Probe Launched Into Dem Tea Party Dirty Tricks

A one-man grand jury has been authorized to investigate possible election fraud in Oakland County.

At the request of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, the county’s circuit court judges approved the special investigator this afternoon.

The request followed reports that Oakland County Democratic party officials were involved in helping put candidates for the so-called Tea Party on the November ballot. Several of those candidates said they did not sign affidavits to run for office that were notarized by recently resigned Democratic Party official Jason Bauer.

A Free Press investigation published Friday also linked the county Democrats’ chairman Mike McGuinness to the effort to get Tea Party candidates to run in hotly contested races to draw votes from Republicans and help Democrats win.

Patterson applauded the court for approving the request.