Reply #33: Ohio officers in voter fraud case HQ address listed on records, a felony

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Saturday, January 08, 2005

Parma officers in voter fraud case HQ address listed on records, a felony

by Joseph L. Wagner

Parma


Three police officers face possible prosecution because they listed their headquarters as home addresses to register to vote Nov. 2, city officials said.

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"This floored me," said DePiero, who requested an independent investigation by Cuyahoga County sheriff's detectives. "There is no rationale for it."

The mayor said city officials learned of possible voter registration fraud, a fifth-degree felony, by checking a report from a cam- paign worker about an officer criticizing city officials as he left a polling place.

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State law permits officers to remove home addresses from driver's licenses but not from voter registration records, which are public, said county elections chief Michael Vu.

Vu said his office takes the case seriously, noting that several county issues were decided by mere handfuls of votes.


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http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1105180287234380.xml