Metro East: Man on probation for felony vote fraud arrested while working as a poll watcher

One day after I wrote about the recent history of vote fraud in Wisconsin, comes an update from another electoral-fraud hot-spot, the Metro East area of Illinois.

Former Cahokia Village Trustee Trevon Tompkin, who is on probation for felony vote fraud, was arrested while working as a poll watcher in the St. Clair County village Tuesday.

Last week the Belleville News Democrat reported that the county clerk there has "identified hundreds of suspected fraudulent voting addresses and questionable absentee ballots and applications."

Hat tip once again to Cal Skinner of the McHenry County Blog.

Related posts:

• WI Supreme Court: Incumbent trails union-backed candidate by a few hundred votes; summary of recent vote fraud incidents
• Illinois vote fraud update: Two former village trustees sentenced to 10 and 14 days jail time
• Illinois vote fraud update: Two Cahokia men plead guilty to absentee ballot abuse
• Vote fraud news: Obama, ACORN, and East St. Louis
• Hypocrite Obama won't tolerate election theft
• Convicted vote thief joined by top local Dems at his pre-prison going away party
• Convicted E. St. Louis vote buyer now an asst. school principal
• East St. Louis vote fraud follow up: Dem county chairman claims no knowledge of vote buying scheme
• East St. Louis Dem vote fraud update: Two of the convicted cheaters rehired by ESL

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