MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials on Tuesday blamed undertrained poll workers and Sen. Bernie Sanders' social media posts for dozens of instances in which 17-year-olds managed to vote in last year's state presidential primary.
A commission report found that as many as 70 teenagers in nearly 30 Wisconsin counties voted illegally in the April election. Sanders won the Democratic side of the primary; Ted Cruz won the Republican side.
Many states allow 17-year-olds who will be 18 by Election Day to vote in their primaries, but Wisconsin requires voters to be 18 to vote in its.
In its report, the commission determined that "some political campaigns" provided false information about 17-year-olds being able to vote in primaries and it circulated on social media, creating confusion and driving the Wisconsin teens to the polls.
The report doesn't name a specific candidate or provide examples of the alleged false information. But commission officials on Tuesday said it was primarily Sanders' campaign, though commission spokesman Reid Magney acknowledged that staff didn't see anything misleading from Sanders about Wisconsin laws, specifically. Magney said the report was based on "anecdotal" information the commission received from multiple sources.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/official-sanders-shares-blame-minors-voting-primary-222019430--election.htmlBut the Worm telling illegals to vote was a none factor in the election, right?
