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MIDWEST: Woman Who Voted Twice Says she Won't be Charged
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Milwaukee woman who voted twice in the presidential election says she will not be prosecuted.
Edna Byrd voted by absentee ballot before the Nov. 4 election and says she was curious whether she'd be allowed to vote again on Election Day. She says she figured workers would turn her away or the machine wouldn't accept her ballot. She says she was shocked when she was allowed to vote a second time for President-elect Obama. An e-mail obtained by The Associated Press under the open records law shows Byrd turned herself into the Government Accountability Board afterward. Byrd says she met with prosecutors and was told she wouldn't be charged since she turned herself in before polls closed. She says she doesn't know whether both votes counted. A Milwaukee County prosecutor did not immediately return a call for comment. More Good Stuff |
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