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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIllinois Republican state rep candidate alternated voting in WI & IL in recent years
http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/state-rep-candidate-voted-illinois-and-wisconsin/mon-09222014-643pmRepublican Kathy Myalls is urging voters to elect her to a seat in the Illinois State Legislature. But will she vote for herself? Its a fair question, since records show Myalls has voted in both Illinois and Wisconsin in recent years.
In one case, she cast a vote in a primary election in Illinois. Then just three months later, records show she voted in Wisconsin to cast a ballot in the states recall election. The effort was aimed largely at recalling Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker someone with whom Myalls is pictured on her Facebook page. Myalls then voted in Wisconsins presidential general election in 2012 before returning to Illinois to vote the following spring.
When asked about her vote in the Walker recall, Myalls said in a phone interview: No. I dont think I did, she said. I dont think they canceled my registration up in Fontana. And that may be what youre seeing. They didnt automatically cancel it.
Illinois voting records show that Myalls has been registered to vote from her Wilmette address from 2005 to the present. By her own admission, Myalls was registered to vote in a second home located in Fontana, Wisconsin, since 1996. Records show she voted in separate elections in both states in 2008 and 2012.
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Illinois Republican state rep candidate alternated voting in WI & IL in recent years (Original Post)
Scuba
Sep 2014
OP
Didn't you know if you are Republican and own two homes in two states you can vote in both.
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)1. Didn't you know if you are Republican and own two homes in two states you can vote in both.
Especially if you are running for office in one of the states. We have had this happen in Fort Bend county, Texas and is over looked by your friend who heads up the True the Vote group who publishes all the voter fraud. So far all the voter fraud has been on the part of Republicans, no wonder they was claiming voter fraud.
alp227
(32,018 posts)2. Voter ID wouldn't have made a damn difference here nt