Posted on Thursday, 19th March 2009 by Patrick Dorwin
Remember when Mayor Tom Barrett asked Charlie Sykes to “Give me a name Charlie, just one name…” Well, here is yet another name to add to the list of fraudulent voters in Wisconsin, Lavelle Marcus Morris.
Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced today that Lavelle Marcus Morris (DOB 4/6/77), a 31 year old Milwaukee man, has been charged with two counts of election fraud: voting by a disqualified person and providing false information to an election official. Morris is charged with unlawfully registering to vote and voting on November 4, 2008, based on the fact that he was a convicted felon whose right to vote had not been restored.
The complaint alleges that Morris was convicted of attempted first degree intentional homicide on November 30, 1996, and sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment. Morris was released on parole in 2006 after which he acknowledged, on at least two occasions, that he was prohibited from voting until he had completed his sentence. On election day, November 4, 2008, Morris registered to vote after certifying that he was not currently serving a felony sentence and then voted. The complaint also alleges that Morris confirmed with investigators that he signed the acknowledgements of his disqualification to vote and that he voted on November 4, 2008.
These charges arose out of a joint election fraud task force between the Attorney General, Milwaukee District Attorney and the Milwaukee Police Department. The task force is a multi-jurisdictional action team that evaluates, investigates and prosecutes complaints of electoral fraud. The Department of Justice and the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office work cooperatively with local law enforcement as needed when investigation is required.
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March 19th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
You can bet that Lavelle Marcus Morris did not wake up one day and decide he wanted to register to vote. I hope the investigation goes a little deeper and that Lavelle pukes on whatever group “helped” him to make his decision.
March 19th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I wonder who he voted for?
March 19th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I’m sure he voted for Obama bin Biden like the rest of the brain surgeons.
March 21st, 2009 at 11:21 am
Morris should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
But why was this posted? Is this arguing for Voter ID?
(I can’t get the context because Sykes’ site seems to be down right now, and a Google search didn’t turn up anything.)
An ID wouldn’t have prevent him from voting. Accurate records by officials would have. He didn’t lie about his name.