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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRe-Posting this very important story-Pay Attention-since its happened in Mi.,it can happen in yours
Report: Schmidt, Bolger attempted 'fraud' in race for Mich. House seat, but did not break lawSource: Detroit Free Press
State Rep. Roy Schmidt and House Speaker Jase Bolger attempted to perpetrate a fraud on the electorate by persuading a fake Democrat to file as a candidate for a Grand Rapids House seat, but they will not be charged because they did not break the law, Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth said in a report released today.
Forsyth said Schmidt, a Democrat who switched his allegiance to the Republican Party also just before the May 15 filing deadline got his son to recruit a fake Democratic candidate and offered to pay Matt Mojzak $450 an offer that was later increased to $1,000 before Mojzak withdrew his candidacy in the face of a media furor.
... Incredibly, while it would be illegal to pay a boxer to take a dive; or a basketball player to point shave, it is not currently a crime in Michigan to recruit someone to run for public office, place them on the ballot at the eleventh hour and essentially pay them to make no effort to win, Forsyth said in an eight-page report.
... Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer ... said he would continue to pursue possible violations of campaign finance law and potential civil liability.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20120717/NEWS06/120717063/bolger-schmidt-fraud-house-race-report
Ongoing articles:
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/07/prosecutor_roy_schmidt_tried_t.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/07/bill_forsyth_roy_schmidt_elect.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/07/roy_schmidt_admits_lying_about.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/07/read_text_message_exchange_bet.html
http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/07/jase_bolger_acknowledges_polit.html
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Re-Posting this very important story-Pay Attention-since its happened in Mi.,it can happen in yours (Original Post)
MichiganVote
Jul 2012
OP
I suspect that as climate change continues, we will see increasing corruption in Wisc. and Mi.
MichiganVote
Jul 2012
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MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)1. Kicking
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)2. they pulled this same crap in the recnt recall elections in WI too.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)3. I suspect that as climate change continues, we will see increasing corruption in Wisc. and Mi.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)4. What a creep.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)5. Truly. Stinks to high heaven.