Nine may have voted twice! -- Or not

"Nine may have voted in two cities" says the Journal Sentinel headline over a 37-inch story (I kid you not) on the latest claim by Wisconsin Republicans.

"Nine may not have voted in two cities," is another possible headline, of course. The Republican method of running voter lists against post office change of addresses doesn't really prove anything, they would admit. (One case of voter fraud is too many, of course, but it adds some perspective to note that 277,535 people voted in the city in that election, so nine is .003% of the total.)

They wouldn't make the names of the alleged perpetrators public, so there isn't really any way to check the claims, unless and until the U.S. attorney investigates and announces a finding.

The "news" conference reached the heights of absurdity when the GOP chose to hold it outside of a Milwaukee house that was somehow implicated in voter fraud, but wouldn't give the names of any residents or make any charges.

I think we should book that building and lock it up before it votes again.

I understand newspapers' space limitations, and when you only have 37 column inches you can't work every last detail in.

Here's one from the AP story on the same news conference that didn't make the JS. It's from State GOP Chair Rick Graber, who held the news conference, along with leggies who called again for the governor to sign a voter photo ID bill:

But Graber acknowledged that an ID requirement might not have prevented the double-voting.

"We've never said voter ID is a cure-all. It is a common sense first step," Graber said.