Vote fraud review committee to meet next week near East St. Louis

In the 2004 general election, there was massive vote fraud in East St. Louis, IL. Five Democratic operatives were found guilty for their roles in that scandal. Briefly, voters were offered $10 each to vote the Democratic ticket.

Friend-of-the-blog Cal Skinner tipped me off to a story in yesterday's Belleville News-Democrat.

Time is running short for those with ideas about preventing vote fraud in St. Clair County.

The Vote Fraud Review Committee is seeking ideas about ways to prevent vote fraud in St. Clair County (My note: where East St. Louis is). Their next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the O'Fallon Log Cabin, which is located on the north side of O'Fallon Community Park. No additional meeting dates have been announced.

Written comments or suggestions can be sent to the committee at: P.O. Box 24337, Belleville,IL 62223-9337.

My ideas are simple: Make sure party hacks don't offer $10 to people who vote "the right way." Also, find out if the same people are giving free booze and cigaretes to voters. (That has happened in prior elections there, but apparently not in 2004.)

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