Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Friday, October 21, 2016. Have a great weekend!
Vote early and vote often: a history of voter fraud in Chicago
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has been talking incessantly about voter fraud and claiming that it still occurs in Chicago. Multiple studies and investigations have found that, nationally, voter fraud is extremely rare to the point of being nonexistent; still, the city is closely associated with political corruption, claims of dead people voting, and Mayor Richard J. Daley allegedly stacking the 1960 presidential election in President John F. Kennedy’s favor. DNAinfo Chicago has written a fascinating history of the city’s elections, from shootings and bombings to machine politics. [DNAinfo Chicago]
Jury rules in Derrick Rose’s favor, finds gang rape claim not credible
A Los Angeles jury ruled that gang rape claims against former Bulls star and Chicago native Derrick Rose and two of his friends weren’t credible. The woman accusing Rose and his friends, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen, of gang rape sued for millions of dollars. In an interview with the LA Times, a juror said the jury hadn’t seen evidence to prove the plaintiff hadn’t consented to the alleged 2013 encounter, and said that her testimony in court wasn’t convincing. “She could have done a number of things to prove that this happened and she took none of those steps to prove her case,” he told the newspaper. [Los Angeles Times] GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has been talking incessantly about voter fraud and claiming that it still occurs in Chicago. Multiple studies and investigations have found that, nationally, voter fraud is extremely rare to the point of being nonexistent; still, the city is closely associated with political corruption, claims of dead people voting, and Mayor Richard J. Daley allegedly stacking the 1960 presidential election in President John F. Kennedy’s favor. DNAinfo Chicago has written a fascinating history of the city’s elections, from shootings and bombings to machine politics. [DNAinfo Chicago]
