“Brother Can You Spare a Chad?”
July 1, 2005
To: Jim Lampley
Fr: Independent Sources
Re: Vote Fraud 2004
Jimbo, you were right. There was vote fraud in the last election. We are so sorry for ever doubting you. However, because of your Harry Potter-esque theories and rants, we mistakingly investigated Karl Rove and Republican malfeasance and ended up completely missing the Democrats “cigarettes for votes” action going on in Illinois … that is until Q and O pointed it out to us.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal jury Wednesday convicted the head of this city’s Democratic Party and four others of scheming to buy votes with cash, cigarettes and liquor last November to try to get key Democrats elected.
Jurors in the monthlong trial deliberated more than five hours before convicting local Democratic Party chairman Charles Powell Jr., 61, and Kelvin Ellis, 55, the city’s former director of regulatory affairs, of felony conspiracy to commit vote fraud. Also convicted were Democratic precinct committee members Sheila Thomas, 31, and Jesse Lewis, 56, and City Hall worker Yvette Johnson, 46.
Additional reading: “Why Jim Lampley Should Stick to Sports”
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