Reply #26: Some of the ones listed are winners

[Patsy Stone]

But I have to throw in my local favorite, Xavier Suarez:

5,000 Absentee Ballots Are Seized in Miami Fraud Inquiry
http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F70A15F7355D0C718DDDA80994DF494D81
Published: November 12, 1997

"State officials have seized more than 5,000 absentee ballots as part of an investigation into possible fraud and vote-buying in last week's mayoral election.

"Mayor Joe Carollo received 49.6 percent of the vote, while former Mayor Xavier L. Suarez received 46.8 percent. Since neither received more than half of the vote, a runoff will be held on Thursday.

"The investigation followed a tip last month that an individual affiliated with the Suarez campaign was buying absentee ballots, though that person has not been charged, investigators said.

"But then Manuel Amador, who said he was a campaign volunteer for Mr. Suarez, was charged with three counts of vote fraud last week after an undercover agent said Mr. Amador had agreed to buy three absentee ballots bearing the names of dead voters."