Ky. officials accused of election-rigging scheme

[babylonsister]

Ky. officials accused of election-rigging scheme

JOE BIESK | March 19, 2009 08:20 PM EST | AP


FRANKFORT, Ky. — A judge, school superintendent and county clerk in southeastern Kentucky have been indicted on charges they extorted money from political candidates so they could bribe voters in a scheme to rig several elections, authorities said Thursday.

The U.S. Attorney's office said charges include racketeering, bribery, extortion and voter fraud against Clay County Circuit Court Judge Russell Cletus Maricle, school superintendent Douglas C. Adams, Clay County Clerk Freddy Thompson and others.

The investigation began after voting irregularities were reported during the 2006 elections. A statement from the federal prosecutor's office claims the officials tried to rig federal, state and local elections in 2002, 2004 and 2006 in Clay County, about 170 miles southeast of Louisville.

Prosecutors claim a group led by Maricle and Adams, who were essentially "political bosses," recruited a slate of candidates to run for certain offices and then tried to rig elections in their favor. They also tried to recruit members of the local elections board so they might avoid an investigation.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090319/kentucky-vote-fraud/

[Laelth]

1. Interesting. Always a worthy topic, deserving serious scrutiny. k&r n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[tonggrv]

2. voter fraud

This could be the tip of the iceberg...

All across the country we heard about dead people voting and others voting more than once.

I wonder if we could ever figure out a way to stop it.