December 12, 2005

The Dead Shall Arise...And Vote in Memphis

Ok...come on. Is anyone really surprised at this?

Election records of a September special election that put Ophelia Ford in a state Senate seat show that someone may have used the name of a man who had been dead for six weeks to vote.

Ford, a Democrat, beat Republican challenger Terry Roland by 13 votes in a race in which 8,750 ballots were cast. The election was to replace Ford's brother John Ford, who resigned in May after being indicted on bribery charges.

Yeah...I didn't think so.

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Ha!

Somehow, this fraud amuses me even though it's infuriating at the same time. Of course, living near Detroit - where the losing mayoral candidate recently said that such fraud is 'a cottage industry' in the city proper - I'm pretty accustomed to it.

Never surprising...one would think they could come up with a FEW new tricks.

Posted by: Miss O'Hara at December 16, 2005 06:11 PM