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MU student recants claim that he voted four times
By JESSICA MCBRIDE and LINDA SPICE
Staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Last Updated: Nov. 15, 2000
A Marquette University freshman who told reporters that he voted
multiple times in the presidential election recanted his comments
Wednesday.
Rob Bosworth, 18, and his attorney, Laura Arbuckle, released a
statement before a news conference saying that the student had
only voted once - for himself. The statement said Bosworth had
"voiced his disappointment with the potential for voter fraud by
overstating his position."
The statement continued that the student, who had told reporters
he had voted four times for himself, "was contacted by members of
the national media and in his zest to voice his frustration
regarding possible voter fraud, he crossed the line by making a
direct statement that he had voted on more than one occasion on
election day. This statement was untrue. His motivation was to
draw attention to the flaws he observed in the election."
Attorneys for the student met Wednesday morning with members of
the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office, which is
investigating election fraud allegations.
The attorney's statement said that Bosworth's motivation was to
"draw attention to the flaws observed in the election process.
Caught up in the emotion of the moment, he did not stop to think
of the ramifications which his statement carried nor the negative
impact the statement had on the state of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
county or Marquette University."
The statement said that Bosworth apologizes to the people of the
state of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Marquette University.
"He terribly regrets his comments," the statement said.
At a 2 p.m. news conference, Bosworth sat quietly next to
Arbuckle.
When reporters pressed on why Bosworth was not delivering his
apology, Arbuckle said she had advised him not to comment
further, partly because of his youth. "It is our position, not
his," she said.
"He only voted once - for himself," Arbuckle said, adding that
Bosworth "cooperated fully" with the district attorney's
investigation.
"They asked for information and we supplied information," she
said.
She said the district attorney had specifically asked for
information regarding friends who accompanied him on election
day.
"It will prove out, once the investigation is done, that he is
telling the truth - this time," Arbuckle said.
Asked whether Bosworth knew of other students who had voted
multiple times on election day, Arbuckle said: "He's not in a
position to comment on other people's actions."
She said that she had met with Bosworth late last night and found
him to be "very concerned with what was going on."
His apology, she said, "is sincere."
Bosworth had told ABC News, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and
other news outlets that he had voted four times at Grand Avenue
Middle School, using his own name each time as a write-in
candidate.
He said he had reported the multiple voting allegations to The
Marquette Tribune, the university's student newspaper, whose
editors subsequently surveyed 1,000 students by phone and in
person. The newspaper said it found 174 students who admitted
voting more than once, according to Michael McGraw, the Tribune's
metro news desk editor.
The paper conducted the survey after state Republicans on Friday
alleged instances of voting irregularities, including claims that
some students at Marquette voted multiple times.
It was shortly after casting his first ballot, Bosworth told the
Journal Sentinel on Monday, that he thought of casting another.
He claimed to have returned about three hours later for the
second ballot and then cast two additional ballots throughout the
day.
He said on Monday that he was asked to write on the registration
card each time his name and address and to provide a signature.
He said he raised his hand to swear he was the person on the card
but said he was not asked for identification or proof of
residency.
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