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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (73924)	3/1/2006 9:35:36 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Vote buying The former Democratic Party chairman in East St. Louis, Ill., was sentenced yesterday to a year and nine months in federal prison for plotting to buy votes in the November 2004 election. Charles Powell Jr., 62, also was fined $2,500. He plans to appeal. U.S. District Court Judge G. Patrick Murphy decided against prosecutors' request for a 33-month prison sentence, citing the one-time city council member's public service, the Associated Press reports. Prosecutors say votes were bought largely for $5 or $10 each, and many voters who accepted the money were also driven to polls in the city of about 31,000. Five persons were convicted last summer in the scheme, which Powell was accused of orchestrating. Three of Powell's co-defendants were sentenced to prison, while a fourth got probation.