19 October 2004

Man Charged For Registering Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy To Vote

Suspect Was Allegedly Paid With Cocaine

October 19, 2004

DEFIANCE, Ohio -- In Defiance, Ohio, a man has been arrested on a charge of submitting phony voter registration forms.

Investigators are looking into allegations that he was paid with crack cocaine in exchange for his efforts.

Authorities said the man fraudulently filled out more than 100 voter registration forms. He was charged with false registration and will be arraigned Friday.

Elections officials knew something was wrong when they got a batch of voter registration cards for Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy, Michael Jordan and George Foreman.

Officers said they interviewed a Toledo woman who claims she had paid the man with cocaine for the phony voter registrations. According to authorities, the woman claimed she'd been recruited by a Cleveland man to obtain voter registrations.

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