Released on = September 14, 2006, 6:03 pm

Press Release Author = Press Dept

Industry = Government

Press Release Summary = Mayor David Cicilline and campaign workers alleged to have
used Dirty Tricks to get new member on Providence City Council. Election results
being contested.

Press Release Body = (Providence, RI, USA) Wilbur W. Jennings Jr., a candidate for
Councilman in Providence's 8th ward has filed wide ranging allegations with the
Board of Elections that include voting machine "inaccuracies," voting count
discrepancies, people voting illegally, mail ballot tampering and people being
compensated to vote or vote illegally in another ward as if they were another voter.
In his complaint, Jennings also questions "ethics violations" as the phone bank used
by winning candidate Leon Tejada was the Cicilline Headquarters on Broad Street, and
that the Mayor's staff was observed picking up and dropping off voters,during
working hours. Other issues such as the value of contributions reported, financial
disclosure and interference in the election process were listed as well.
In a statement this morning, Jennings said, "First I won, then I didn't, then there
were no paper ballots, then there were, then we're told there were no provisional
ballots, then I hear from Polling Supervisors that there were . . . and to top it
all off, I find out people were voting illegally here from the ninth ward in what
appears to have been a well coordinated effort that may have included Mayoral staff
and been engineered from Cicilline campaign headquarters. Mayoral staff were seen
providing rides to voters, during normal working hours. I would like to know if all
those workers took personal time off or if they were on city payroll", Jennings
said.
In a phone statement, another candidate for that seat, Eulogio Acevedo said, "Does
it make sense, that someone (Tejada) can change his address to the 8th ward, where
he is not well known, only months before an election and win a seat legitimately?"
"Candidate Tejada was openly endorsed by the Mayor. Gonzalo Cuervo, the Mayor\'s
Director of Neighborhood Relations was his campaign manager and treasurer, and it is
known that he received considerable resources from the Mayor," Acevedo went on.
"Whether or not they paid people to vote illegally, or illegally registered people
to vote in the 8th ward who did not live here, I cannot assure that. But his people
and Tejada had to know what was happening, as this and other council races were
openly targeted by the Mayor" he concluded.
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Jennings appeared on the Arlene Violet show immediately after filing his complaint
with the Board of Elections yesterday. A copy of the complaint and a sound byte are
at www(dot)digitalgurune.com/jennings.
Contact:
Bob Cooper, prguynow@yahoo.com, (401) 447-6474 Days/Evenings
Wilbur Jennings, wilburkey7@msn.com, 401-461-3617


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