One Million Chicago Voters' Social Security Numbers Leaked

Jan 22, 2007 7:51 pm US/Central Voters' Social Security Numbers Leaked, Suits Say Two Lawsuits Allege Board Of Elections Leaked Personal Information To Aldermen And Committeemen HOT NEWS just breaking at CBS-2 Chicago: Board of Elections put voters' information in peril, suits sayThe Chicago Board of Election Commissioners is the target of two lawsuits filed Monday, after personal information belonging to more than 1 million voters -- including their Social Security numbers -- were leaked out to aldermen, committeemen and at least one aldermanic candidate.Meliza Aldea, Romeo Aldea and Robert Green, in their suit against the CBEC, say "sensitive information of approximately 1.3 million voters was downloaded and copied onto numerous compact discs, [which were] distributed to different aldermen and ward committeemen throughout the city of Chicago."The suit says about 106 CDs containing this information was distributed to the aldermen and committeemen. FULL STORY...