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On the recordFebruary 12, 1998
the forest almost gets lost for the trees. Seven hundred forty-eight illegal votes were found by clear and convincing evidence. Now I, like a number of other Members, sat down and got debriefed by the committee and that was my question: When the smoke cleared, were there illegal votes cast? Were there illegal voters involved? The answer on both counts was yes.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Discussing findings of illegal votes during a committee debriefing.

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