Series of christmas transportations where he saw it and accepted bribes the charges were enacted by the District Attorney of new jersey. That he accepted tens of thousands of dollars worth of bribes that he exchanged for official acts. In the form of money, expensive vacations, airline tickets, a jaguar qx 8 convertible. Expensive furniture and other things of value. In exchange for his willingness to take official action as needed and in some cases taking official action on behalf of the bribe pairs. Among the guests williams accepted was vacations to the punta cana resort and a sofa worth thousands of dollars and checks and cash in the thousands. Mr. Williams solicited and accepted from Business Owner number two, 16 Round Trip Airline tickets. And a man known as Business Owner number one was asking for a lighter sentence for a friend who did not want to do jail time. Saying quote, i am merely a thankful beggar but would gladly go. And that williams tried to press a Police Official to
Republicans demanding poll watchers from outside the county to observe on election day. So we sent Deanna Durante out. Reporter there are more than 3700 Voting Machines in the city of philadelphia. They are all the same so people should have the same experience no matter where you vote. Workers have been making sure that all Voting Machines are working, the ballots that youll see are appropriate to the election, and that this card that holds your vote is secure. Each machine is tagged and locked. It will be open at the polls. Theres no hacking into 4,000 standalone votie ining machine. Theyre not connected to the irngt net. Reporter he says there have been voter fraud but after votes have been cast and by people able to access the numbers. Theyve indicted people, prosecuted people and there have been guilty pleas in almost every case. Reporter smith says audits postelection show how many showed up and how many voted. The final votes are counted up until about three weeks postelection.
Wants to pwin pennsylvania. Im lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. All right, lauren. You heard many of the names mentioned here, who is coming for tonights event, the clintons, the obamas, bon jovi and Bruce Springsteen will all appear and perform on Independence Mall starting at 7 30 this evening. The event will impact the evening rush. Market street is closed from 4th to 7th street. 5th street is shut down from arch to Market Street. 6th street is shut down from arch to chestnut streets. Nbc 10s George Spencer is live for us in skyforce 10. George, the event is already impacting travel for a lot of people. What does it look like for you are . Reporter jacqueline, anybody who may be passing through these streets on their way home, take a look at what were seeing from above. This is on the ground. The main stage, really an expansive setup for tonights preelection rally for the Clinton Campaign. The stage with the American Flag is likely where president clinton and obama will be speaking tonight
On how elections are being run here in philadelphia. Are the handful of people in charge of elections actually doing the job they were elected to do . Right now the Watchdog Group the committee of 70 is working to change the way those who oversee elections actually land their jobs. Ceo David Thornburg believes philadelphia commissioners should be appointed rather than elected. The Philadelphia City commissioners are a threemember bipartisan board. Theyre the people who make sure your vote counts, literally. Theyre in charge of elections and Voter Registration for the city. Commissioners are elected to fouryear terms, and there are no term limits. Right now the three commissioners serving are chairman anthony clashing, vice chairman al schmitt, and lisa. Anthony clark has been under fire for not showing up to work as chairman. He makes nearly 140,000 a year. But clark says he stays in touch with his staff by phone, even when hes on vacation and often works away from the office. Well, wi
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