Witnesses: Promises, then signatures – Times Union

Testimony from voters in the city ballot-fraud case revealed the tactics politicians and political operatives used and the promises they made to allegedly convince residents to sign over their voting privileges.

TROY — Testimony from voters in the city ballot-fraud case revealed the tactics politicians and political operatives used and the promises they made to allegedly convince residents to sign over their voting privileges.

Several voters approached by operatives in the months before the 2009 Working Families Party primary for City Council testified Wednesday that to get their signatures, officials promised to end crime in their neighborhood or build a park for kids.

via Witnesses: Promises, then signatures – Times Union.

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