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Voter Fraud Mars Presidential Election

By Steven Rodriguez

With the election countdown in its final days, charges of voter fraud are heating up, particularly in key swing-vote states in America’s heartland. Fictitious voter registrations in Ohio, an absentee ballot mailed to a goldfish in Illinois and campaign workers voting illegally in Indiana have topped Midwestern headlines in the final weeks of what has become an increasingly contentious presidential campaign. In an attempt to lure more voters, some states have set up facilities where people can register to vote and then vote immediately. Law suits have been filed in Ohio, one of the states adopting the new tactic, questioning the validity of thousands of newly registered voters. A court has ordered the Ohio Secretary of State to verify the eligibility of hundreds of thousands of new voters before election day...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on October 27, 2008 (boomark / email).