Subject: Abner Mikva
From: "Ken Wollack" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ken Wollack" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 16:02:08 -0400

The end of Abner Mikva's obituary in today's* New York Times* makes
reference to his observation of the 2004 presidential election in Ukraine.

*In 2004, the couple served as international observers for elections in
Ukraine. He wrote that the voting itself seemed straightforward, but when
he followed the ballots to the central counting station, he saw 2,100 of
them summarily discarded. He objected to no avail.*

*“I thought I had seen a lot of tough elections in Chicago,” he said, “but
they were mild compared to this one.”*

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/us/abner-mikva-lawmaker-judge-and-mentor-to-obama-dies-at-90.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

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