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Election judge cast 2 absentee ballots
By Jo Mannies
POST-DISPATCH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
10/20/2006
A veteran Republican election judge in St. Louis County has acknowledged to election officials that he illegally cast two absentee ballots for the Nov. 7 election.County Election Board Chairman John Diehl said the judge was told Friday that he can no longer work at the polls on Election Day. Evidence of the man's two votes will be turned over to county prosecutors, who will be decide whether to take legal action, Diehl said.People convicted of voting more than once face a minimum fine of up to $2,500 and a maximum penalty of five years in jail. They also permanently lose their right to vote.Diehl added that the election judge was elderly, and told
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