Monday, 12 December 2005

Dead men can vote

It turns out that the Memphis neighborhood known as “New Chicago” isn’t the only way in which the Bluff City resembles the Windy City: at least one man who died August 6th voted on September 15th in a special election that, by sheer happenstance, replaced disgraced former State Sen. John Ford with his sister Ophelia. Ms. Ford won the hotly contested race by 13 votes; the dead man’s participation raises the number of illegally-cast ballots discovered to 5 thus far.

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[Permalink] 1. Se wrote @ Mon, 12 Dec 2005, 6:08 pm CST:

Uh, a Ford elected “by sheer happenstance,” eh? That’s a new way of spinning it!

 
[Permalink] 2. Len Cleavelin wrote @ Tue, 13 Dec 2005, 7:35 am CST:

If this keeps happening, I’ll start to feel just at home in Memphis.

:-)

 
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