The “I forgot I already voted today” defense fails
A Milwaukee county man was convicted yesterday of voting twice in a November’s election. Michael Zore voted twice within 6 hours, once in Wauwatosa (where he lives) and once in West Allis (where he used a fake address).
Zore told a jury that he forgot he already voted. I’m not kidding. The guy really said that he went and made up a fake address to vote in a city in which he doesn’t live because HE FORGOT HE ALREADY VOTED.
The defense said that Zore was under stress from his sister’s death, a wage garnishment to pay overtaxes, his divorce a year earlier, and the cancellation of a class he was taking. He says he was running errands in West Allis (where he doesn’t live) and was across the street from City Hall… and he just went and voted.
The jury convicted him over their lunch break. He could get up to seven years in prison and a fine of $20,000. He will be sentenced on September 27.
Wasn’t it Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett who pooh-poohed claims of voter fraud and demanded that someone give him “one name” of a person who had committed voter fraud? Here’s another one, Tom.
