Investigators Find Evidence of Voter Fraud

Yahoo - AP ^ | 05/12/05 | JULIET WILLIAMS

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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."

[Blood of Tyrants]

With a "turnout" of greater than 100% of the LEGALLY registered voters in Milwaukee when the national average was well less than 60%, I have no doubt in my mind that the 'Rats clearly stole the 10 electoral college votes from Wisconsin by stuffing the ballot boxes with ILLEGAL Kerry votes.

The United States has the most corrupt voting system in the industrialized world and the 'Rats want to keep it that way.

[PureTrouble]

I think Wisconsin has about 85 counties. Only 8 to 11 of those went for Kerry the rest voted Bush.

Its amazing how unionized Milwaukee is even though most of the big manufacturing went south of the boarder with NAFTA.