By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, December 30 at 10:49 AM
Ald. Jeffrey Boyd got a belated Christmas gift from the St. Louis Election Board today when Board Chairman Ed Martin, a Republican, announced that the recall petition submitted against Boyd fell short of the required number of valid signature.
What's more, Martin announced that even more forged signatures of dead voters or voters who have stated that they never signed the petition have been found. He said that it appears that deliberate fraud has been committed and after the Board concludes its investigation, the matter will be turned over to local and federal prosecutors.
The recall attempt had been led by Boyd's chief political foes, former Aldermen Kenny Jones and Jay Ozier. In any criminal case to follow, it is likely that both will at least be called to testify to their knowledge of the fraudulent activities.
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