Wisconsin (Republican, again) "Voter Fraud"

[Wilms]

St. Norbert graduate accused of voting illegally

He voted in De Pere after leaving state

Journel Sentinel
By TOM KERTSCHER
[e-mail]
Posted: Feb. 9, 2005

A former College Republican from Illinois has been charged with illegal voting in Brown County, but a prosecutor said Wednesday the case is no longer as clear-cut as when a College Democrat first turned him in.

Illinoisan Marc P. Lacher had bragged about voting in a "swing state" when casting his ballot in De Pere on Nov. 2, according to a felony criminal complaint. He used the address where he lived before graduating from St. Norbert College last spring, the complaint says.

Brown County District Attorney John Zakowski said Tuesday, following Lacher's initial court appearance in the case, that he has learned Lacher may have lived in Green Bay and Illinois in the months leading up to the election. Lacher apparently believed he could simply vote using his last permanent address, in De Pere, which raises questions about whether he intended to commit fraud, Zakowski said.

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Fine arts professor Michael Rosewall, the faculty liaison to the Student Government Association, said Lacher was a "political animal" who was "generally trusted by faculty and staff in leadership roles." Asked if he thought Lacher would have known the laws about voting, Rosewall said, "I am positive."

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<http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/feb05/300395.asp>

[eomer]

1. A rare instance where Faye doesn't have to correct...

the use of the term "voter fraud".

[Wilms]

2. Yep! Ain't that cool. n/t