United States v. Edward Howard and Thomas Cusack

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Edward Howard, a former Democratic precinct captain in the forty-fourth precinct of the thirty-ninth ward on the northwest side of the City of Chicago, and his co-defendant Thomas Cusack, a former assistant Democratic precinct captain in that precinct, appeal their convictions following a jury trial for committing various acts of vote fraud in connection with the November 2, 1982 general election. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the convictions.

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The evidence introduced at the defendants’ ten-day trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the…