Wisconsin vote fraud update

For our Moonbat friends who wouldn't know true vote fraud if it hit 'em in their hookahs:

[all emphasis ours]

Investigators Find Evidence of Voter Fraud

MILWAUKEE - A task force looking into potential voter fraud on Election Day said Tuesday that it found more than 200 felons voted illegally and more than 100 instances of people voting twice or using fake names and addresses.

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.

The review comes amid a partisan fight over plans to make voters show ID at the polls.

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."

Milwaukee election fraud alleged in charges against two

MILWAUKEE - Two people face charges of election fraud for allegedly faking voter registration cards ahead of the presidential election last fall to make more money from the nonprofit group that hired them.

The charges were filed a day after Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann and U.S. Attorney Steve Biskupic announced their probe into election irregularities in the city of Milwaukee had turned up clear evidence of voter fraud.

Warrants were issued Wednesday for Urelene Lilly, 48, and Marcus Lewis, 23, both of Milwaukee.

Court records available via the Internet show Lilly and Lewis were charged in Circuit Court with five felonies each: three counts of forgery, one count of election fraud and one count of misconduct in public office, because they had been sworn in as deputy voter registrars. The charges carry up to 25 years in prison.

Authorities said both admitted they filled out multiple voter-registration cards using fictitious information to earn money from Project Vote, a national nonprofit group headed by the former head of the Ohio Democratic Party.

It was one of several groups that ran large-scale registration drives in Wisconsin, a key battleground state.

The organization paid workers $40 a day plus $1.75 for each registration above the daily quota of 24 new voters. Project Vote registered about 40,800 names in Milwaukee County alone, according to a national spokesman.

McCann would not say when or if more information on other allegations of voter fraud might be available.

The warrant filed for Lilly says she was addicted to crack cocaine when the alleged fraud happened, and that she handed in "approximately 75 fraudulent voter registration cards," using names taken from the phone book, made-up birthdates and Social Security numbers, then had her 15-year-old daughter sign each card.

She turned in no valid registrations, the warrant says, and is charged in connection with nine registrations for people who didn't vote in the November presidential election.

Lewis' warrant says he was fired by Project Vote for submitting a registration card in the name of a dead person, but before he did that, he allegedly turned in duplicate cards for the same voter on numerous occasions. He admitted turning in multiple entries for some family members, the warrant says.

Looks like Barbara Boxer and John Conyers made asses out of themselves over the wrong Midwestern state.

And what exactly is the problem you Lefties have with requiring ID to vote? It's a completely indefensible position that belies your true agenda.

And while we're at it, let's not forget ...

Lawmaker's son, 4 others charged in tire slashing

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The sons of a first-term congresswoman and Milwaukee's former acting mayor were among five Democratic activists charged Monday with slashing the tires of vans rented by Republicans to drive voters and monitors to the polls on Election Day.
Sowande Omokunde, son of Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., and Michael Pratt, the son of former Milwaukee acting mayor Marvin Pratt, were among those charged with criminal damage to property, a felony that carries a maximum punishment of 3½ years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The activists are accused of flattening the tires on 25 vehicles rented by the state Republican Party to get out the vote and deliver poll watchers Nov. 2.

Also charged were Lewis Caldwell and Lavelle Mohammad, both from Milwaukee, and Justin Howell of Racine.

The GOP rented more than 100 vehicles that were parked in a lot adjacent to a Bush campaign office. The party planned to drive poll watchers to polling places by 7 a.m. and deliver any voters who didn't have a ride.
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Rick Wiley, state GOP executive director, discovered the vandalism on the morning of Election Day.

"It was unbelievable that people could stoop this low in a political campaign," he said. "I figured it had to be someone from the opposition. But I didn't think someone on the paid (John) Kerry campaign would do this."

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel quoted sources Sunday as saying the five were paid staffers.

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The Florida 2000 Myth has served the Angry Left well the last four years, helping to swell the Moonbat ranks and raise campaign cash. Republican-types are a bit less prone to frothing at the mouth, but the GOP would be well-advised to push election reform hard before another Wisconsin scenario costs it a presidential election.