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Investigation of Election Problems
This series is an extensive look at problems that exist in the election system in Wisconsin. According to this investigation, the state runs a high risk of massive recounts in future presidential elections because of the inaccuracy of the election data and voter registration. What they found were thousands of voters with invalid address, ineligible voters who were allowed to cast their ballots on election day, and polling place log books listing hundreds of people as having voted twice. This series by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel prompted a mayoral task force to investigate election problems in Milwaukee, state-wide audit of the election system, as well as a state-federal investigation into voter fraud.
Tags: CAR; election data; voter fraud; November 2004 Election; absentee ballots; Election Commission; polls; challenged ballots; FOIA; ballots
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Eliminating The Competition
The Chicago Reporter reveals how Chicago alderman have long used nominating petition challengest to remove political opponents in the months prior to aldermanic elections. More than half of those who filed to oppose incumbent aldermen were removed from the ballot via challenges to their nominating positions, the story discovers. This practice, being used most heavily in predominantly black areas
Tags: Maneul "Manny" Flores