Welker said she would seek to have the courts subpoena John Street, who owns the North Philadelphia house where his brother is registered to vote, in a search for information about these voters and about the house, in the 2500 block of Nicholas Street.
John Street's campaign declined to comment. Milton Street could not be reached. McDowell has acknowledged living in West Philadelphia and voting in the Fifth District, but said it was legal. And Tommie St. Hill yesterday said he had voted legally, too.
Some legal experts, such as Fred Voigt, executive director of the nonpartisan election watchdog group Committee of Seventy, say it is not clear-cut whether the votes were illegal.
At the news conference, Welker offered a $100 check to anyone who could provide her with information on Milton Street's current address. She introduced Robin Hill, who said she was living in the house where Milton Street is registered. Hill said he had not lived there during her two-year tenancy.
Welker also produced a photocopy of a poll log showing that Milton Street had signed in to vote using the Nicholas Street address on Election Day.
Welker, who has filed suit in federal court seeking to have the election overturned, lost the May 18 primary for Street's old Council seat to former Street aide Darrell Clarke. She lost by 141 votes of more than 20,000 cast. She said yesterday that the votes cast by the Street supporters were "the tip of the iceberg" in a conspiracy to steal the election.
"We say today to John Street and Darrell Clarke, you stole that election from the people of the Fifth District," Welker said.
Clarke sits on Council now, having won a special election to temporarily fill the vacancy created when Street stepped down to run for mayor. In November, he will face only one opponent, a Green Party candidate.
