Marquette students admit they voted more than once MILWAUKEE, Nov. 14 B Some 174 Marquette students admit they voted more than once in last weekBs presidential election. Journalism students who work at the campus paper found that out when they conducted an unscientific poll in which they questioned 1,000 of their fellow students.

MICHAEL McGRAW, metro news editor for the Marquette Tribune, said many of the extra votes were cast for the studentsB friends, family, and even cartoon characters. Ninety-one students said they voted absentee in another state and voted again in Wisconsin, 44 students said they voted twice in Wisconsin, 26 claimed they voted three times and 13 said they voted four or more times. According to the Tribune story, three students voted for cartoon characters, 57 voted for themselves, 76 voted for fiends and 35 voted for family members. There are more than 10,000 students on MarquetteBs downtown Milwaukee campus. Wisconsin Republicans have accused Marquette students of being among people who voted more than once last Tuesday. Republicans are investigating what they call voter irregularities, saying they think people voting more than once may have cost George Bush the election. Milwaukee County District Attorney Michael McCann has assigned a team to investigate double voting by Marquette students and other reports of voting irregularities.

Democrat's "Chicago" Style Voting Catches on in Milwaukee

-- Ain't Gonna Happen (Not Here Not@ever.com), November 14, 2000

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>> According to the Tribune story, three students voted for cartoon characters, 57 voted for themselves, 76 voted for fiends and 35 voted for family members. <<

Shocking!

>> ...26 claimed they voted three times and 13 said they voted four or more times. <<

Doubly shocking! Of course, it was all an "informal survey", but college students would never lie about such serious matters, would they?

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), November 14, 2000.

"...76 voted for fiends..."?!?!?!

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 14, 2000.

clean-up crew??

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 14, 2000.

I attended Marquette U. for a time and I can attest to the honesty of the students. If they claim to have voted more than once, then they voted more than once.

I DEMAND a recount, by hand, in Milwaukee.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), November 14, 2000.

>> I attended Marquette U. for a time and I can attest to the honesty of the students. <<

Lars, this reminds me of one of those confounding logic problems that begins, "You are lost on an island where all the inhabitants tell nothing but lies..." ;-)

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), November 14, 2000.

Patricia, I hope they were nice fiends...LOL!

-- Peg (em@i.l), November 14, 2000.

Lars, if they were honest they wouldn't have voted more then once! A bit of a conundrum, isn't it?

-- The Engineer (spcengineer@yahoo.com), November 14, 2000.

Lars,

And not just by any old hands, it must be done by students' hands - right?

-- flora (***@__._), November 14, 2000.

Engineer--

Us injuneers are so linear. I was trying to be humorous. Brian got it (I think).

Flora--

Yes, if they can count and drink beer at the same time.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), November 14, 2000.

Lars,

Iffen they can't, I betcha those fiends can!

-- flora (***@__._), November 14, 2000.

Brian:

Of course, it was all an "informal survey", but college students would never lie about such serious matters, would they?

I happened to be on the USC campus a few years ago when one of the networks was running a survey on college students' knowledge of geography [I think it was ABC]. One question was where is Connecticut. The majority of students answered it was in Africa. The students that I talked to told me that the grapevine was working so that everyone would answer Africa. The only thing that suprised me is that the network ran the story like the data wasn't bogus. Even, ol'Sam quoted it like it was true.

Best wishes,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), November 14, 2000.

Looks like 174 Marquette students are about to acquire a criminal record. And they'd better remember the votes they cast last week, because they're about to lose their rights to vote in any future election. The D.A. will not treat this as a joke.

-- No Spam Please (nos_pam_please@hotmail.com), November 14, 2000.

>> The D.A. will not treat this as a joke. <<

An "informal survey" needs no proof. A D.A. does.

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), November 14, 2000.

>An "informal survey" needs no proof. A D.A. does.

Of course, the DA who is not treating this as a joke will require proof. Now, if the DA _were_ treating this a joke, then he would not require proof.

-- No Spam Please (nos_pam_please@hotmail.com), November 15, 2000.

No Spam:

A DA who would pursue this sort of thing is one who is considering leaving office. A survey on my campus last spring confirmed that 40% of the undergrads admitted to be alien life forms.

Best Wishes,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), November 15, 2000.

Z,

AFAIK, being an alien life form is not a felony in the state of Wisconsin.

-- No Spam Please (nos_pam_please@hotmail.com), November 15, 2000.

NO Spam:

I think that not being a follower of Luther is considered a felony in central Wisconsin :^)

And not liking cheese curds, brats and beer. Well, we know why the British developed the term; beyond the Pale.

Best wishes,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), November 15, 2000.