Next Phase Pondered in Vote-Buying Probe: ; String of Guilty Pleas Does Not Mean End of Case

Charleston Daily Mail › January 04, 2006

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Last week's string of guilty pleas may have resolved all pending election fraud charges in southern West Virginia, but few believe that federal prosecutors have ended their pursuit of vote-buying.

"We're not going to stop with these convictions and go to lunch," Acting U.S. Attorney Chuck Miller said last week. "We're going to continue."

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Next Phase Pondered in Vote-Buying Probe: ; String of Guilty Pleas Does Not Mean End of Case

And while Miller won't comment on his office's next step, statements made during the plea hearings suggest several different possible directions. So does evidence amassed in the cases filed so far.

Among the loose ends:

* The FBI raided the video poker ma...

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