KASPER v. BD. OF ELECTION COM'RS OF CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 87-1125 and 87-1126.

814 F.2d 332 (1987)

Louis KASPER, Chairman, City of Chicago Republican Party; Donald L. Totten, Chairman, Cook County Republican Party; Denise Barnes, Aldermanic Candidate for the 42d Ward; City of Chicago Republican Party; and Cook County Republican Party, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Congressman Charles A. Hayes, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1987.

Opinion March 11, 1987.

Opinion on Rehearing April 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan K. Webb, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., plaintiffs-appellants.

Franklin J. Lunding, Jr., Biggam Cowan, Marquardt & Lunding, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Terence E. Flynn, Gessler, Wexler, Flynn, Laswell & Fleischmann, Chicago, Ill., for intervening plaintiffs-appellees.

Before COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Once Chicago was known as Hog Butcher to the World. No more. One Chicago industry is hardier: election fraud. The dead awaken just in time to vote on election day. By one estimate in this litigation, 9% of the "voters" registered in Chicago are tombstones, vacant lots, and people who have moved out of the city. These ghost voters answer the call of precinct captains, who vote their proxies on election day or find some reliable party member...

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