Posted on 05/12/2005 5:42:41 AM PDT by unseen
The investigators found hundreds of fraudulent votes in all and counted 4,600 more ballots than registered voters in Milwaukee but did not uncover any proof of a plot to alter the outcome of the hotly contested presidential race in Wisconsin's largest city. They also found ballots cast using the names of dead people.
Prosecutors have not filed criminal charges in the probe.
"There is not the evidence of an overriding conspiracy in all of this," U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic said.
The task force, however, did find evidence of sloppy record-keeping and poor training for poll workers, who were overwhelmed by thousands of absentee ballots. Biskupic said the faulty records will make it tough to prosecute many of the crimes.
Biskupic, the Milwaukee County district attorney, Milwaukee police and the FBI launched the probe after a newspaper investigation found more than 1,200 people voted from invalid addresses and that election officials were unable to process 1,300 same-day registration cards.
Democrat John Kerry received more than 71 percent of the 277,000 ballots cast in Milwaukee in the presidential race. Kerry won Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes by about 11,000 votes.
Wisconsin allows same-day registration, and those who already are registered can simply show up to vote without ID. The state also allows anyone to vote absentee without a reason, which caused long lines and headaches for clerks around the state before Nov. 2.
Both the GOP-controlled houses of the state Legislature passed bills this year that would have required ID. Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, vetoed them. Now, Republicans want to amend the state constitution to require voter ID.
Doyle said Tuesday a voter ID requirement wouldn't have solved any of Milwaukee's Election Day problems, which he attributed to "bureaucratic mistakes, poor management and lack of training among the poll workers."
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Biskupic, the Milwaukee County district attorney, Milwaukee police and the FBI launched the probe after a newspaper investigation found more than 1,200 people voted from invalid addresses and that election officials were unable to process 1,300 same-day registration cards.
Democrat John Kerry received more than 71 percent of the 277,000 ballots cast in Milwaukee in the presidential race. Kerry won Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes by about 11,000 votes.
My tag is increasingly proven correct.
Investigators Find Evidence of Voter Fraud
He's governor. And an incompetent one at that, if not outright crooked.
ping
bump to that!
That didn't happen here in Oklahoma though!
Kerry didn't win a single county! LOL!
These rules (or lack thereof) are mind-boggling. How many "immigrants" (citizens or not) voted in Wisconsin last national election, I wonder?
"Prosecuters have not filed criminal charges in the probe."
Nothing to see here......move along.
Votes by dead people 4600 more votes than registered voters, but there is nothing wrong with that, no conspiracy at all . Just a few Democrats playing around.
Move along nothing to see here.
Whats wrong with these statements? Of course there was a conspiracy it just didnt get noticed because the vote wasnt close. Just some Dems buying a little insurance.
The thread was originally titled Hey Libs: It's official the 2004 election was fixed.
Move along now...nothing to see here you looky-loos.
You got that right........Doyle gives crooked lawyers a bad name.......this guy has been so busy paying off all his politcal budies, its amazing he has had time for a speech.
It is amazing in the peoples republic of Wisconsin, the DNR requires photo ID and nineteen other forms of ID just to take a dump but our fearless (or is it fecless?) Gov. knows we don't need no stinking id to vote
So, in a race that was decided by 11,000 votes we know that nearly half of them were forgeries by this standard alone. And that is in a single city, much less the entire state.
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