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Massive voter registration fraud case probed
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| Last Edited | None Entered Mar 12, 2004 11:07am |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Friday, March 12, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners is investigating what it says is the largest case of voter registration fraud in recent years -- 1,000 to 2,000 suspect voter registrations, mostly from the 26th Ward on the Near Northwest Side, over a 17-month period.
The registrations are among 10,000 filed between Aug. 12, 2002, and Jan. 29, 2004. The election board used handwriting analysis to determine that 10 percent to 20 percent of the registrations are apparently for nonexistent people or addresses, or vacant lots.
The bogus registrations are believed to have been submitted by two deputy registrars who claim to be associated with the Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Commission, according to board Chairman Langdon D. Neal. The board expects to hand over its findings to prosecutors, he said. |
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