CHICAGO–In Chicago, the dead are known to vote. Turns out they also take public transit, according to an investigation by the Better Government Association and Fox Chicago News.
A yet-to-be-released government audit found widespread abuse of a taxpayer-subsidized program that lets senior citizens ride free on the CTA, Pace and Metra — with a number of instances of senior free-ride passes being used on trains and buses after the registered cardholders had died.
Originally reported by Huffington Post Chicago. Read the original story here.