM PST by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: martin_fierro

Well, they have fake voters. They've established they can elect dead people to office. They have dead people on thier voter rolls. They can ignore election laws to replace the incumbent on the ballot when they are down too far in the polls. Why is it such a stretch to have a fake representative?


10 posted on 11/30/2005 9:32:43 AM PST by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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To: nypokerface

Isn't the headline a little redundant?

Democrat AND fraud.


11 posted on 11/30/2005 9:33:45 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Vigilanteman

Fake Representative?

There have been cases where I would rather have had NO representative that the one I ended up with.


12 posted on 11/30/2005 9:34:19 AM PST by PetroniDE (We Don't Live in Texas Anymore --- State Name is Now TAXES !!)
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To: nypokerface

Personally, I don't think a lawmaker should have to live in the district. It's too easy to gerrymander a person out of their district.


13 posted on 11/30/2005 9:35:37 AM PST by AmishDude (Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
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To: martin_fierro
"Bailey testified that she had been a victim of identity theft and repeated miscommunication about her residence, saying she had intended to move to an address she provided to the state when she filed for re-election."

What's sad about this statement is that this lib doesn't even consider it another bold-faced lie...
She's lied so often to push her personal agenda that she doesn't recognize a lie even when she tells one...
14 posted on 11/30/2005 9:36:41 AM PST by yer gonna put yer eye out (Will quip for food...)
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To: nypokerface
State law requires her to give up her 6th District House seat on Chicago's South Side, but prosecutors were working to determine whether she had to do so immediately or could wait until she was sentenced.

Typical Chicago. The beyotch was FOUND GUILTY. Are they going to argue that if she gets only probation, she can still serve, since she isn't in jail?

Stuff like this just buries the needle on the Demo-corruption meter.

15 posted on 11/30/2005 9:43:56 AM PST by ssaftler
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To: nypokerface
A new home for the defrauder?


16 posted on 11/30/2005 9:45:55 AM PST by syriacus ('Tis strange that I turned out to be -- the Con in a Lib family tree.)
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To: PetroniDE
Where is Jesse Jackson? I am sure there is something racial about this.......
17 posted on 11/30/2005 9:46:12 AM PST by martinidon (Bush won sKerry lost and Soro's is out millions for nothing!)
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To: Sarajevo
Is that a bad picture or does she have a 5 o'clock shadow?

She probably lied about her gender too.

18 posted on 11/30/2005 9:48:08 AM PST by RGSpincich
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Bailey testified that she had been a victim of identity theft and repeated miscommunication about her residence, saying she had intended to move to an address she provided to the state when she filed for re-election.

"I'm a victim, I lied about where I live, or maybe I was lied to about my residence, and anyway, I meant to move. . . someday . . maybe...

19 posted on 11/30/2005 10:05:40 AM PST by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: Sarajevo

"Is that a bad picture or does she have a 5 o'clock shadow?"

I think her name used to be Patrick Bailey prior to her surgery.


20 posted on 11/30/2005 10:29:24 AM PST by hophead ("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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