22nd Nov 2011 at 02:50 | By Brian Sikma
Release: Sen. Lena Taylor an Accessory to Voter Fraud, Election Violations
MILWAUKEE – Late Monday evening, Media Trackers released the results of a wide-reaching investigation into voting irregularities that occurred from a property owned by Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee). The investigation found that a property owned by Sen. Taylor contains no fewer than 36 active voter registrations, a number that far exceeds the number of individuals allowed to live at the property according to the City of Milwaukee.
Three areas of concern surfaced in the investigation. First, the property, located at 1018 N. 35th Street in Milwaukee, immediately adjacent to Sen. Taylor’s law office, is zoned to be inhabited by far less than 36 individuals. Senator Taylor’s ownership of the property makes her liable for how the property is used.
Second, among the individuals who used election day registrations to register to vote from the address on April 5th, at least one individual was an ineligible felon, whose identity and ability to vote were corroborated by Sen. Taylor’s mother. Sen. Taylor’s mother operated a non-profit organization from the property, and a month before the April 5th election the non-profit was shut down by the state of Wisconsin for ongoing failure to comply with state regulations.
Third, a number of individuals registered to vote at the address and then in other legal documents obtained by Media Trackers listed their official address as something besides 1018 N. 35th St. One individual listed their address as Chicago, IL shortly after using the address to vote in the April 5th election. The multiple discrepancies between legal addresses used by individuals registered to vote at the home owned by Sen. Taylor raises a multitude of questions about the legality of their ongoing use of the home as their voting address.
Brian Sikma, communications director for Media Trackers, summed up the situation with the following statement:
“The scope of this scheme indicates that Senator Lena Taylor and her mother need to be asked very serious questions about how the property was used, and how it came to be that 36 voters, some felons still on extended supervision, and others who appear to possibly be from out of state, were registered to vote at the address. There is simply far too much detail present in this story for it be a simple mistake. At best this is gross negligence that undermines the integrity of the election process, at worst it is an offense against the state of Wisconsin.”
The full Media Trackers report may be accessed here.
To reach Media Trackers for comment, e-mail brian (at) mediatrackers.org.
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BillW said
Nov 22, 2011 at 2:47 PM
Kudos guys! Good job finding this information and bringing out questionable actions so they are clearly visible to those of us who are busy working to research this ourselves.
Jimmy said
Feb 1, 2012 at 10:35 AM
The US mdeical cost is 2.2 trillion dollars per year or averages over $7,000 for each man, woman and child in Amercia.What do we get;1. Prescription drugs cause 700,000+ emergency room visits annually.2. The three leading causes of death in America:a. Heart disease b. Cancer c. Doctors and their drugsSource: Journal of the American Medical Association 10/18/06; 296(15): 1858-1866This is the results of the unregulated free market monopoly system we currently have. We would just get more of the same with the Torinius and Republican plan.
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Kathy West said
Nov 22, 2011 at 11:40 PM
Lena Taylor is despicable and is A SENATOR IN WI. She should spend time in jail and her seat in public office should be vacated.
Jon from Milwaukee said
Nov 23, 2011 at 2:47 PM
If you want to jail people by how dispicable they are, I would start with Gwen Moore. I don’t care at all for Lena Taylor, but she is MUCH farther down the list. . .
Don said
Jan 12, 2012 at 12:29 AM
Thirty-six registered voters at her house? Gee, how did she get all her hoes sober enough to register them? Or are they crackheads?