Republicans challenge 5,600 addresses that may not exist

Posted: Oct. 27, 2004

State Republicans filed a last-minute complaint Wednesday with the Milwaukee Election Commission claiming that 5,600 city addresses on the voter rolls may not exist.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin checked the addresses of more than 300,000 people registered to vote in the city with a software program also used by the U.S. Postal Service.

...Republicans found that 5,619 addresses may be non-existent and then visited a number of the addresses. They snapped photos showing vacant lots, a gyro stand, a park and spots between two houses where the address should have been....

Among the addresses that don't exist, according to the GOP complaint:

1858 W. Fairmount Ave. Someone listing that address voted in November 2000 and November 2002, but a photo shows a street corner with no home.

5754 W. Villard Ave. Someone listing that address voted in April, but a photo shows a gyro stand on a corner with advertisements adorning a chain link fence.

8829 W. Bender Ave. Someone listing that address voted in November 2000, in April, September and November 2002, and in February and April this year, but a photo shows the address would have to be in a small space between two houses.

UPDATE: Just a followup to the Wisconsin challenge to the non-existent addresses. The electoral commission voted 3-0 that the GOP had failed to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the registrations were incorrect (notwithstanding the USPS program and the photos of the Gyros stand and the park)and dismissed the challenge. Gee I wonder what party those 3 folks belong to...

Posted by: Geezer at October 29, 2004 12:21 PM