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So what in the world is Kasper doing helping independent 25th Ward aldermanic challenger Cuahutemoc Morfin in his ongoing election challenge against incumbent alderman and Daley stalwart Danny Solis?
“I don’t know the answer to that question,” says Richard Means, Morfin’s lawyer. “I can tell you this–I got a call from Kasper and he wants to help.”
Meanwhile, Morfin’s challenge suffered a blow yesterday. Means had petitioned the election board to release the number of early and absentee votes for Ambrosio Medrano, who was stricken from the ballot just a few days before the election. Solis squeaked by with just 51.42 percent of the vote, and if 200 votes for Medrano were included in the tally, the alderman would be bumped below 50 percent of the total vote and forced into a possible runoff with Morfin, who finished second.
