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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: Bill who wrote (35004)6/29/2005 5:47:02 PM
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Jury Convicts Five in Federal Vote Fraud (Democrat Party Chairman Convicted for buying Votes)
AP Wire ^ | 6-29-2005 | AP Wire

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A federal jury Wednesday convicted the chairman of the city's Democratic Party and four others of scheming to buy votes with cash, cigarettes and liquor last November.

Prosecutors relied largely on secretly recorded audiotapes in which they say the accused could be heard talking about paying $5 per vote to get key Democrats elected.

Charles Powell Jr., 61, the city's Democratic Party chairman, was found guilty along with the city's former director of regulatory affairs and three others
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