WAUKEGAN (AP) -- Lake County prosecutors have announced grand jury indictments against two campaign workers for Democratic state Senator Terry Link of Waukegan on charges of forgery and perjury.
The indictments announced against Jerry D. Knight, 40, of Zion and Kenneth Davison, 50, of Waukegan allege the men included the names of dead voters on Link's nominating petitions.
Knight faces 11 perjury counts and one forgery count. Davison is indicted on nine perjury counts and two forgery counts. All are felonies.
Link has denied involvement in any forgeries. He is chairman of the Lake County Democratic Party and faces Republican businessman Keith Gray for re-election.
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