The Marquette Tribune, the university's student newspaper, surveyed 1,000 students and found 174 admitted voting more than once, said Michael McGraw, the Tribune's metro news desk editor. The paper conducted the survey in person and by telephone after state Republicans on Friday alleged instances of voting irregularities, including claims that some students at Marquette and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee voted multiple times. Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann said Monday that his office is investigating reports that students at both universities voted more than once in last Tuesday's election. As word of the multiple voting spread across Marquette's campus Monday, some students acknowledged the disorganization they found at polling places but disagreed with their peers' actions to take advantage of the chaos. I don't think it's fair.
Students here are intelligent enough to know one vote, one person.
If I do get prosecuted for a felony, it's just going to show more people how easy it was. He said he cast his ballot at Grand Avenue Middle School four times. It was shortly after his first vote that he thought about casting another. He said he was asked to write on the registration card his name and address and to provide a signature. He raised his hand to swear he was the person on the card but said he was not asked for identification or proof of residency.