24 Feb 2012 12:30 pm
Wisconsin Voter ID Supporter Caught Voting for ColleagueA Wisconsin state representative who supported the state's voter ID law is now be accused of voter fraud himself. A YouTube video titled "Proof Of Voter Fraud In The Wisconsin State Assembly" shows Republican state Rep. Joel Kleefisch getting out of his chair to electronically cast a vote for a member who was away from the Assembly floor. Wisconsin state Assembly rule 76 clearly says that "only the members present in the assembly chamber may vote."More Republican voter fraud......INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - An Indiana judge refused on Thursday to reduce former Secretary of State Charlie White's conviction on voter fraud and other felony charges to misdemeanors, a decision that makes the Republican ineligible under state law to hold public office.White's attorneys had asked Hamilton County Judge Steve Nation to cut the six felony convictions to misdemeanors so the 42-year-old, who has no criminal background, could serve out his term as the state's top election official.But Nation refused the request, saying White's crime was "not a mistake but an intentional act" that had "violated the trust of the people."He sentenced White, the former chairman of the Republican Party in Hamilton County, a suburb of Indianapolis, to one year of home detention and 30 hours of community service and fined him $1,000.http://www.chicagotr...0,4201226.storyOn the day of Charlie White's conviction, Governor Mitch Daniels [R] said this:I have chosen not to make a permanent appointment today out of respect for the judges authority to lessen the verdict to a misdemeanor and reinstate the elected office holder," Daniels said in a statement just minutes after news of the verdict. "If the felony convictions are not altered, I anticipate making a permanent appointment quickly.http://www.wane.com/...charges_4063309IOW he would have put a man who was convicted of voter fraud back in charge of Indiana's elections.