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Milwaukee Police Disbands Vote Fraud Unit

Yeah… Milwaukee is taking free and fair elections seriously 

Last week Mike Sandvick, head of the Milwaukee Police Department’s five-man Special Investigative Unit, was told by superiors not to send anyone to polling places on Election Day. He was also told his unit—which wrote the book on how fraud could subvert the vote in his hometown—would be disbanded.

“We know what to look for,” he told me, “and that scares some people.” In disgust, Mr. Sandvick plans to retire. (A police spokeswoman claims the unit isn’t being disbanded and that any changes to the unit “aren’t significant.”)

In February, Mr. Sandvick’s unit released a 67-page report on what it called an “illegal organized attempt to influence the outcome of (the 2004) election in the state of Wisconsin”—a swing state whose last two presidential races were decided by less than 12,000 votes.

The report found that between 4,600 and 5,300 more votes were counted in Milwaukee than the number of voters recorded as having cast ballots. Absentee ballots were cast by people living elsewhere; ineligible felons not only voted but worked at the polls; transient college students cast improper votes; and homeless voters possibly voted more than once.

UPDATE: The police chief denies that this unit is being disbanded.

Posted by Owen at 0726 hrs
Law + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

1. This story is false:

   http://blogs.wispolitics.com/election/2008/11/flynn-says-special-unit-for-election.html

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 04, 2008 at 1331 hrs
   
   
   

2. Some parts of the story may now be false.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 04, 2008 at 1656 hrs
   
   
   

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