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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....

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To: Sully- who wrote (8024)3/24/2005 12:53:34 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Democrat Conspiracy To Buy Votes Grows Wider

Captain's Quarters

ABC News reports that five Democrats have been indicted on federal charges of vote-buying in last year's presidential election:

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Five East St. Louis Democrats were charged in a scheme to buy votes in November's election in a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.

An undetermined number of voters were paid $5 or $10 to cast a Democratic ballot in the Nov. 2 election, court records said. The money allegedly came from the St. Clair County Democratic Committee, though there was no indication the county committee knew how the funds would be used.

Federal prosecutors charged four Democratic committeemen and one precinct worker, a day after three other committeemen and a precinct worker pleaded guilty to related vote-buying charges in federal court.
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It sounds like their co-conspirators cut a deal in order to reduced their jail time, which means they're looking to find bigger fish to fry. The seven committee members fit that bill, but it wouldn't surprise me if the investigation doesn't stop there. Stay tuned.

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