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Democratic Vote Fraud in Wisconsin Gov. Race
NBC Milwaukee Affiliate-WTMJ TV | October 22, 2002 | WTMJ -TV Milwaukee

Posted on 10/22/2002 8:37:20 PM PDT by SteveAustin

WTMJ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee tonight aired an undercover investigation at a group home for mentally disabled patients in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where campaign workers for Jim Doyle, democratic candidate for governor were handing out small amounts of money and free food to the residents. They then were herded upstairs into a separate room and given absentee ballots to cast their vote for governor. Local reporter, Scott Friedman captured this on camera and broadcast it in an exclusive report tonight on Milwaukee news. The Doyle campaign is not commenting.

Jay Heck, leader of Wisconsin political watchdog group, Common Cause, was stunned at the series of events when he viewed the undercover investigation. Memories of Al Gore campaign workers handing out cigarettes to homeless in Milwaukee, and then taking them to the polls in 2000 immediately came to mind.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: doyle; governor; michaeldobbs; votefraud; voterfraud; wisconsin
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To: codercpc
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61 posted on 10/23/2002 6:52:04 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: the crow
I would like to encourage anyone in Wisconsin who has a close family member in a group home, nursing home, or assisted living facility to contact the director and ask if any campaign has had access to their facility as in the case in Kenosha. We must catalog these cases to show how widespread this is.

My mom happens to be in an assisted living home in Kenosha. I ahve a call in to the director as I write. I want to know if she has been taken advantage of by these criminals. I will keep you posted.

62 posted on 10/23/2002 7:01:01 AM PDT by Trust but Verify
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To: SteveAustin
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63 posted on 10/23/2002 7:09:09 AM PDT by codercpc
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To: SteveAustin
Thanks for posting this. I didn't catch the news last night so I missed this.
I find it a little odd that the Journal/Sentinel didn't have anything about this in this mornings paper since they own the TV station.
64 posted on 10/23/2002 7:16:29 AM PDT by tractorman
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To: tractorman
The paper doesn't want to bring anything that's slimy out against their "anointed" candidate, Doyle, toil, boil and trouble.

Audio of Scott Friedman's report last night to be replayed on 620 WTMJ shortly. They do offer Internet streaming, so go NOW to download and install the streaming software (SurferNetwork) on Internet Explorer (unfortuately, it won't run on Netscape/Mozilla).

65 posted on 10/23/2002 7:31:49 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: steveegg
Charlie is livid. This could have some legs. Let's hope so.
66 posted on 10/23/2002 7:36:24 AM PDT by the crow
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To: the crow
Charlie is now asking for Steve Biskupic (US Attorney for Eastern Wisconsin) to investigate.

BTW, who is the DA in Kenosha County?

67 posted on 10/23/2002 7:40:09 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: Trust but Verify
Bump to No. 62 If she did vote, make noise, get press. This has got to stop...
68 posted on 10/23/2002 7:42:56 AM PDT by eureka!
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To: SteveAustin; gore_sux
No state is "clean" and immune from Dummycrat/Democratic Socialist tactics to steal elections. The Daleys have taught everyone everything they tried (and succeeded with here in Illinois) back in 1960.
69 posted on 10/23/2002 7:44:20 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: The Federal Farmer
Here's one way to clean up the mess, because Republicans never seem to do it. Ed Thompson for Governor

I like to vote for people who have a chance to win

70 posted on 10/23/2002 7:55:56 AM PDT by cpprfld
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To: Jumpmaster
Good point. Liberal media often winks and nods to democrat cheating. One theory is that Democrats feed liberal media stories and the winks and nods are payment. So, this is unusual.

Bravo to the reporter, Scott Friedman and the NBC affiliate!

71 posted on 10/23/2002 7:56:35 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: SteveAustin
Here's a news article and transcript of the story.

DA Asked to Investigate Bingo Party
By STEVEN WALTERS - MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
Oct. 23, 2002

The Kenosha County district attorney's office will be asked to look into a bingo party at a home for the mentally disabled, where Doyle campaign workers handed out sodas, quarters and kringle before urging residents to vote by absentee ballot, a television station reported Tuesday.

WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) said the event took place last week at the Dayton Residential Care Facility in Kenosha. The city clerk said 33 absentee ballots were sent to the facility.

Parts of the bingo session were videotaped by WTMJ, which showed the tape to the state Elections Board Executive Director Kevin Kennedy. He told the station that the district attorney's office would be informed of the newscast to determine if any election laws were broken.

Doyle campaign director Bill Christofferson told the Journal Sentinel neither he or Doyle was aware of the event. He said two people identified by WTMJ as campaign workers are not on the campaign's payroll.

Transcript from Oct. 22, 2002 Milwaukee WTMJ Channel 4 - 10:00 Newscast

Newsanchor Susan Kim: "There are questions tonight about campaign tactics in the Wisconsin's Governor's race."

Newsanchor Mike Goushea: "Investigation 4 recently dropped by a Jim Doyle campaign event. There we saw a Doyle campaign worker giving out cans of soda, snacks and small amounts of money to mentally ill voters right before they were given the chance to vote by absentee ballot."

"Now as our Scott Friedman reports the State Elections Board is asking the Kenosha County District Attorney to look into the actions we caught on tape."

Reporter Scott Friedman: "An afternoon game of bingo at a Kenosha Care Facility for the mentally ill. Today's bingo is sponsored by the Jim Doyle campaign. The residents win cans of soda, and they pocket quarters handed out by a Doyle campaign worker. They line up to dine on Danish and coffee and when the party's over the residents are told they can vote right now by absentee ballot upstairs in another room."

Unidentified worker: "They're still upstairs, if you guys wanted to vote."

Jay Heck - Execuctive Director, Common Cause: "I mean this is the kind of thing I would expect to see, you know, done in Chicago or New Jersey. It's troubling."

Friedman: "Jay Heck runs the nonpartisan political watchdog group Common Cause. He says their videotape raises concerns because it appears the party was timed to take place right before the residents had a chance to vote."

Heck: "Ahhh...they are being manipulated to some degree and there's a sense that they ought to be beholden to the people who put on the presentation."

Friedman: "Heck says he's even more troubled by what happened before the party. We saw Angela Arrington, Jim Doyle's Kenosha County campaign coordinator. She told us she was planning to speak to the residents."

Angela Arrington: "Really, all I was going to do was just come here to speak a little bit about the absentee balloting and things like that."

Friedman: "A flier advertising the event also told residents the bingo party would give them a chance to...'ask questions to see if Doyle is the candidate you would or would not want as Governor.'"

(Image of Flier)

A quick reminder that people from Jim Doyle's campaign will be here on Monday to sponsor a bingo at 3:30 in the dining room. This is your chance to ask questions to see if he is the candidate you would or would not want in office for Governor.

Friedman: "But when Doyle's Kenosha County campaign coordinator heard we wanted to videotape the event she headed for the door and cancelled her presentation. " Angela Arrington: "I don't know about necessarily being on camera and all that kind of stuff with my position that's all. So that's why."

Heck: "Why when she discovered that there were television cameras there did she decide that this was now not a good thing to do." Friedman: "When Arrington left Doyle campaign worker Frank Santapaolo took over. He didn't talk politics but told us the residents still got the message: Friedman: "They know who sponsored the event today?"

Frank Santapaolo: "I think they do, yes. They know who sponsored it." Friedman: "We showed our tape to the State Elections Board. They believe the Kenosha County District Attorney should look into the bingo party to see if any election laws were broken."

Kevin Kennedy, State Elections Board: "Questions about election bribery are going to be handled by the appropriate District Attorney. Ummm, you know we will let the Kenosha District Attorney know about the newscast."

Friedman: "So what does the law say about this? Well in Wisconsin its illegal to give someone anything of value in order to induce them to vote. The laws defines anything of value as anything worth more than a dollar.

Now in this case many of the residents won $.75 in quarters and a can of soda worth about $.30 plus some pastries.

(Images of coins, a can, and pastry)

So the total comes out right around a dollar or a little more than that. Now our tape has also prompted the elections board to tell the Kenosha City Clerks office to keep a closer eye on voting at that care home. In the future the board has asked that special election deputies be there to monitor the voting. And in this case, Mike and Susan, it would be a deputy from each of the political parties just to make sure that nothing unusual is going on."

Goushea: "Has the Doyle campaign had any reaction to this, Scott?"

Friedman: "Well, we did hear from them briefly tonight. Doyle's press staff says they are looking into the issue but so far no real response to the issues."

72 posted on 10/23/2002 7:57:17 AM PDT by Sideshow Bob
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To: steveegg
BTW, who is the DA in Kenosha County?

Time to answer my own question. Kenosha County DA Bob Jambois, who apparently is so much of a DemonRAT that he not only endorsed Jim Doyle, but is on Jim Doyle's steering committee (hold your nose when using those links, they take you to the bowel of the beast itself).

73 posted on 10/23/2002 8:01:05 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: Belial
Ping.

Still don't believe me about Democrat fraud. I guess this must be a figment of my imagination.

74 posted on 10/23/2002 8:04:17 AM PDT by MattinNJ
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To: The Federal Farmer
Here's one way to clean up the mess, because Republicans never seem to do it. Ed Thompson for Governor

Sorry, he's as pro-abortion as any democrat I've met. Earlier this year I was very interested in his campaign and spoke with him about this issue. After about five minutes of political mumbling, he finally told me that he opposes any restriction on a "woman's right to end her pregnancy". He will not be getting my vote.

75 posted on 10/23/2002 8:12:02 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: Sideshow Bob
While I still haven't found the news article, the video is available here. Real Player is required to view this innocently-titled video clip. However, as anyone who already is on this thread knows, it's anything but innocent.
76 posted on 10/23/2002 8:12:09 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: The Federal Farmer
You have your right to vote for Mr Thompson, but in doing so you do realize that the votes that "normally" would have gone to McCallum are now going to a third party, which leaves Doyle in the lead and presumably the next governor of Wisconsin.(As currently polling suggests) I guess Wisconsin gets what it deserves. We are well on our way to being the #1 most-taxed state in the union. Now that's something we can all be proud of!
77 posted on 10/23/2002 8:25:10 AM PDT by PLOM...NOT!
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To: Sideshow Bob
I will assume these folks are all on Medicaid. If they are, they receive approximately $20 permonth for personal needs. Believe me, $0.75 or a can of soda is not chump change for those receiving medicaid in a nursing home.

It is despicable that the Democrats would stoop to this level for a few votes.

78 posted on 10/23/2002 8:26:57 AM PDT by irish guard
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To: steveegg
I dunno where it originally came from, but I had that article and transcript emailed to me.

I heard Sykes' replay of the audio of the Friedman newstory as I was preparing to post it and the transcript is 100% word for word accurate.

79 posted on 10/23/2002 8:29:21 AM PDT by Sideshow Bob
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To: SteveAustin
the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee tonight aired an undercover investigation at a group home for mentally disabled patients in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where campaign workers for Jim Doyle, democratic candidate for governor were handing out small amounts of money and free food to the residents.

Taking advantage of the mentally diabled??? ..

Not that I am surprised ... But WOW .. it was cought on tape?? I can't wait to hear this explaination..

Oh let me guess .. ANOTHER staff member will be fired??

80 posted on 10/23/2002 8:29:58 AM PDT by Mo1
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