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Jump to full article: WISN-12 (Milwaukee, WI), 2001-05-04
Intro: WISN 12 News caught Democratic campaign volunteers giving homeless men packets of cigarettes after transporting them to City Hall to vote in the presidential election last November. Milstein had told WISN 12 News that she was working with the volunteers.
Prosecutors say they still cannot identify the campaign workers who helped Connie Milstein and could not prove that Milstein violated state law. So instead of criminal charges, they issued a $5,000 civil forfeiture.
Milstein's lawyer said she will pay the fine.
Wisconsin's Republican Party called the fine a slap on the wrist Friday, saying the incident involving Milstein is only one of the more than 500 cases of voter fraud reported to the Republican Party.
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