"Canvassing money" in Louisiana
AP reports:
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Republican candidate for governor Dan Kyle reported receiving what appeared to be votes-for-cash offers Monday, suggesting they were evidence of attempted vote fraud.At the same time, he slammed rival candidate Claude "Buddy" Leach, a Democrat, for paying out "canvassing money," linking it to the former congressman's 1979 indictment on vote-fraud charges. Leach was later acquitted.
A spokesman for Leach responded angrily to Kyle's charges, firing back with a few of his own. "How does this have anything to with vote buying?" asked Leach's media consultant, Roy Fletcher.
"We're being very straightforward. This is totally within the confines of the law," Fletcher added, accusing Kyle of "playing the race card."