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By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel
June 23, 2014
... Robert D. Monroe, 50, used addresses in Shorewood, Milwaukee and Indiana, according to the complaint, and cast some votes in the names of his son and his girlfriend's son.
According to the complaint:
Monroe cast two ballots in the April 2011 Supreme Court election, two in the August 2011 Alberta Darling recall election, five in the Scott Walker-Tom Barrett recall, one illegal ballot in an August 2012 primary, and two ballots in the November 2012 presidential election.
In the presidential election, Monroe cast an in-person absentee ballot in Shorewood on Nov. 1 and drove a rental car to Lebanon, Ind., where he showed his Indiana driver's license to vote in person on election day, Nov. 6, the complaint charges. Monroe owns a house there, according to the complaint ...
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/shorewood-man-charged-with-13-counts-of-voter-fraud-b99297733z1-264322221.html
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)By Colleen Henry
UPDATED 10:00 PM CDT Jun 23, 2014
... While there's no way to know whom he voted for, WISN 12 News has learned Monroe donated money to state Sen. Alberta Darling. Prosecutors said he voted twice in Darling's 2011 recall election, five times in Gov. Scott Walker's recall election and once in another state ...
http://www.wisn.com/news/shorewood-man-accused-of-voting-multiple-times-in-several-elections/26628524?tru=22lc5#ixzz35WVHWlEX
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)20 hours ago By Mike Ivey | The Capital Times
In one of the biggest cases of voter fraud ever in Wisconsin, a Milwaukee area health insurance executive has been charged with casting multiple votes for Republican candidates including Gov. Scott Walker in the 2012 recall election.
Robert Monroe of Shorewood was charged Friday with 13 felonies related to his voting a dozen times in five elections between 2011 and 2012, using his own name along with his sons and his girlfriends son.
The charges followed a WisPolitics.com review of records from the John Doe investigation that revealed the investigation into Monroes voting habits.
"During 2011 and 2012, the defendant, Robert Monroe, became especially focused upon political issues and causes, including especially the recall elections," says the criminal complaint against Monroe ...
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/mike_ivey/voter-fraud-case-targets-scott-walker-backer/article_7afa077e-faf2-11e3-b655-0019bb2963f4.html
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)June 23, 2014 Luke Gordon
... Monroe was considered by investigators to be the most prolific multiple voter in memory. He was a supporter of Gov. Scott Walker and state Sen. Alberta Darling, both Republicans, and allegedly cast five ballots in the June 2012 election in which Walker survived a recall challenge.
Monroe voted in his own name, using his Shorewood address, as well as that of a home owned by his parents in Milwaukee. He also voted in the 2012 presidential election from Shorewood and then drove to Lebanon, Ind., where he voted again. He also owns a home there. This double voting allegedly occurred after he was made aware of a double-voting investigation involving his son.
The investigation was initiated after authorities in Waukesha found that Monroes son, Benjamin, had voted in person in Waukesha in the June 2012 recall election where he lives with his mother, Robert Monroes ex-wife. An absentee ballot for Benjamin was also cast for Benjamin using the Shorewood address of his father.
in the June 2012 recall, an absentee ballot was cast using the name Grant Mueller, son of Robert Monroes girlfriend, using the Shorewood address. Initially, Grant Mueller denied casting the absentee ballot later but changed his statement, saying the signature on the absentee ballot was his. He told investigators that Monroe was more like a father to him than his biological father. The state crime lab tested the envelope that sealed the absentee ballots and found Robert Monroes saliva, according to the complaint ...
http://wisconsindailyindependent.com/republican-has-13-counts-of-voter-fraud-but-its-the-democrats-fault/
packman
(16,296 posts)from those muted voices that once screamed about voter fraud? Perhaps photo ID is a good idea; however, if this compulsive voter can get away with casting multiple Rep votes unnoticed, I do believe the Rep will have to reconsider their stance on this.
malaise
(269,219 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)Just, apparently, among the repigs.