Deceased candidate haunts election

The Journal Sentinel staff

Green Lake It was a conspiracy, not a dead man, that caused Patrick McIntyre to lose a seat on the Green Lake City Council.

At least that's McIntyre's read on why he finished third in Tuesday's race for two council seats. Herman Burne, who was killed in an automobile accident Feb. 16, beat him.

"Can you imagine 102 people voting for a dead man?" McIntyre said Friday.

McIntyre only received 45 votes and believes his critics in city government orchestrated the effort to elect Burne.

First place, and the other seat on the council, went to Jim Jahnke, who received 143 votes.

"They didn't want me on there for the simple fact that I would represent the people," McIntyre said.

"This is a slap in my face, in the face of the dead man, and the face of the good people of Green Lake," McIntyre said.

McIntyre said the conspiracy against him also included the clerks who printed up the ballots.

"My contention is they had enough time to change the ballots," McIntyre said.

He said he believes the ballots Leg 1 ends here were printed after Burne's death, and he even offered to pay any costs associated with additional printing work.

However, officials in this city located about 25 miles west of Fond du Lac said there was nothing that could have been done to help the situation.

"We sent in the ballots to the printing company to have them prepared, then Herman died in an auto accident," said Barbara Dugenske, Green Lake clerk-treasurer.

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