“Charges of election fraud are being leveled in two metro east communities. St. Clair County Clerk Bob Delaney says his office is holding on to nearly 400 absentee ballots and applications for absentee ballots for this municipal election that he believes are fraudulent.

“Two weeks ago we started getting calls from people who’d seen the public posting of the names of those who’d requested absentee ballots and they were saying that’s not me.”

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