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WisDems File Complaint with GAB Over "Subs-for-Votes"

Posted: 3:10 PM Apr 3, 2012
Reporter: PRESS RELEASE

(WEAU) - The Democratic Party of Wisconsin filed a complaint on Tuesday with the Government Accountability Board alleging election bribery that took place at a restaurant in Waukesha where GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan were handing out sandwiches in exchange for votes in Tuesday's state primary.

Wisconsin law, the state Democratic Party says, prohibits a campaign by offering anything over $1 in value to voters to get them to the polls or to refrain from voting.

The Romney campaign responded to MSNBC with a statement from spokesman Rick Gorka: "President Obama and his allies keep wading in to the Republican primary, whether voting for Mitt Romney's opponents or absurdly claiming we can't provide refreshments for volunteers. If President Obama focused half his time worrying about the economy as he does obsessing over Mitt Romney, Americans would be a lot better off."