Capitol Week; for Political List Buyers, Some Voters Worth More Than Others

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Communities and counties across the state do a brisk business selling their lists of voters to political candidates and parties, the media and even companies that do telephone polls.

In 2003, during the lead-up to a hotly contested spring 2004 mayoral election and a number of contested aldermanic races, the City of Milwaukee, which charges the most of any municipality in the state for electronic copies of its voter list, had revenues totaling $50,093 from such sales. In other municipalities and counties that maintain county-wide voter lists, revenue from selling them, which usually also include at least a partial history of elections in which those voters cast ballots, is far more modest.

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Capitol Week; for Political List Buyers, Some Voters Worth More Than Others

"The county's not exactly getting rich on this, trust me," said John Buhler, technology resources director for Ozaukee County, noting that his county probably received less than $1,000 last year from s...

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