Indiana Democrat activist switched his Voter Registration to Wisconsin while on Vacation

Coincidentally, it was just in time for the Hotly-contested WI Supreme Court race

by Eric Dondero

In the 2008 presidential campaign, there were numerous allegations nationwide of college students voting by absentee ballot for Obama in two or more states. A handful even faced criminal charges after the elections. (LR article 2008).

Now, a Ft. Wayne, Indiana Democrat activist and city council candidate has put a new twist on the practice. He went on "vacation," and registered to vote in Wisconsin. All the time he was on the ballot as a Democrat candidate in Indiana for Ft. Wayne city council.

From the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette "Schrader off the fall ballot" May 21:

the Allen County Election Board voted unanimously to remove Schrader from the November ballot

Schrader is a perennial candidate and said he took a vacation to Wisconsin during the campaign season this year because he did not expect to win. He finished third in a five-way Democratic race for Fort Wayne City Council at large, securing one of the party’s three nominations.

He told the election board, however, that he registered to vote in Green Bay...

Of course, Wisconsin had a very hotly contested race for State Supreme Court during that time. The Court was 4 to 3 Republican. A loss for the GOP would have allowed the Democrats to overturn Governor Scott Walker's budget plan including reform of state worker pensions. The Republican David Prosser in the race beat Dane Country prosecutor JoAnne Kloppenburg by over 7,000 votes, after a recount.

Interestingly, the Ft. Wayne paper makes no mention of possible motives for Schrader registering to vote in Wisconsin.

And how many Democrat activists, from other nearby cities, say Chicago, also registered in WI temporarily to vote for Kloppenburg? How many others do this on a regular basis all over the US?

H/t alert reader at Hedgehog. Photo credits - Indiana News Center

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