I've been keeping an eye on the Metro East corner of Illinois, where an under-reported vote-buying scandal is playing out its final notes.
In the 2004 general election, several members of the East St. Louis Democratic Party were implicated in a vote buying scandal--at $10 was offered to each voter.
The Belleville News-Democrat reports tonight that the former head of the East St. Louis Democratic Party, Charles Powell Jr., was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. His four co-defendants have already received their sentences.
Somehow, outside of the St. Louis metropolitan area, I don't think this story will get much play.
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