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PUBLISHED FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000
Dade County, Postal Service join local voter fraud probe
By Scott Streater
Pensacola News Journal staff writer
State prosecutors in Pensacola are stepping up efforts to unravel
a potentially widespread voter fraud scheme as the world watches
to see who will be the next U.S. president based on a recount of
Florida ballots.
At issue is an absentee ballot mailed to a Pensacola voter in
Miami that was intercepted, filled out and mailed back to voting
officials in Escambia County. The voter's signature was forged,
and the name and address of a witness on the ballot was bogus.
The State Attorney's Office on Thursday requested the U.S.
Postal Service in Miami, as well as the State Attorney's Office
in Dade County, to help track the fraudulent ballot.
State prosecutors also are sharing all information on the case
with U.S. Attorney Michael Patterson's office.
Elections officials and investigators fear the fraudulent ballot
could be part of a much broader voter fraud scheme.
"I hope it's not. But if it is, we will do everything we can to
find out,'' said Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar.
A second suspicious absentee ballot found late Wednesday by local
elections officials was determined to be valid.
Tuesday's vote in Florida is under intense scrutiny to determine
whether the state's decisive 25 electoral votes will be awarded
to Texas Gov. George W. Bush or Vice President Al Gore.
With the election being so tight, any hint of voter fraud is
being handled with extreme caution.
"This is a very serious crime,'' said Escambia County Supervisor
of Elections Bonnie Jones, who said she received numerous calls
Thursday concerning the fraud case from newspapers across the
country.
The investigation began when Todd Vinson, a law clerk residing in
Miami but who is registered to vote in Pensacola, complained he
never received either of two absentee ballots that elections
officials said they mailed to him last month.
Workers in Jones' office searched through the absentee ballots
and found one with Vinson's name on it. When Jones compared the
signature on the ballot with the signature on Vinson's voter
registration card, the two did not match.
Vinson, 28, declined Thursday to comment about the case, saying
he wants the investigation to run its course.
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