Former Republican Committeemen Claim Election Judges Coerced Into Voting GOP

[deminks]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/11/05/former-republican-committeemen-claim-election-judges-coerced-into-voting-gop/

(CBS) – A day after the election, officials are still counting ballots and the investigation into who made robocalls that allegedly persuaded many judges not to show up Tuesday is heating up.

Two former Republican committeemen are telling 2 Investigator Pam Zekman they were removed because they objected to those tactics.

Judges of election are appointed by their respective parties and they look at a judge’s primary voting records as part of the vetting process. But in these cases the former committeemen we talked to said that vetting crossed a line when judges were told who they had to vote for in the Tuesdays’ election.

One says it happened at a temporary campaign headquarters at 8140 S. Western Ave, which we’ve confirmed it was rented by the Republican Part,y where election judges reported they were falsely told they had to appear for additional training.

And a former 7th ward committee woman says she witnessed the same thing at 511. E. 79th Street campaign workers calling judges to come in for additional training. She says there wasn’t any training.

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felonious interference with elections.