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1. 2020-10-27 at 7:08 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
   

   Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
   Washington
   2007
   Clifton Eugene Mitchell
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   ACORN workers in Seattle committed what the Secretary of State labeled as the worst case of voter registration fraud in Washington's history. When ACORN's national office threatened to shut down the group's local office, Clifton Mitchell and his team began using fake names, addresses, birthdays, and social security numbers in order to meet their voter registration quotas. In a candid interview with CNN following his conviction, Clifton relayed how he and his fellow ACORN co-workers would take addresses from homeless shelters or use baby books and phone books to generate fake information. In total, the group submitted 1,762 fraudulent voter registration forms. Mitchell was convicted of false registrations and served nearly three months in jail. Four other ACORN workers on his team also received jail time. Additionally, prosecutors ordered ACORN to increase its oversight under threat of prosecution and fined the organization $25,000 to cover the cost of the investigation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fwHdNY, cnn.it/2eB3XqW, bit.ly/2eW2L4v
   
   Washington
   2007
   Ryan Olson
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Ryan Olson pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to two felony counts of providing false information on a voter-registration application. Court Commissioner Kenneth Comstock sentenced him to 30 days in jail or in electronic home detention.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjGRss
   
   Wisconsin
   2007
   Michael Zore
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Michael Zore was convicted of voting twice in the November 2006 election. Zore voted in two Milwaukee-area towns, Wauwatosa and West Allis. Zore claimed his double voting was due to a memory lapse, but a judge sentenced him to serve a year in the Milwaukee County House of Correction.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sQdNiT
   
   Wisconsin
   2007
   Kimberly Prude
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots, Ineligible Voting
   Kimberly Prude, a campaign volunteer for the Kerry_Edwards campaign, was convicted of illegally casting an absentee ballot in the 2004 election. She was already a convicted felon for forgery charges in 2000. Her probation was revoked and she is now serving her sentence in prison.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tQMkfi
   
   California
   2006
   Jason Holly, Jessica Sundell, and…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Jason Holly and Jessica Sundell pleaded guilty in 2006 to a felony charge of fraudulent completion of an affidavit of registration, and were sentenced to three years' probation. It was discovered that more than 100 people who thought they were signing petitions to cure breast cancer and punish child molesters were actually registering as Republicans in an elaborate vote-flipping scheme. Donahue Farrow pleaded guilty in 2008 for his involvement in this scheme. He was sentenced to 46 days in jail and three years' probation. Five others have also pleaded guilty over their involvement in this scheme.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fdes54, bit.ly/2umL0DT, bit.ly/2uVa5CV
   
   California
   2006
   Roger Treskunoff
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations, Ballot Petition Fraud
   A former Hayward County school board candidate pleaded guilty to registering fictitious voters and falsifying ballot initiatives, both felonies. Treskunoff was initially charged with over 40 felonies. He was sentenced to one year in prison, followed by five years' probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fdfGgI, bit.ly/2fdgCSl
   
   Colorado
   2006
   Winston Keyes
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Winston Keyes, of Denver, Colorado, pleaded guilty to voting twice in the 2005 general election. He forged his mother's signature on her absentee ballot, despite the fact that his mother had died in July of that year. He was sentenced to one year of probation and was ordered to pay court costs.
   
   Source: dpo.st/2sLq1dC, bit.ly/2sLraC8
   
   Florida
   2006
   Mohsin Ali
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Mohsin Ali, a non-citizen, pleaded guilty to unlawful voting by an alien. Ali was sentenced to two years' probation, and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and a $25 court fee.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUAtPw, States v. Mohsin Ali, 4:05-CR-47 (2006)
   
   Indiana
   2006
   Tamika Lay
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Tamika Lay pleaded guilty to voting in a precinct in which she did not live for the 2003 East Chicago Democratic primary. Though she initially called the errant vote a mistake, Lay eventually admitted that she wanted to cast a vote for her brother, Terrance Lay, who was a city council candidate for a different precinct. Lay was sentenced to one year of probation. At her sentencing hearing, she expressed frustration to the judge at being held accountable for her fraudulent act. She said, "People have been doing [fraudulently voting] for years, and all of a sudden they want to do something about it." Fraud in this 2003 primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral primary that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f1H5l2
   
   Indiana
   2006
   Demetreos Hasapis
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Demetreos Hasapis, an East Chicago Fire Department captain, was convicted of voting outside the precinct in which he lived for the 2003 East Chicago Democratic primary. He was sentenced to a 60-day jail sentence in the Lake County jail and 60 days' probation. Fraud in this 2003 primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eojg8W, bit.ly/2feYwj0
   
   Indiana
   2006
   Antonio and Alycia Mendiola
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Antonio and Alycia Mendiola pleaded guilty to voting in a precinct where they did not live during the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary. Both were sentenced to 18 months of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eepvJb, bit.ly/2fw9MLt
   
   Indiana
   2006
   Eduardo Perez, Sr.
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Eduardo Perez, Sr., pleaded guilty to fraudulently receiving an absentee ballot in connection to the 2003 East Chicago mayoral Democrat primary. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eepvJb
   
   Indiana
   2006
   Larry Battle
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Larry Battle was convicted of voting in a precinct in which he did not live for the 2003 East Chicago mayoral Democratic primary election. Battle had a history of "crimes of dishonesty," prompting the judge--unpersuaded by Battle's "everybody was doing it" defense--to sentence him to two years in prison. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fF02xx
   
   Kentucky
   2006
   Randy Thompson, John Mac Combs, Phillip…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Knott County Judge-Executive Randy Thompson was sentenced to 40 months in prison for a vote buying scheme involving use of public funds to improve driveways and build bridges on private property. Judge-executive assistants Combs and Champion, as well as a former county magistrate, were also sentenced, receiving 36 months, 18 months, and 32 months, respectively.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eowvqc
   
   Kentucky
   2006
   Johnny Ray Turner
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   State Senator Johnny Ray Turner pleaded guilty to "non-willfully" making campaign expenditures for the purpose of influencing voters and was sentenced to three months' home detention and one year of probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAKMNX, bit.ly/2udPg8j
   
   Missouri
   2006
   Michelle Robinson
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Michelle Robinson pleaded guilty to 13 counts of election law violations in connection with a fraudulent voter registration scheme. Robinson worked for Operation Big Vote, an initiative aimed at boosting the participation of black voters in the 2001 St. Louis mayoral election. She submitted 13 voter registration cards made out in the names of dead former city aldermen. Robinson was simultaneously convicted on drug charges and her combined sentence was four years of probation, 180 hours of community service, and mandatory training in transcendental meditation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fgTJ08
   
   New Hampshire
   2006
   Timothy Barnes
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Timothy Parnes was convicted of providing a false address when registering to vote. He was fined $500.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLhFmh
   
   New York
   2006
   Clyde Gerbeck
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Clyde Gerbeck of Syracuse, New York pleaded guilty to voting twice in a 2005 primary election and received a conditional discharge sentence.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sS1xdR
   
   New York
   2006
   Richard Saint Angel
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Richard Saint Angel pleaded guilty to several offenses under New York State Penal Law in relation to hundreds of forged petition signatures provided to the Dutchess County Board of Elections in an attempt to make it on to the ballot as a candidate for Town Supervisor in Poughkeepsie, NY. He was sentenced to one year in jail.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tNQRBD
   
   Oregon
   2006
   Ricky Graybael
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Ricky Graybael pleaded guilty to one charge of voting more than once in an election. He was sentenced to 24 months' probation, and was ordered to complete 80 hours of community service and pay $67 in court fees.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tLbhbT (Case #06FE0061)
   
   Oregon
   2006
   Leanne Lewis
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Leanne Lewis pleaded guilty to being registered and voting in both Columbia County and Washington County during elections in 2003, 2004, and 2005. She was sentenced to 36 months' probation, 40 hours' community service, and fined $857.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvo4PL
   
   Oregon
   2006
   Diana Clagett
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   During a 2006 ballot measure, Diana Clagett submitted three signature sheets that contained 27 "questionable signatures" that either belonged to unregistered voters or did not match the signatures on voter registration cards. A Multnomah County grand jury indicted Clagett on two counts of making false statements. She subsequently pleaded guilty to one felony count and was placed on probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f1AxoU
   
   Texas
   2006
   Anita Baeza
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Anita Baeza was given six months of pre-trial diversion after she was charged with five counts of illegally possessing another's ballot during the 2004 primary.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2006
   Virginia Ramos Garza
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Virginia Ramos Garza, of Nueces County, was charged with four counts of "possessing an official ballot or carrier envelope of another." In a 2005 school district election, she targeted the elderly by going door-to-door to obtain votes, and then took the ballots to the post office for mailing. She was admitted into a one-year pretrial diversion program, which included 12 months of community supervision. Garza conspired to engage in vote harvesting with Elida Garza Flores, Isabel Rios Gonzalez, and Josefina Marinas Suarez, all of whom were charged and ultimately admitted into diversion programs or received deferred adjudications.
   
   Source: Case No. 05-CR-9806-4 (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas), bit.ly/2GT3PVA
   
   Texas
   2006
   Maria Dora Flores
   Diversion Program
   Illegal "Assistance" At The Polls
   Maria Dora Flores pleaded guilty to engaging in illegal "assistance" at the polls during the 2006 Democratic primary election. Prosecutors charged that Flores escorted several voters into their polling locations and then filled out and submitted ballots without their consent. The judge sentenced Flores to a $750 fine and two years of deferred probation. In a statement discussing the case, then Attorney General Greg Abbott remarked that, "Those who perpetrate voter fraud are victimizing and intimidating the elderly. This violates the law and is simply another form of elder abuse."
   
   Source: bit.ly/2unYnnF, bit.ly/2sVcOek
   
   Texas
   2006
   Elida Garza Flores
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Elida Garza Flores, of Nueces County, was charged with one count of "possessing of an official ballot or carrier envelope of another." In a 2005 school district election, she targeted the elderly by going door-to-door to obtain votes, and then took the ballots to the post office for mailing. She was admitted into a one-year pretrial diversion program, which included 12 months of community supervision. She conspired to engage in vote harvesting with Virginia Ramos Garza, Isabel Rios Gonzalez, and Josefina Marinas Suarez, all of whom were charged and ultimately admitted into diversion programs or received deferred adjudications.
   
   Source: Case No. 05-CR-9805-4 (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas), bit.ly/2GT3PVA
   
   Texas
   2006
   Willie J. Ray, Jamillah Johnson
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Willie Ray, a Texarkana Ward 2 City Councilwoman, and Jamillah Johnson pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of absentee ballots during the 2004 general election. The two women illegally assisted elderly and other voters in submitting applications for mail-in ballots, then collected and mailed in the completed ballots for the voters. This assistance is a Class B misdemeanor under Texas law. The judge fined Willie Ray $200 and sentenced her to eight months of probation. Jamillah Johnson received a $200 fine and six months of probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fcgEMG, bit.ly/2f26dIi
   
   Texas
   2006
   Isabel Rios Gonzalez
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Isabel Rios Gonzalez, of Nueces County, entered a plea of nolo contendere to two counts of "possessing of an official ballot or carrier envelope of another." In a 2005 school district election, she targeted the elderly by going door-to-door to obtain votes, and then took the ballots to the post office for mailing. She was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication, 12 months of community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $500 fine. She conspired to engage in vote harvesting with Virginia Ramos Garza, Elida Garza Flores, and Josefina Marinas Suarez, all of whom were charged and ultimately admitted into diversion programs or received deferred adjudications.
   
   Source: Case No. 05-CR-9808-3 (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas), bit.ly/2GT3PVA
   
   Texas
   2006
   Melinda Hunter
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Melinda Hunter was indicted on seven counts of illegally possessing and transporting ballots not belonging to her. Hunter illegally assisted elderly voters in preparing their ballots. She was placed in a six-month pre-trial diversion program.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fcgEMG, bit.ly/2f26dIi
   
   Texas
   2006
   Josefina Marinas Suarez
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Josefina Marinas Suarez pleaded guilty to a charge of handling an official ballot belonging to another. During the 2005 Robstown school district election Suarez targeted elderly voters, soliciting votes and returning the absentee ballots herself. Under Texas law, she was not permitted to handle or transport absentee ballots. Suarez was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication probation and a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fmjblv
   
   Texas
   2006
   Trinidad Villalobos
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Trinidad Villalobos was convicted by a jury of illegally possessing and transporting ballots belonging to multiple voters during the 2004 primary. According to witnesses, Villalobos offered to assist elderly voters fill out applications for absentee ballots and would later collect and mail those ballots. Unauthorized possession of ballots is a misdemeanor under Texas law. Villalobos received six months of probation for each charge.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fIh0ek, bit.ly/2eYP84q, bit.ly/2evYJPN
   
   Washington
   2006
   Jane Kay Balogh
   Diversion Program
   False Registrations, Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Balogh was found guilty of making false or misleading statements to a public servant, as well as absentee ballot fraud and registration fraud. In 2006, Balogh registered her dog, Duncan, to vote under her address and telephone number and successfully completed and mailed an absentee ballot for him. Balogh claimed she was drawing attention to flaws in the absentee ballot system. She received a one-year deferred sentence, and was ordered to perform 10 hours of community service and pay court fees of $240.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2evub0H, bit.ly/2unV0wS
   
   West Virginia
   2006
   Perry French Harvey
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Perry French Harvey pleaded guilty to a charge of scheming to buy votes in the 2004 Logan County Democratic primary. He was sentenced to three years' probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f1xmOd
   
   West Virginia
   2006
   Greg Stowers, Wandell "Rocky…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Six Lincoln County Democrats pleaded guilty to charges of participating in a conspiracy to buy votes dating back to 1990. The indictment charged that the six conspired to buy votes in elections held in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004 "for the purpose of selecting and electing candidates to the U.S. House of Representatives and in some instances, for the presidency and vice presidency of the U.S." The men paid for votes in liquor and cash, typically $20 per vote, and handed out slates listing preferred candidates. The five also laid gravel on roads for supporters and fixed traffic tickets. Some of their sentences included the following: Vance was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment, Stowers received six months of imprisonment, and Wandell Adkins received four months in a halfway house.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eGUkqO, bit.ly/2elveN6, bit.ly/2fmw7Yo
   
   Alaska
   2005
   Rogelio Mejorada-Lopez
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Mejorada-Lopez, a Mexican citizen, completed several voter registration applications to register to vote in Alaska and voted in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 general elections. He was charged with three counts of voting by a non-citizen in violation of 18 U.S.C. 611 and was sentenced to probation for one year after pleading guilty.
   
   Source: United States v. Rogelio Mejorada-Lopez, No. 05-CR-074 (2005)
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   • vindicktive vinny
2. 2020-10-27 at 7:08 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
   

   Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
   ndiana
   2007
   Jose Arroyo and Mabel Komendat
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Jose Arroyo and Mabel Komendat were convicted of voting in another precinct after voting in an East Chicago election despite living in Hammond and Highland, respectively. They were both sentenced to one year probation and 50 hours of community service. Fraud in the 2003 East Chicago mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fbPDIY
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Ashley Dunlop
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Mr. Ashley Dunlop pleaded guilty to the charge of aiding the fraudulent application of a ballot in connection to misconduct surrounding the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary election. He was sentenced to one year probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eACgP4
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Levones Tolbert
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   East Chicago Councilman Levones Tolbert was charged with offering money in exchange for votes, among other offenses. Tolbert pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized polling place entry and was sentenced to 30 days' probation. Fraud in the 2003 East Chicago primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fw71K2
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Ricardo Alamillo
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Ricardo Alamillo, a former East Chicago assistant chief bailiff, was convicted of voting in another precinct for the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary and received a one-and-a-half year suspended sentence and another one-and-a-half years of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fEZuYI
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Allan "Twig" Simmons
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Allan "Twig" Simmons, an operative for the Chicago mayor's campaign, was charged with three counts of attempted obstruction of justice and six counts of ballot fraud after persuading individuals to let him fill out their absentee ballots in exchange for jobs. He pleaded guilty to three counts of fraudulent application, showing, examination, receipt or delivery of ballots. He was sentenced to 3 years' probation and 100 hours of community service. Fraud in the 2003 East Chicago mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2feWMXg
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Alicia Dunbar and Ivan Dunbar
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Alicia and Ivan Dunbar pleaded guilty to voting in another precinct for the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary and were given one year of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fEZuYI
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Raymond Carillo
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Raymond Carillo pleaded guilty to one count of voting in a precinct in which he did not live for the 2003 East Chicago mayoral Democratic primary election. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eACgP4
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Tonya Griffin-Bronaugh
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Tonya Griffin-Bronaugh, the sister of Terrance Lay, pleaded guilty to filling out and signing an application for an absentee ballot in the name of her former husband without his knowledge in connection with the 2003 East Chicago Democratic primary. Her brother was a city council candidate in that election. Griffin-Bronaugh was sentenced to 18 months of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eernRT
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Mark Orosco
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Mark Orosco pleaded guilty to voting in another precinct for the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary and received a one year suspended sentence, one year of probation, and 100 hours of community service. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fEZuYI
   
   Indiana
   2007
   John Carlyle and Ronald Komendat
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   John Carlyle and Ronald Komendat, a former police officer, both pleaded guilty to voting in precincts where they did not reside in the 2003 East Chicago mayoral Democratic primary election. Both received six-month suspended sentences and were ordered to perform 40 hours of community service. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fittRT
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Mario Del Valle
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Mario Del Valle pleaded guilty to voting in another precinct for the 2003 East Chicago elections. He was sentenced to one year of probation and 30 hours of community service. Fraud in the 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAzcCt
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Michael Harretos and Ezequiel Godinez
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Michael Harretos and Ezequiel Godinez were sentenced to one year of probation, community service, and fines for voting in another precinct in the 2003 East Chicago election. Fraud in the 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fbPDIY
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Arthur Vera, Elvia Vera, Armando Vera,…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Arthur, Elvia, and Armando Vera, Pedro Moro, and Yolanda Ramirez, pleaded guilty to voting in another precinct during the 2003 East Chicago Democratic primary. Fraud in this 2003 primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fbPDIY
   
   Kentucky
   2007
   Charles Hart
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Charles "Chuck" Hart, of Salt Lick, Kentucky, was found guilty of vote buying, obstruction of justice, and lying to federal agents. He bought votes during a Bath County primary election, and subsequently tried to contact and pressure jurors to rule in his favor. Hart was sentenced to 33 months' federal imprisonment.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLqRqY, bit.ly/2tmlNYL
   
   Kentucky
   2007
   Darnell Hipsher
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Manchester City Councilman Darnell Hipsher pleaded guilty to conspiring to gain public favor by using city purchased asphalt to pave thirty-two private driveways, as part of a scheme to buy votes. He was sentenced to forty-six months in jail. He returned to the city council after his release.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2flFpIg
   
   Kentucky
   2007
   Fred Clinton Johnson
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   An eastern Kentucky county magistrate, Johnson was convicted of buying votes in the 2002 primary. He was sentenced to 14 months in prison and forced to pay $10,000 in fines.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2t7uJCP, bit.ly/2ueJnYp
   
   Kentucky
   2007
   Donald "Champ" Maze
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Donald Maze pleaded guilty to paying four different people at least $100 each for their vote in the Democrat primary for Bath County Attorney. He was sentenced to 21 months in jail, followed by two years of supervised release and 200 hours of community service. Additionally, he was assessed a $50,000 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ue1MoD, bit.ly/2u4miYD, bit.ly/2t9TvNP
   
   Kentucky
   2007
   Walter Bascom Shrout
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Bath County Judge-Executive Walter Bascom Shrout was convicted of conspiracy to buy votes. He was also found guilty of obstruction of justice and making false statements to a federal agent. He was ordered to resign and was sentenced to 27 months in prison.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tE5G8W, bit.ly/2ue1MoD, bit.ly/2v85nBg
   
   Kentucky
   2007
   Daugh White
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Former Manchester mayor Daugh White pleaded guilty to conspiring to gain public favor by using city purchased asphalt to pave thirty-two private driveways, as part of a scheme to buy votes. He was sentenced to eighty-four months in jail.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2w9fpD1
   
   Michigan
   2007
   Edward Pinkney
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes, Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Following a jury trial, Reverand Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor was found guilty of possessing other individuals' absentee ballots and buying votes in a 2005 runoff election. At a local soup kitchen, Pinkney would pay $5 to each poor or homeless person who would fill out an absentee ballot.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ffCn4d
   
   Missouri
   2007
   Carmen Davis
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Carmen Davis, who also goes by the name of Latisha Reed and who worked for the community organizing group, ACORN, pleaded guilty to voter registration fraud in Kansas City for filing false paperwork. Davis was sentenced to 120 days in a halfway house.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sOTqzq
   
   Missouri
   2007
   Dale Franklin and Brian Gardner
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Dale Franklin and Brian Gardiner, voter registration recruiters for ACORN prior to the 2006 election, pleaded guilty to election fraud, after forging the signature of an applicant and submitting it to the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners. Both men were sentenced to probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fIJBAz
   
   Missouri
   2007
   Kwaim Stenson
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Kwaim Stenson, a registration recruiter employed by ACORN, pleaded guilty to a count of submitting a false voter registration application to the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners. Stenson was sentenced to four months and five days' imprisonment.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eVWqpQ, bit.ly/2eVXSbw
   
   Mississippi
   2007
   Ike Brown
   Civil Penalty
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots, Illegal "Assistance" At The Polls
   In a civil case filed by the federal government, Ike Brown, former Chairman of the Noxubee County Democratic Executive Committee and Superintendent of Democratic Primary Elections, was found to have violated Section Two of the Voting Rights Act through racially motivated manipulation of ballots. Brown, who started chairing the Commission in 2000, obtained and improperly counted defective absentee ballots, and allowed for improper "assistance" of voters to ensure that white political candidates lost and black candidates won. He was permanently enjoined from engaging in such conduct in the future, and an independent administrator was appointed to ensure compliance.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLUa8s, bit.ly/2t05T7G, bit.ly/2tJbIDw
   
   Mississippi
   2007
   Martha Gardner
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Martha Gardner pleaded guilty to one count of voter fraud in connection with absentee ballot misconduct during the 2005 Houston mayoral Democratic primary. Witnesses alleged that Gardner had come to them with absentee ballots they did not request and marked the ballots for them. Gardner was initially indicted on 37 counts of voter fraud. A judge imposed a five-year suspended sentence and put Gardner on 30 months of probation. Gardner was also ordered to pay $391.50 in court costs, $100 of which would go to the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fm5YHz, bit.ly/2ugWtot
   
   Ohio
   2007
   Katherine Morrow
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Katherine Morrow, of Jackson, Tennessee, pleaded guilty in Ohio court to two felony counts of election fraud. She was sentenced to five years' community control and ordered to pay a $500 fine and court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2vaFS2l (Case #CR 06 11 0231)
   
   Ohio
   2007
   Charles Worrell and Jerolynn Worrell
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Following a jury trial, Charles and Jerolynn Worrell were found guilty of illegal voting for falsely registering and voting. The pair indicated that they lived at a Summit County address where they did not reside. They received a sentence of six months' incarceration, suspended upon completion of one year of community control and other sanctions.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e8u64g
   
   Ohio
   2007
   Melissa Sparks
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Melissa Sparks, of Springfield, pleaded guilty to three felony charges of election fraud. She was sentenced to five years' community control and fined $250.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2vaFS2l (Case #CR 06 12 0244)
   
   Ohio
   2007
   Alan Szabo
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Alan Szabo, of Springfield, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of election fraud. He was sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment in the county jail, five years' community control, and was required to pay court costs, attorney's fees, and pay a $250 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2vaFS2l (Case #CR 06 11 0239)
   
   Ohio
   2007
   Rachelle Zimmerman
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Rachelle Zimmerman, of Hardin County, pleaded guilty to one county of felony election fraud. She was sentenced to two years' community control and ordered to pay a $50 fine and court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tLqKc0 (Case #20072008)
   
   Ohio
   2007
   Claudel Gilbert
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Claudel Gilbert, a Haitian immigrant, pleaded guilty to voting twice in the 2006 elections. Gilbert received a suspended six-month prison sentence, one year probation, and $500 in fines.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e8uMXg
   
   Ohio
   2007
   Jacqueline Maiden and Kathleen Dreamer
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Following a jury trial, Jacqueline Maiden, the elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer were convicted of negligent misconduct and failure to perform their duties in connection with a 2004 presidential election recount. Each was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. In an effort to save time, the pair rigged the recount by pre-selecting for review by election officials ballots that they knew would not raise issues. Their efforts did not alter the results of the presidential election.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2evcFcU, bit.ly/2f8vYqJ, bit.ly/2foJVAc
   
   Tennessee
   2007
   Verline Mayo, Gertrude Otteridge, and…
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Verline Mayo, Gertrude Otteridge, and Mary McClatcher pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor voter fraud charges after admitting that, while acting as poll workers, they conspired to cast at least three falsified votes--two of them in the name of deceased voters--as part of a scheme to favor State Senate candidate Ophelia Ford. Ford won the 2005 election by only 13 votes, but the result was thrown out by the Senate citing the fraudulent votes. Mayo received two years' probation, $1,000 in fines and 200 hours of community service. Otteridge and McClatcher were sentenced to one year of probation plus fines and community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tLpBBc, bit.ly/2vaSxlJ
   
   Tennessee
   2007
   Vancey Voorhies
   Diversion Program
   Illegal "Assistance" At The Polls
   Vancey Voorhies, a former volunteer poll worker, entered a pre-trial diversion program after being indicted on four charges: Illegal Registration/Voting, False Entries, Violation by an Official, and Official Misconduct. Voorhies completed and submitted a ballot for her cousin, in violation of state law.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f8Bnhp
   
   Texas
   2007
   Debra Briseno
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   A former Port Lavaca city councilwoman was sentenced to five years in prison for registering non-citizens to vote and tampering with government documents. During the trial, she acknowledged that she did not ask registrants about their citizenship, nor did she inform them that only United States citizens are eligible to vote. Illegal voting is a third-degree felony.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2evdRgn
   
   Texas
   2007
   Raymond Villarreal
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Raymond Villarreal, the then-County Commissioner of Refugio, pleaded guilty to charges related to a scheme to rig the absentee vote in his favor during his 2006 primary race for commissioner. Villarreal first had registered voters request absentee ballots, but then routed the ballots to known supporters who would vote for Villarreal. He then had the original applicants sign the ballots. He was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail and given five years of probation. He was also ordered to complete 300 hours of community service and pay $2,500 in fines. Villarreal was forced to resign.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLgnHX, bit.ly/2svdaZ5
   
   Virginia
   2007
   Ben Cooper and 14 co-conspirators
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes, Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Former Appalachia mayor Ben Cooper and 14 others were convicted of voter fraud after conspiring to manipulate the 2004 elections in his town by buying the votes of residents, offering them cigarettes, beer, and pork rinds. He and his supporters also stole absentee ballots from the mail. This was the largest voter fraud conspiracy to date in Virginia. Cooper was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but the term was suspended after he served two years in jail and another two years in electronic home monitoring detention. Most of the other 14 defendants received suspended sentences or house arrest.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2t8hUIp, bit.ly/2uo1oUW
   
   Washington
   2007
   Tina Johnson and Jayson Woods
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Tina Johnson and Jayson Woods pleaded guilty to eight counts each of registration fraud. Each were sentenced to 120 days of jail, or 15 days for each count.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjGRss
   
   Washington
   2007
   Kendra Lynn Thill
   Diversion Program
   False Registrations
   Kendra Lynn Thill, a former canvasser for ACORN, pleaded guilty to voter registration fraud committed in the 2006 election. She was given a 12-month deferred sentence.
   
   Source: fxn.ws/2fCkQGV, bit.ly/2eeeK9D
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   • vindicktive vinny
3. 2020-10-27 at 7:07 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
   

   Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Ponciano Herrera, a Lake County police officer, pleaded guilty to handling a forged absentee ballot in the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary election. Herrera was sentenced to 90 days of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ff15l6
   
   Indiana
   2008
   Ronald DeCastro
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Ronald DeCastro, an East Chicago police officer, pleaded guilty to a charge of voter fraud in connection with his misconduct during the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary election. He did not live in East Chicago, so he used the address of his uncle in order to cast an absentee ballot in the election. DeCastro received a 60-day suspended jail sentence and was sentenced to 60 days of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fw3jAf, bit.ly/2fdlIhq, bit.ly/2fF0gVx
   
   Minnesota
   2008
   Kristy Ellen Dettle
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Kristy Dettle from Fridley, Minnesota was charged with voting more than once in the same election, making or signing a false certificate, and making a false or untrue statement on an absentee ballot application. She pleaded guilty to voting more than once, and the other charges were dismissed. She was sentenced to one year of probation and a fine of $1,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eiOIly
   
   Missouri
   2008
   Brian Bland, Bobbie Jean Cheeks, Cortez…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Eight St. Louis voter registration workers pleaded guilty to election fraud for submitting false registration cards in the 2006 election in St. Louis. The workers were employed by liberal community organizing group, ACORN.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eiSQ5e, bit.ly/2tcCrGI
   
   Missouri
   2008
   Joel Neal
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting, Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Joel Neal, of St. Louis, Missouri, voted twice in the 2008 primary election: once in person for himself, and once via absentee ballot in the name of his deceased mother. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month of home confinement and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rUQKiw, bit.ly/2sOJbet, bit.ly/2vaYsag
   
   New York
   2008
   Vincent Sculco
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Vincent Sculco, Republican Chairman for the town of North Greenbush, pleaded guilty to forging a signature on a nomination petition for a 2007 election. The investigation revealed that Sculco may have forged more than 40 signatures. Sculco was sentenced to the sheriff's work-order program.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2foFeWP
   
   Ohio
   2008
   Christopher Hargrove
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Christopher Hargrove pleaded guilty to one charge of voter registration fraud. He also pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony theft offense. He received two suspended nine-month prison sentences and was ordered to complete one year of community control.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvqb61, bit.ly/2ubsJcM
   
   Ohio
   2008
   Danielle Phillips
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Danielle Phillips, of Hardin County, pleaded guilty to voter fraud. She was sentenced to three years' community control and 75 hours' community service, and was ordered to pay a $50 fine, court costs, and attorney's fees.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tLqKc0 (Case #20072007)
   
   Ohio
   2008
   Jalynn Stowers
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Jalynn Stowers, of Hardin County, pleaded guilty to one count of prohibitions relating to petitions or declarations, an election fraud charge. She was sentenced to two years of community control and ordered to pay a $50 fine, court costs, and attorney's fees.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tLqKc0 (Case #20072005)
   
   Ohio
   2008
   Kevin Duffy
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Kevin Duffy pleaded guilty to voting early in Ohio, where he was not a resident, in the presidential election. He was sentenced to one year of probation and a $1,000 fine, along with 250 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e2Fq1N
   
   Ohio
   2008
   Christine Freshour
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Christine Freshour, of Riverside, pleaded guilty to election fraud. She was ordered to pay court costs and attorney's fees.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tLgVuN (Case #CR 07 06 0125)
   
   South Carolina
   2008
   Christopher Campbell
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Mayor Christopher Campbell was convicted of voter fraud, forgery, and official misconduct. Campbell filled out 16 absentee ballots, then found and persuaded voters who had not made it to the polls to cast them in their own names. Campbell was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2uWOI47, bit.ly/2f8yn4u
   
   Texas
   2008
   Elva Gutierrez Lazo
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Elva Gutierrez Lazo, a former Duval County precinct secretary, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally possessing another's ballot during the 2006 primary election. Lazo and others helped voters to register to receive absentee ballots by falsely claiming they were disabled. She later returned to collect and mail the absentee votes. Lazo received one year of deferred adjudication and one year of community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCDVKl, bit.ly/2tNAvVP
   
   Texas
   2008
   Jose Rene Gomez
   Diversion Program
   Duplicate Voting
   Jose Rene Gomez pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting. Gomez was implicated in a scheme to register phony voters at vacant lots in an effort to receive and submit a large number of mail-in ballots for the 2006 Democratic Primary. Gomez was also charged with voting twice in that election. He was sentenced to two years of deferred adjudication, two years of community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sAuBYJ, bit.ly/2rCJNU7
   
   Texas
   2008
   Lydia Molina
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Lydia Molina, then-Treasurer for Duval County, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally possessing another's ballot during the 2006 primary election. Molina and others helped voters to register to receive absentee ballots by falsely claiming they were disabled. She later returned to collect and mail the absentee votes. Molina received one year of deferred adjudication and one year of community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCDVKl, bit.ly/2tNAvVP
   
   Texas
   2008
   Oscar Rios
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Oscar Rios pleaded guilty to 12 counts of illegally possessing a ballot without a voter's consent. Rios was involved in a scheme to register phony voters at vacant lots in an effort to receive and submit a large number of mail-in ballots for the 2006 Democratic Primary. He was sentenced to two years of deferred adjudication, two years of community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sAuBYJ, bit.ly/2rCJNU7
   
   Texas
   2008
   Maria Soriano
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Maria Soriano, then-head of the Duval Welfare Department, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally possessing another's ballot during the 2006 primary election. Soriano and others helped voters register to receive absentee ballots by falsely claiming they were disabled. She later returned to collect and mail the absentee votes. Soriano received one year of deferred adjudication and one year of community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCDVKl, bit.ly/2tNAvVP
   
   Texas
   2008
   Mark Littlefield
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Mark Littlefield, of Hays County, was charged with one count of illegal possession of a forged instrument stemming from forgery and document tampering conducted during a 2006 special election. He was admitted to a one-year pretrial diversion program, and was ordered to make a $300 donation.
   
   Source: Case No. 89, 298 (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas)
   
   Texas
   2008
   Maria Adelina Trigo
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Maria Adelina Trigo, a former Duval County welfare clerk, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally possessing a ballot that was not her own during the 2006 primary election. Trigo and others helped voters to register to receive absentee ballots by falsely claiming they were disabled. Trigo later returned to collect and mail the absentee vote. She received one year of deferred adjudication and one year of community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCDVKl, bit.ly/2tNAvVP
   
   Texas
   2008
   Jami Parkinson Billings
   Diversion Program
   Miscellaneous
   Jami Parkinson Billings, of Goliad County, illegally revealed the results of a 2008 municipal election before the vote had concluded. Billings pleaded nolo contendere to one count of "unlawfully revealing information before polls close," was sentenced to two years of deferred adjudication, and was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine and complete two years of community supervision.
   
   Source: Case No. 08-8-8967 CR (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas)
   
   Utah
   2008
   Zachary Millett, Brandon Ellsworth, and…
   Diversion Program
   False Registrations
   Zachary Millet, Brandon Ellsworth, and Charles Rich pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor attempt to fraudulently register to vote in a 2006 election for sheriff. The small county of Daggett (population 900) saw 28 others placed in a diversionary program for misdemeanor fraud committed in the same election. Each of these three defendants was sentenced to 30 days in jail (suspended) and fined $500 as part of a diversion agreement.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fClmVr
   
   Washington
   2008
   Randell Lee Cole
   Diversion Program
   Ineligible Voting
   Randell Lee Cole was admitted into the Jefferson County "Friendship" Diversion Program following charges that Cole had illegally voted in the 2008 primary election. Cole, a felon, was ineligible to cast a ballot.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLHoLj
   
   Washington
   2008
   Todd Stuart McGuire
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Todd Stuart McGuire, of Port Townsend, was ordered to participate in a diversion program that includes five years of supervision. McGuire cast a ballot in his wife's name in a 2007 special election. He agreed to an order that "facts sufficient for a guilty" finding existed in his case. McGuire was barred from voting during the five-year supervision period.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sv5BkN, bit.ly/2uPTRue, bit.ly/2sLHoLj
   
   California
   2007
   Mickensey Oliveria
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Mickensey Oliveria pleaded no contest to ballot petition fraud. Oliveria was charged with providing a false affidavit for a referendum or recall petition or the signatures appended thereto.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLHvGJ, bit.ly/2sSa2Wl, Superior Court of California, Case #1090738
   
   Colorado
   2007
   John McCarthy
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   In 2004, John McCarthy was hired by Choose 2 Vote (a campaign finance company) to register new voters. In 2007, he pleaded guilty to producing false voter registration applications. He was sentenced to three years in jail.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvB3Ro
   
   Georgia
   2007
   James Bryant, Jr.
   Civil Penalty
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   James Bryant, Jr. admitted to improperly assisting voters in completing their absentee ballots in the 2005 Americus mayoral election. Bryant was a candidate in that election, and on at least six occasions, he helped voters fill out information on their ballot mailers without signing the requisite oath indicating he had provided the assistance. He was ordered by the State Election Board to pay a $600 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjz1g1
   
   Georgia
   2007
   Jerry Metts
   Civil Penalty
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Jerry Metts was investigated for helping illegal aliens cast absentee ballots in Atkinson County during a 2004 county commission election. He was fined $80,000 by the State Election Board.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f1yAXk
   
   Illinois
   2007
   Charles Powell, Sheila Thomas, Jesse…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   East Saint Louis City precinct committeemen Charles Powell, Sheila Thomas, Jesse Lewis, and Kelvin Ellis, as well as precinct worker Yvette Johnson, were convicted for conspiracy to commit election fraud after participating in vote-buying activities in the 2004 election, including submitting budgets that would allow city funds to pay voters to vote for Democratic candidates. Powell was sentenced to 21 months in prison; Thomas was sentenced to 18 months in prison, $400 in fines, and two years' supervised release; Johnson was sentenced to two years' probation with the first five months in monitored home confinement; Lewis was sentenced to 15 months in prison, two years' supervised release, and $200 in fines; Ellis was sentenced to a 4.5 year prison sentence for election fraud and assorted criminal offenses, including running a prostitution ring out of city hall and threatening to kill a federal witness.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2feX7co, bit.ly/2f1DNyv
   
   Illinois
   2007
   Elizabeth Dag Um Keathley
   Official Finding
   Ineligible Voting
   Elizabeth Dag Um Keathley came to the United States after marrying John Keathley, a U.S. citizen, in a ceremony that took place in the Philippines. She received a non-immigrant K-3 visa so that she could live with her husband while waiting for a grant of permanent residency as the spouse of a U.S. citizen. While considering her application, immigration officials determined that Keathley illegally voted and ordered her removal from the country. She contends that, when applying for a driver's license, she was asked if she wished to vote. After answering "yes," the official handling her driver's license application check marked the box indicating she was a U.S. citizen. Keathley indicated she was not. The Seventh Circuit remanded the case to the lower court for further review.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tj8Yel, bit.ly/2feVEmp, bit.ly/2fdmevN
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Jose Arroyo and Mabel Komendat
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Jose Arroyo and Mabel Komendat were convicted of voting in another precinct after voting in an East Chicago election despite living in Hammond and Highland, respectively. They were both sentenced to one year probation and 50 hours of community service. Fraud in the 2003 East Chicago mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fbPDIY
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Ashley Dunlop
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Mr. Ashley Dunlop pleaded guilty to the charge of aiding the fraudulent application of a ballot in connection to misconduct surrounding the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary election. He was sentenced to one year probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eACgP4
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Levones Tolbert
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   East Chicago Councilman Levones Tolbert was charged with offering money in exchange for votes, among other offenses. Tolbert pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized polling place entry and was sentenced to 30 days' probation. Fraud in the 2003 East Chicago primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fw71K2
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Ricardo Alamillo
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Ricardo Alamillo, a former East Chicago assistant chief bailiff, was convicted of voting in another precinct for the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary and received a one-and-a-half year suspended sentence and another one-and-a-half years of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fEZuYI
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Allan "Twig" Simmons
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Allan "Twig" Simmons, an operative for the Chicago mayor's campaign, was charged with three counts of attempted obstruction of justice and six counts of ballot fraud after persuading individuals to let him fill out their absentee ballots in exchange for jobs. He pleaded guilty to three counts of fraudulent application, showing, examination, receipt or delivery of ballots. He was sentenced to 3 years' probation and 100 hours of community service. Fraud in the 2003 East Chicago mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2feWMXg
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Alicia Dunbar and Ivan Dunbar
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Alicia and Ivan Dunbar pleaded guilty to voting in another precinct for the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary and were given one year of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fEZuYI
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Raymond Carillo
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Raymond Carillo pleaded guilty to one count of voting in a precinct in which he did not live for the 2003 East Chicago mayoral Democratic primary election. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eACgP4
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Tonya Griffin-Bronaugh
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Tonya Griffin-Bronaugh, the sister of Terrance Lay, pleaded guilty to filling out and signing an application for an absentee ballot in the name of her former husband without his knowledge in connection with the 2003 East Chicago Democratic primary. Her brother was a city council candidate in that election. Griffin-Bronaugh was sentenced to 18 months of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral race that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eernRT
   
   Indiana
   2007
   Mark Orosco
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Mark Orosco pleaded guilty to voting in another precinct for the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary and received a one year suspended sentence, one year of probation, and 100 hours of community service. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fEZuYI
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   • vindicktive vinny
4. 2020-10-27 at 7:06 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
   

   Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
   Mississippi
   2009
   Clint Moffitt and Ada Tucker
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Clint Moffitt, candidate for Benton County Sheriff, and Ada Tucker were convicted of conspiracy to commit voter fraud in the 2007 primary and runoff elections. Tucker was sentenced to five years, with the first year in prison, second year under house arrest, and three years under supervised release. Moffitt received two years in prison, one under house arrest, and two years of supervised release. Both were ordered to pay $5,000 in fines.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f5Sq3R, bit.ly/2eEo47B
   
   Mississippi
   2009
   Jerry Kennamore
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Jerry Kennamore, a 2009 New Albany mayoral candidate, pleaded guilty to forging the name of his daughter as an attesting witness on an absentee ballot during the May 2009 Democratic primary. Kennamore's plea was held in abeyance pending completion of five years of unsupervised probation and payment of a $1,000 fine plus court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2t2vhtu, bit.ly/2sOys3V
   
   New Jersey
   2009
   John Fernandez, Edwin Cruz, and Rocio…
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Rocio Rivera and Edwin Cruz were indicted for tampering with ballots and fraudulently submitting ballots in favor of New Jersey Senator Teresa Ruiz. They and a fellow co-conspirator obtained messenger ballots from the county clerk and submitted them to the board of elections as votes on behalf of voters who, in fact, never received or filled out their ballots. John Fernandez was convicted of conspiracy (2nd degree), election fraud (2nd degree), absentee ballot fraud (3rd degree), tampering with public records or information (3rd degree), and forgery (4th degree). Cruz pleaded guilty to third-degree tampering with public records or information, and Rivera pleaded guilty to third-degree absentee ballot fraud.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fCdGCn
   
   New Jersey
   2009
   Samuel Gonzalez
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Samuel Gonzalez was indicted for tampering with ballots and fraudulently submitting ballots in favor of New Jersey Senator Teresa Ruiz. He and his co-conspirators obtained messenger ballots from the county clerk and submitted them to the board of elections as votes on behalf of voters who, in fact, never received or filled out their ballots. Gonzalez agreed to forfeit his seat on the freeholder board and his job as an aide to a Newark city councilman, and was admitted into the Pre-Trial Intervention Program.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fCdGCn
   
   New Jersey
   2009
   Jamel Holley
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Former Roselle Borough Council President Jamel Holley was charged with absentee ballot fraud for filling out and submitting more than 20 ballots in the 2006 election. The judge permitted Holley to enter into a pretrial intervention program for one year (if successfully completed, the charges would be dismissed) and to pay a $125 fine. Holley has since been elected mayor of Roselle and appointed to the New Jersey General Assembly.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjg1OF, bit.ly/2uepeC6
   
   New Mexico
   2009
   Horacio Favela
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Horacio Favela, a former Sunland Park Municipal Judge, was convicted of falsely declaring himself a resident of Sunland Park in 2008 so he could run for his judgeship, falsifying a document that declared him a qualified voter, and voting twice in the 2004 general election--once in El Paso, Texas and once in Doa Ana County. Favela was convicted of four counts related to his voter fraud charges. He was sentenced to 18 months' probation and ordered to take two introductory government classes and deliver a speech to school children on civic and electoral rights and responsibilities.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tHi08E
   
   New Mexico
   2009
   Teresa Monahan
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Teresa Monahan, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, pleaded guilty to voter fraud in a referendum election for casting her own vote and then seeking to vote by an absentee ballot for her deceased brother. She was convicted of a fourth degree felony and entered into a diversion program that stipulates if she complies with the terms of her probation, the charge will be erased from her record. She was sentenced to between nine and 18 months on probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvfMaw, bit.ly/2tmrE08
   
   New York
   2009
   Dominick Forte
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Dominick Forte pleaded guilty to a felony forgery charge in connection with election misconduct as the leader of the Town of Cornwall's Conservative Party committee. Forte admitted to signing fake signatures on nominating petitions in a race for a county legislature seat. He was sentenced to a conditional discharge.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fCes2v
   
   Ohio
   2009
   Cathy LaMaster
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Cathy LaMaster pleaded guilty to attempted false election registration. She filled out an absentee ballot for herself in Franklin County, and filled another out for her daughter in Guernsey County, where she goes to school. LaMaster was fined $1,000 and sentenced to one year on probation with a suspended six-month jail sentence.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2svcXoL, bit.ly/2uPA0v4, bit.ly/2sLyRrJ
   
   Ohio
   2009
   Terry Belli
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Terry Belli, of Gahanna, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge after he voted twice in the 2008 election. He voted in both Franklin and Fairfield counties. Belli was sentenced to 180 days' imprisonment, which would be suspended if he paid a $1,000 fine within three months.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2u6Spab
   
   Ohio
   2009
   Darnell Nash
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Darnell Nash pleaded guilty to three counts of false registration for filling out voter registration forms under false names and addresses. The 24-year-old Cleveland man registered nine times in 2008 using false names and addresses. Nash was sentenced to six months in jail.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUORUq, bit.ly/2foKkTd
   
   Ohio
   2009
   Donshay Lemar Carter
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Donshay Lemar Carter pleaded guilty to one charge of filing a false petition. He was ordered to complete one year of community control.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvqb61
   
   Ohio
   2009
   Jowan N. Christian
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Jowan Christian pleaded guilty to violating Ohio's prohibitions relating to petitions or declarations law. She received a deferred 12-month prison sentence pending completion of 12 months of community control.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvqb61
   
   Ohio
   2009
   Brenda Cornwell
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Brenda Cornwell, of Hardin County, pleaded guilty to prohibitions related to petitions or declarations, election falsification, and forgery. She was sentenced to three years' community control and ordered to pay a $50 fine, attorney's fees, and court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tLqKc0 (Case #CR 20072115)
   
   Ohio
   2009
   Michele Finney
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Michele Finney, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge related to voter fraud in the 2008 election. Finney had signed her son's absentee ballot and voted herself. She was sentenced to 180 days' imprisonment, which would be suspended if she paid the $1000 fine within three months.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2u6Spab
   
   Ohio
   2009
   Daniel Hausman, Amy Little, and Yolanda…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Daniel Hausman, Amy Little, and Yolanda Hippensteele, who worked for an advocacy group, each pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, admitting that they changed their residencies to Ohio and voted on the same day during the early voting period. Ohio law requires that voters be residents of the state for at least 30 days before voting. All three were sentenced to a year's probation, a $1,000 fine and a 60-day suspended jail sentence.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fCihVi
   
   Pennsylvania
   2009
   Jemar Barksdale
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   While an employee for ACORN, Jemar Barksdale falsified 18 voter registration cards. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 23 months of house arrest.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fmisjZ, bit.ly/2fCmwQB
   
   Tennessee
   2009
   James Gary Norman
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting, False Registrations
   James Norman, of Loudon County, was found guilty of a Class E felony for illegal voting and registration.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e8wU1p
   
   Texas
   2009
   Raul Reyna
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Raul Reyna pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting. Reyna, a convicted felon, voted in a 2007 municipal and school election despite being ineligible. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice corrections facility and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2009
   Leland Mac Coffman
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Leland Mac Coffman, of Hill County, pleaded guilty to three counts of making "false reports to a peace officer." Coffman revealed the results of a 2007 municipal and school district race prior to polls closing, and then made a false report to a peace officer about his actions. Coffman was sentenced to 90 days in jail, which was probated, was given two years of probation, and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine.
   
   Source: Case No. M0593-09 (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas)
   
   Texas
   2009
   Guadalupe Rios
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Guadalupe Rios pleaded guilty to eleven counts of illegally possessing a ballot without the voter's consent. She was sentenced to 60 days' house arrest, four years of probation, and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2009
   Jack Carol Crowder
   Diversion Program
   Impersonation Fraud At The Polls
   Jack Carol Crowder pleaded guilty to one count of fraudulent use of identifying information. Crowder impersonated his deceased father in the 2008 Democratic primary in Harris County. Crowder used his father's registration card to cast a ballot in his name. He was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication and ordered to pay a $200 fine.
   
   Source: on.msnbc.com/1gtDDgJ, bit.ly/2rCDVKl
   
   Texas
   2009
   Oralia Frausto
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots, False Registrations
   Oralia Frausto was sentenced for his role in a scheme that involved registering fake voters to vacant lots during the 2006 Democratic Primary. The goal was to submit a large number of mail-in ballots. He received a pre-trial diversion.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sAuBYJ, bit.ly/2sVyni7
   
   Texas
   2009
   Maria Gonzalez
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots, False Registrations
   Maria Gonzalez was sentenced for her role in a scheme that involved registering fake voters to vacant lots during the 2006 Democratic Primary. The goal was to submit a large number of mail-in ballots. She received pre-trial diversion.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sAuBYJ, bit.ly/2sVyni7
   
   Texas
   2009
   Elizabeth Martinez
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Elizabeth Martinez pleaded guilty to voting illegally in a 2007 municipal election. Martinez, a convicted felon, was ineligible to vote. She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice corrections facility.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2009
   Paulito Nilo
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Paulito Nilo pleaded guilty to one count of voting despite being a felon. Nilo cast his illegal vote in the 2008 municipal election. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, probated to five years of community supervision. He served one day in jail and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCDVKl, bit.ly/2tNFRAs
   
   Texas
   2009
   Cynthia Pena
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Cynthia Pena pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting. Pena, a convicted felon, voted in a 2007 municipal and school election despite being ineligible. She received a suspended 10-year prison sentence, four years of community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Washington
   2009
   Susan Risenhoover
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Susan Risenhoover pleaded guilty to forging the signature of her son (who had moved to Texas) on an absentee ballot and then submitting it in connection with the 2008 election. She was sentenced to 40 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e8zch1
   
   Wisconsin
   2009
   Kendall Craker
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kendall Craker of Milwaukee pleaded guilty to a charge of fraudulent registration. He had registered to vote and voted despite the fact that he was a convicted felon and therefore ineligible. As part of his plea agreement, an illegal voting charge was dropped. Craker was sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment and ordered to pay $113 in court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sPXdzu, bit.ly/2sLznX2
   
   Wisconsin
   2009
   Latoya Lewis
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Latoya Lewis of Milwaukee pleaded guilty to committing election fraud while working for the now-defunct liberal group, ACORN. Lewis admitted that, while trying to hit her registration quotas, she registered the same people multiple times. One such voter indicated he had never registered through Lewis. Lewis received a one-year sentence at the House of Correction, but the judge stayed the sentence. Instead, Lewis was ordered to serve a 90-day sentence, three years of probation, and was barred from working on future voter registration efforts.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ttqcaq, bit.ly/2sPXdzu
   
   Wisconsin
   2009
   Endalyn Adams and Adam Mucklin
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Endalyn Adams, a registration worker, was convicted of falsely procuring voter registration information. To meet her daily registration quota, she made up information on voter registration forms and submitted them. Adam Mucklin, a special registration deputy with the Community Voter Project, was convicted of attempting to register himself to vote even though he was a convicted felon and therefore ineligible. He was also convicted for attempting to lie to the Milwaukee Election Commission. Ms. Adams was sentenced to three years' probation and 75 hours of community service. Mucklin was sentenced to four months in the House of Correction on one count and given a stayed consecutive seven-month sentence and a year of probation on the other count.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fLjTvf
   
   Wisconsin
   2009
   Stephen Wroblewski
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Stephen Wroblewski pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of Providing False Information to Obtain an Absentee Ballot. Wroblewski illegally procured a ballot in order to vote in the 2008 election in the name of his wife, a Democrat activist who had recently passed away. He was given a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ttqcaq, bit.ly/2tNN0Rv
   
   California
   2008
   Christopher Kavanagh
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Christopher Kavanagh pleaded no contest to registering to vote in Berkeley when he lived in Oakland. He was sentenced to six months in jail, five years' probation, and was ordered to pay a $10,835 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eVfBAe
   
   California
   2008
   Don Cornell Williams
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Don Cornell Williams pleaded guilty to felony voter fraud charges. While working as a signature gatherer in Orange County, Williams registered an illegal immigrant and two teenagers who were too young to vote. Williams was sentenced to 61 days' in jail and three years' probation.
   
   Source: lat.ms/2eVtb6G
   
   Illinois
   2008
   Rodney McCulloch
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   McCulloch, a political consultant working on the reelection campaign of Milton Township Assessor James Gumm, was convicted of three counts of perjury and one count of disregard of the election code. McCulloch oversaw a scheme that forged signatures to qualify Gumm for the ballot. He received two years' probation, 150 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay $200 to a county anti-crime fund.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eoqTfz, bit.ly/2eAueFM
   
   Indiana
   2008
   Terrance Lay
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Terrance Lay, a city council candidate in the 2003 East Chicago Democratic primary, pleaded guilty to procuring and handling an absentee ballot for his brother-in-law in violation of state law that forbids anyone other than the voter or a close relative from handling absentee ballots. Lay was the last of the 46 people convicted by the Joint Vote Fraud Task Force formed in the wake of the 2003 East Chicago Democratic primary. Fraud in this 2003 primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election for the mayoral primary that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fEWTxE
   
   Indiana
   2008
   Brian Berkman
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Former Schereville Town Court Bailiff Brian Berkman was convicted of voting in another precinct and perjury during the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary. He was sentenced to one year of probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eon35U
   
   Indiana
   2008
   Natividad Hernandez
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Natividad Hernandez pleaded guilty to unauthorized entry at the polls during the 2003 East Chicago Democratic mayoral primary election. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjWDUs
   
   Indiana
   2008
   Christopher and Michael Lopez
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Christopher and Michael Lopez pleaded guilty to unauthorized entry into the polls. The brothers voted in a precinct where they did not live during the 2003 East Chicago mayoral Democratic primary. Each man received a suspended 60-day jail sentence. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAzbyw
   
   Indiana
   2008
   Joseph Pedraza and Constance D. Simmons…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Joseph Pedraza and his wife, Constance D. Simmons-Pedraza, pleaded guilty to voting in a precinct where they did not live for the 2003 East Chicago mayoral Democratic primary election. They falsely claimed residence in East Chicago so that they could vote there, but city employment records revealed that they actually lived in the town of St. John. Both were sentenced to one year in prison, a sentence which will be suspended if they each satisfactorily complete one year on probation. Fraud in this 2003 mayoral primary was widespread, and the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately overturned the election results and ordered a special election that resulted in a different winner.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAzbyw
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   • vindicktive vinny
5. 2020-10-27 at 7:05 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
   

   Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
   Washington
   2010
   Janice Waters
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting, Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Janice Waters, of Marysville, was convicted of illegal registration in the wrong county, absentee ballot fraud, and illegal double voting in the 2008 general election. Waters submitted a ballot for her son, who was a convicted felon and ineligible to vote. Upon questioning, Waters told the County Sheriff's Office she did not submit her son's ballot and suspected her mail had been intercepted or misdirected. Forensic scientists analyzed Waters' signature with the signature on her son's absentee ballot and concluded she had submitted the form. Waters was sentenced to 20 days in jail; the sentence was later converted to 160 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fLdcco, bit.ly/2elszmD
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   Frank Edmund Walton
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   While employed by the Community Voters Project, Frank Edmund Walton registered 70 voters for the 2008 election. Only 16 of those registrations contained accurate information, and at least one contained the information of a deceased voter. He was convicted of one count of falsely procuring voter registrations and sentenced to 52 days in jail and fined $500.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e8I728
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   Louis and Jane Kwiatkowski
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting, Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   The Wisconsin couple was convicted of voting twice, with each casting absentee ballots in elections in the town of Wyocena, where they owned a cabin, before later voting in the city of Blooming Grove. The victor in the Wyocena trustee's race--who also happened to be the Kwiatkowskis' preferred candidate--won by a two-vote margin, prompting the judge to declare that the couple's fraud swung the election. Mr. Kwiatkowski was fined $2,000 and his wife received a $1,500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fLkwVj
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   Irving Anders
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Irving Anders of Prairie Du Chien pleaded guilty to a charge of absentee ballot fraud. He was ordered to pay a court assessment of $883.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tmV0LR, bit.ly/2uPxeWM
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   Lavelle Morris
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Lavelle Morris pleaded guilty to a felony charge of Voting by a Disqualified Person. Morris, a felon, was previously convicted of Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide and thus ineligible. He nevertheless voted in the 2008 election. Morris was sentenced to serve 90 days in prison.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ttqcaq, bit.ly/2rVaDpH
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   Kevin Clancy and Maria Miles
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Kevin Clancy and Maria Miles, both employees for ACORN, pleaded guilty to falsely procuring voter registration information after admitting that they submitted multiple voter registration forms for the same individuals. To meet quotas, Clancy admitted he and others also registered themselves multiple times. Clancy received a 10-month prison sentence, but will serve his time consecutively with another sentence he is already serving for an armed robbery.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjCH1e
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   L.B. Dean
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   In 2010, L.B. Dean pleaded guilty to a felony charge of Voting by a Disqualified Person. Dean was a felon, having been previously convicted on charges related to the manufacture and distribution of cocaine. He was thus ineligible, but cast a ballot in the 2008 presidential election nonetheless. He was sentenced to serve 60 days in prison.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ttqcaq, bit.ly/2sAThAG
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   Terry Krall
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Terry Krall, of Eau Claire, pleaded no contest to a charge of illegal voting. Krall voted in the November 2008 election despite the fact that he was ineligible due to an existing felony record. He was sentenced to five days' imprisonment.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLBuKg, bit.ly/2tS31Je
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   David Lewis and Ramon Martinez
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   David Lewis and Ramon Martinez, who were still under supervision for prior felonies, pleaded guilty to one count of voting as a disqualified person for registering and then casting ballots in the 2008 election. Under Wisconsin law, those under felony supervision are ineligible to vote. Lewis was sentenced to 20 days' imprisonment and fined $250. Martinez was sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment and received a $750 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjAEdG, bit.ly/2f8KfUo
   
   Wisconsin
   2010
   Glenn Schofield
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Glenn Schofield of Chippewa Falls pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal voting. Schofield voted in the November 2008 election despite the fact that he was ineligible due to an existing felony record. He received a six-month suspended prison sentence, 18 months' probation, and was ordered to pay a $1,230.25 court assessment.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvhDMw, bit.ly/2tS31Je
   
   West Virginia
   2010
   James Surkamp
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   James Surkamp pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized presence in a polling place. Surkamp, while serving as Jefferson County Commissioner, voted twice in a 2009 referendum. He cast his first vote during the early voting period and then attempted to vote again on election day. Surkamp, who subsequently lost his re-election bid in the 2010 Democratic primary, was ordered to write a letter to the Secretary of State admitting his guilt, as well as pay a $100 fine and court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tNWlJ8, bit.ly/2ttdFUg, bit.ly/2rRpTc7
   
   Alabama
   2009
   Valada Paige Banks and Rosie Lyles
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Valada Paige Banks and Rosie Lyles pleaded guilty to third-degree possession of a forged affidavit of an absentee ballot with intent to defraud. They both received 12-month suspended sentences and two years of probation and were ordered to pay court fees.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2enV3j3
   
   Arizona
   2009
   James and Karen Marshall
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   The Marshalls, residents of Green Valley, Arizona, admitted that they voted by mail in Kansas during the 2008 election--after they had become residents of Arizona. The couple also cast votes in Arizona during the same election. The pair pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and were sentenced to a year of probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2edSOvq, bit.ly/2fhYFR5
   
   California
   2009
   Leonis and Domenica Malburg
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Former mayor of Vernon, Leonis Malburg, and his wife, Domenica, were convicted of fraudulent voting and voter registration fraud. Malburg, who had been mayor for 50 years prior to his resignation, and his wife did not live in Vernon and were thus ineligible to vote or to be candidates in that municipality. Leonis was barred from elected office, placed on five years' probation, ordered to pay $183,800 in fines and penalty assessments, and more than $395,000 restitution to the city for salary, benefits, and travel. Domenica received three years' probation and was ordered to pay $36,000 in fines and penalties.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fdglif, bit.ly/2fdglif
   
   California
   2009
   Mark Jacoby
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Owner of Young Political Majors, Mark Jacoby, pleaded guilty to voter fraud after he registered to vote at a childhood address where he no longer lived and at another address in the same voter precinct. He was sentenced to three years' probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor and was ordered to complete 30 days of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAp1xV
   
   Connecticut
   2009
   Lillian Cummings Stevenson
   Civil Penalty
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   In 2009, Lillian Cummings Stevenson agreed to a consent order after the State Elections Enforcement Commission found her guilty of illegally signing and submitting two absentee ballot request forms on behalf of her sons, who were living in Europe. She was given a $200 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2u4lhzT
   
   Idaho
   2009
   Walter A. Coiner
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Walter A. Coiner pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor voter fraud charge after acknowledging that he tried voting twice in the November 2008 election. He voted by absentee ballot in Twin Falls and in person in Ketchum. Coiner was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation, 40 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay a $375 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2feTLpP, bit.ly/2fimUin
   
   Illinois
   2009
   Kenneth Davison and Jerry D. Knight
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Kenneth Davison and Jerry D. Knight, two campaign workers for state Senator Terry Link, were indicted on felony forgery and perjury charges for placing phony signatures on petitions to get state Senator Terry Link on the 2008 Democratic primary ballot. These phony signatures included the names of deceased voters. Davidson pleaded guilty to nine counts of perjury and was sentenced to probation and 60 days in jail. Knight pleaded guilty to 11 counts of perjury and was sentenced to 24 months of probation and 100 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fEYXG4, bit.ly/2e2MA65, bit.ly/2eemWGW
   
   Illinois
   2009
   Margarita Del Pilar Fitzpatrick
   Official Finding
   Ineligible Voting
   Margarita Del Pilar Fitzpatrick is a native and citizen of Peru who became a non-citizen permanent resident in 2004. When she applied for a driver's license, Fitzpatrick also filled out a "Motor Voter" registration form on which she falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen. She subsequently voted in the 2006 federal election. In 2007, while applying for naturalization, Fitzpatrick acknowledged to immigration officials that she had registered and voted. Fitzpatrick's application was denied and she was ordered removed from the country because of this violation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fbQsle, bit.ly/2fbNP2U, bit.ly/2m8DCIe
   
   Illinois
   2009
   Anthony Kimani
   Official Finding
   Ineligible Voting
   Anthony Kimani, a citizen of Kenya, illegally registered and voted in the 2004 general election. Kimani first entered the United States on a visitor's visa, which expired in 2000. He remained in the country illegally, later applying for permanent residency after marrying a U.S. citizen in 2003. Kimani was ordered deported after officials discovered his illegal vote. Kimani admitted to voting, but claimed "entrapment by estoppel," specifically indicating that the form he filled out for a driver's license included an option to register to vote. The three judge panel on the Seventh Circuit rejected the argument, pointing out that Kimani had falsely claimed U.S. citizenship on that form, and affirmed his deportation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tj8Yel, bit.ly/2fdnW0d
   
   Illinois
   2009
   Eugene Kryczka
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Eugene Kryczka, of Antioch, pleaded guilty to perjury in 2009. He had falsified 50 signatures on a ballot petition, in an attempt to run for Antioch town assessor. He also signed certifications in 19 of these cases, asserting that he had seen these individuals sign the petitions, when in fact, he had not. Kryczka was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence, two years' probation, and a $500 fine. He was barred from holding public office.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tmL591, bit.ly/2tvF0FM, bit.ly/2uPHDBz
   
   Kansas
   2009
   Raymond H. Kurtz, Jr.
   Diversion Program
   Duplicate Voting
   Raymond H. Kurtz, Jr. of Newton, was fined $450 and assessed $205 in court costs and processing fees pursuant to a diversion agreement involving 3 counts of voting without being qualified.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCImot
   
   Kansas
   2009
   Howard Duncan
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Howard Duncan pleaded no contest to knowingly and willfully voting more than once in the 2004 general election.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCImot
   
   Kentucky
   2009
   Brent Madon
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Brent Madon, of Pineville, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to buy votes after he paid voters $10_$20 to vote for his father, a candidate for Pineville mayor in the November 2006 election, using absentee ballots. He was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release, the first six months of which were spent in home confinement.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sVSHjv, bit.ly/2sADmlQ, bit.ly/2rCRj12
   
   Kentucky
   2009
   Stephen Ray Thomason
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Stephen Ray Thomason pleaded guilty to a felony charge of registering to vote despite being a convicted felon. Thomason had been convicted of homicide in 1972, but only months later was able to register to vote. His status as a convicted felon was apparently "overlooked" by state officials. The son of Thomason's victim brought the matter of his illegal voting to the attention of the state. The Kentucky Attorney General planned to recommend a one-year sentence for Thomason.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eALjQa
   
   Kentucky
   2009
   Robert Madon
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Robert Madon, a former mayor of Pineville, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to buy votes in his November 2006 election. He used his son to pay voters $10_$20 to cast absentee ballots for him in the election, even paying one woman $50 to leave town after her absentee ballot was refused when she told town officials she would not be out of town on Election Day. He was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison, two years of supervised release, and fined $4,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCRj12, bit.ly/2sADmlQ, bit.ly/2sVSHjv
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   James Keith Lesure
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   James Keith Lesure was charged with falsely registered ineligible voters in the 2008 election in St. Paul, Minnesota. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year imprisonment (later stayed) and six months' probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fgSoX0
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Raymundo Gonzalo Silva
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Raymundo Silva pleaded guilty to registering ineligible voters and was sentenced to one year of confinement and two years of probation, and was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service and pay a fine of $3,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fzIqUx
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Jenna Christine Cook
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Jenna Cook pleaded guilty to registering an ineligible voter in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 365 days in jail and two years of probation, and was ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eZfl30
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Steven Todd Kostohryz
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Steven Todd Kostohyrz knowingly voted while ineligible in Prior Lake, Minnesota. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year imprisonment, which was stayed, and a year of probation. He was also fined $400.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fgJ9J0
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Jonathan Curtis Noyes
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Jonathan Noyes pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Erskine, Minnesota. He was sentenced to electronic home monitoring for 30 days and ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fIFqVg
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Thomas Howard Woodward
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Thomas Howard Woodward was charged with three counts of registering an ineligible voter. He pleaded guilty to one count of registering an ineligible voter, and the other charges were dismissed. He was sentenced to 365 days in prison (of which 159 days were stayed for two years with credit for time served), two years of supervised probation, and a $1,000 fine (of which $900 was stayed for two years).
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eZdmvN
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Karen Louise Mckinney
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Karen McKinney pleaded guilty to a charge of registering ineligible voters in St. Paul. She was sentenced to one year in prison (364 days were stayed). She was also sentenced to two years of supervised probation, and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and complete 80 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eiQinq
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   William Allen Ondracek
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   William Allen Ondracek pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Deer River. He was sentenced to 365 days' local confinement; the sentence was later stayed. He was also fined $3,000 and ordered to serve two years' probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eZdrj5
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Joseph James Wagner
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Joseph Wagner pleaded guilty to registration of ineligible voters, and was sentenced to one year in prison (of which 11 months and 19 days were stayed for two years). He was also sentenced to two years of probation and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e6cDJR
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Karl Edward Bennett
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Karl Bennett was convicted of registering an ineligible voter. He was sentenced to serve one year in the Ramsey County Correctional Facility, with 227 days of his sentence stayed. He received two years' supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eEmNxj
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Cynthia Rene Clark
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Cynthia Clark pleaded guilty to registering an ineligible voter in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 365 days in jail and two years of supervised probation. She was also ordered to perform 25 hours of community service and pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2flZ2Kz
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Kerry Ann Kellar
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kerry Kellar of Cass Lake was convicted of knowingly voting despite being ineligible. She was sentenced to 366 days' imprisonment, which was stayed in favor of five years of supervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fzGjQw
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Freda Jean Jahnke
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   As part of a plea agreement, Freda Jahnke pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Fairmont, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 365 days in jail, two years of unsupervised probation, and 30 days of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eiRtDs
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Jacqueline Patricia Perry
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Jacqueline Perry pleaded guilty to registering ineligible voters in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 365 days' imprisonment (364 were stayed), two years' probation, and a fine of $50. She was also ordered to perform 25 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fgRz0J
   
   Minnesota
   2009
   Matthew James Hinman
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Matthew Hinman was charged with false registration and knowingly voting while ineligible in the 2008 election. He was convicted of the later and was sentenced to one year in prison, one year of unsupervised probation, and a $3,000 fine (of which $2,700 was stayed for one year).
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fgRHNB
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   • vindicktive vinny
6. 2020-10-27 at 7:05 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
   

   Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
   Minnesota
   2010
   Jason Scott Jones
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Jason Scott Jones pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He was sentenced to time served (151 days) and fined $50.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fm1AIB
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Shawn Scott Deatley
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Shawn Deatley was convicted of burglary in 2005 and received probation. As a convicted felon, Deatley was ineligible to vote until the completion of probation. Despite this fact, Deatley took advantage of same-day registration to cast a ballot in the 2008 presidential election. Had Deatley registered in advance it is likely his illegal attempt to vote would have been blocked, since election officials are provided with lists of ineligible felons against which registrants can be checked.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fipypN, bit.ly/2e6g7fg, bit.ly/2eEohrz
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Khalid Jafar Wilks
   Criminal Conviction
   Miscellaneous
   Khalid Jafar Wilks was convicted of unlawfully voting and was sentenced to 10 days' imprisonment, but his sentence was stayed for one year.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eZabUE
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Theresa Marie Barslou
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Theresa Barslou was convicted on the charge of knowingly voting despite being ineligible. She was sentenced to one years of imprisonment, but 364 days of her sentence were stayed for two years while she was subject to supervised probation. She was ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fzDoHN
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Maurice Leonza Brown
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Maurice Brown pleaded guilty to a charge of registering an ineligible voter. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail, and ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fm0dJV
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Wayde Charles Minter
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Wayde Minter pleaded guilty to registering ineligible voters in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment, later stayed, as well as one year of probation, and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eZ6PBa, bit.ly/2eEohrz
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Michael Antwon Common
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Michael Common pleaded guilty to knowingly voting despite being ineligible. He received a 13-month prison sentence, stayed for five years. He also received five years' supervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fIDTP0
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Willie Lee Skykes
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Willie Sykes pleaded guilty to one of two charges of false registrations and was sentenced to one year of local confinement, two years of probation, and a $3,000 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fzEvaq
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Daniel Tyrell Clark
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Daniel Clark pleaded guilty to registering an ineligible voter in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 365 days in jail, two years of supervised probation, 40 hours of community service, and received a $1,000 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eDr2JK
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Monica Duarte Duchene
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Monica Duchene was convicted of knowingly voting despite being ineligible. She was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and ordered to complete 20 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fjm5Ho
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   David Richard Hofmann
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   David Hofmann pleaded guilty to ineligible voting in Herron Lake. He was sentenced to one year and one day in a correctional facility and five years of supervised probation. He was also fined $1,200.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4SzV2
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Nicole Lynn Carrington
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Nicole Carrington pleaded guilty to registering an ineligible voter in Roseville, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 365 days in jail and fined $100.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fjuRoQ
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Donald James Diamond
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Donald Diamond pleaded guilty to registering an ineligible voter. He was sentenced to 365 days in jail, two years of supervised probation, 60 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2erB17n
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Ronnie Ivy
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Ronnie Ivy was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting despite being ineligible. She pleaded guilty to the latter charge, while the former was dismissed. Ivy was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, but her sentence was stayed for 18 months while she underwent supervised probation. She was also fined $50.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fgRpGB
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Dustin James Norring
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Dustin Norring pleaded guilty to registering ineligible voters in Maplewood, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 365 days' imprisonment (served 47 days and the rest were stayed), two years' probation, and fine of $1,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fijQEe
   
   Minnesota
   2010
   Sarah Lynn Hankins
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Sarah Hankins pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in the 2008 election. She was sentenced to a year in prison (of which 11 months and 30 days were stayed for two years), two years of probation, and a $100 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2flXQa9
   
   Missouri
   2010
   John and Clara Moretina
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   In order to assist their nephew in his razor-close 2010 democratic primary for the 40th District in Missouri, Clara and John Moretina falsely registered a Kansas City address so they could vote for their nephew, John Joseph Rizzo. Rizzo won that primary election by a single vote. That means two fraudulent votes could have provided his winning margin. John Moretina pleaded guilty to a federal charge of voter fraud in connection with the 2010 election. He was sentenced to five years' probation. Clara Moretina was not charged in the federal case, but was convicted by the state of Missouri, and both she and her husband were fined $250 and barred from ever voting again in Missouri.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fgORKV
   
   Missouri
   2010
   Tarrell Campbell
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Tarrell Campbell pleaded guilty to a federal felony voter fraud charge. He voted early in Illinois, where he was attending Southern Illinois University, and then again on election day in Missouri. He was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $350 in fines and fees. He was also ordered to undergo drug testing and counseling.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2IexB3J
   
   Mississippi
   2010
   Larry "Tip" Massey
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Larry "Tip" Massey pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit voter fraud in connection with his involvement in a 2007 Benton County election vote-buying scheme. He was sentenced to five years in prison, although three of those years were suspended. He will serve two years in prison and another two under supervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eZ77I6, bit.ly/2f5Sq3R
   
   Mississippi
   2010
   James Lester Thompson
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   James Lester Thompson of Madison County, Mississippi pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense of voting by an unqualified person. He was sentenced to perform 100 hours of community service and six months' unsupervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tX2rej
   
   Mississippi
   2010
   Kenny Ray Bowen and Billy Street
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Kenny Ray Bowen and Billy Street both pleaded guilty to two counts of voter fraud in connection with their involvement in a vote-buying scheme surrounding the 2007 Benton County election. They were the last of 16 individuals who either pleaded guilty or were found guilty of voter fraud in an elaborate electioneering operation. Both men were sentenced to five years, with four-and-a-half years suspended, six months to serve under house arrest, and four-and-a-half years under post-release supervision. Bowen and Street were also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine to the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f5QIiT, bit.ly/2eEpVtk
   
   Mississippi
   2010
   Jasper Buggs, Sr., James Bullock, and…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Jasper Buggs, Sr., James Bullock, and Ronnie Wilkerson pleaded guilty to voter fraud charges in connection with their involvement in a vote-buying scheme surrounding the 2007 Benton County election. Buggs pleaded guilty to two counts of voter fraud, Bullock pleaded guilty to five counts of voter fraud, and Wilkerson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit voter fraud. All three men were sentenced to five years, with four years suspended and one year to serve under house arrest on each count, all the counts to run concurrently. They were also sentenced to four years of post-release supervision and were ordered to pay a $1,000 fine to the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f5QIiT, bit.ly/2eEpVtk
   
   Mississippi
   2010
   Jerry Huck Childers, Cooper Epps, David…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Jerry Huck Childers, Cooper Epps, David Massey, Arnold Rooker, Sr., and Stanley Maurice Warren all pleaded guilty to voter fraud charges in connection with their involvement in a vote-buying scheme surrounding the 2007 Benton County election. They were part of ring of 16 individuals who either pleaded guilty or were found guilty of voter fraud in an elaborate electioneering operation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eEpVtk, bit.ly/2f5QIiT, bit.ly/2sOC8Cx
   
   Mississippi
   2010
   Tate King, Henry Massey, and Lillie…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Benton County supervisor Tate King was convicted of committing voter fraud after he paid people to vote for him in the 2007 primary and runoff elections. Eleven others who were also under investigation in connection with this matter have also either pleaded guilty or been convicted. He was sentenced to one year in prison, two years on house arrest, and two years of supervised release, in addition to a $5,000 fine. Norton received three years' supervised probation, and Massey received one year of house arrest and two years of supervised release.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e6hL0o, bit.ly/2f5Sgth, bit.ly/2tLjMUy
   
   New Hampshire
   2010
   Christopher Luke Fithian
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Christopher Luke Fithian of Jackson, New Hampshire pleaded guilty to a charge of duplicate voting for voting twice in the 2008 Presidential election and for applying for a ballot after he had already voted. He received a suspended 12 month prison sentence and was ordered to serve 200 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLlyrx, bit.ly/2tX3dIj, bit.ly/2sLhFmh
   
   New Jersey
   2010
   Ernest Storr
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Ernest Storr pleaded guilty to committing absentee ballot fraud by tampering with ballots in the Atlantic City mayoral campaigns of Marty Small and former Mayor Scott Evans. Storr tampered with absentee ballots and instructed a Small campaign worker to do the same. Storr was one of 14 individuals arrested on various voter fraud charges involving Councilman Small's failed 2009 mayoral bid. He was sentenced to probation in May 2013.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e8qAXN
   
   New Jersey
   2010
   Gianine Narvaez
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Gianine Narvaez, a former data processing technician for the Essex County Commissioner of Registration and Superintendent of Elections, pleaded guilty to third-degree charges of absentee ballot fraud and tampering with public records or information. Narvaez was sentenced to a three-year prison term.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fmf74m
   
   Ohio
   2010
   Deborah Ramirez
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud, Buying Votes
   A California resident was convicted of illegally circulating a ballot petition for USA Consultants in an effort to legalize gambling in Ohio. Furthermore, Ramirez paid Ohio voters to sign their names on empty ballots. Over half the signatures on the petition were invalid. Ramirez was sentenced to 120 days in prison and three years of community control.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjJAC8, bit.ly/2fCm2tN
   
   Pennsylvania
   2010
   David Patrick Duffy
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   David Patrick Duffy, of Doylestown, pleaded guilty to forgery, record tampering, and making an unsworn falsification to authorities in relation to falsified voter registrations. He forged numerous individuals' signatures on fraudulent voter registrations. Duffy was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sRMKzK, bit.ly/2suNdsj
   
   Pennsylvania
   2010
   Eric Jones, Alexis Givner, and Mario…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Eric Jones, a former ACORN employee, pleaded guilty to a charge of submitting false voter registrations. Meanwhile, fellow Pennsylvania ACORN employees Alexis Givner and Mario Grisom, have also been convicted of registration fraud-related charges. Each was sentenced to two years' probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2foJPIH, bit.ly/2f1urF6
   
   Texas
   2010
   Alicia Pena Perez
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Alicia Pena Perez, a former Freer municipal judge, pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawful assistance and four counts of possession of a ballot. During the 2008 primary election, Perez took possession of ballots that did not belong to her and illegally prepared them. She received one year of probation and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine plus court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2uPKISp, bit.ly/2tvHEeM, bit.ly/2tNPoeD
   
   Texas
   2010
   Andrea Campos Bierstedt
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Andrea Campos Bierstedt, a former member of the Freer City Council, was given pre-trial diversion after she was charged with illegally possessing a ballot belonging to another voter and "assisting" in filling it out. She was also ordered to pay a $3,500 donation to the county.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM, bit.ly/2tNPoeD, bit.ly/2uPKISp
   
   Texas
   2010
   Estela Cruz Saenz
   Diversion Program
   False Registrations
   Estela Cruz Saenz was given a six month pre-trial diversion after she was charged with seven counts of knowingly providing false information in order to obtain an early-voting ballot. In addition to the diversion program, Saenz was ordered to pay a $60 supervision fee.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2010
   Mario Manuel Medrano
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Mario Manuel Medrano, of Hildago County, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally voting in a 2008 school district election despite being a convicted felon. Medrano was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. He was separately convicted on theft and aggravated assault charges, and served his sentence for all convictions concurrently.
   
   Source: Case No. 09-09-10117 CR (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas), bit.ly/2TqfOzP
   
   Texas
   2010
   Zaida Cantu Bueno
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Zaida Cantu Bueno, a politiquera in South Texas, pleaded guilty to absentee ballot fraud. Bueno was involved in vote-harvesting schemes in which she would illegally "assist" voters in filling out absentee ballots. Bueno received a 180-day suspended jail sentence and one year of probation, and was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service and pay a $200 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvfOz3, bit.ly/2uQ6QvV, bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2010
   Maria Mendoza Garcia
   Diversion Program
   False Registrations
   Maria Mendoza Garcia was given a 12-month pre-trial diversion after she was charged with seven counts of knowingly providing false information on an application to receive an early voting ballot. In addition, she was ordered to complete 80 hours of community service and pay a $60 supervision fee.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2010
   Ruben Trevino Garcia
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Ruben Trevino Garcia pleaded guilty to voting illegally in a 2008 school district election. Garcia was a convicted felon and therefore ineligible to vote. He received a suspended sentence of eight years' imprisonment in a Texas correctional facility, was placed under community supervision for eight years, and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2010
   Christina Lichtenberger
   Diversion Program
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Christina Lichtenberger pleaded guilty to illegally possessing an absentee ballot belonging to another voter and illegally "assisting" in filling it out. Lichtenberger received one year of deferred adjudication, and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM, bit.ly/2tNPoeD, bit.ly/2uPKISp
   
   Texas
   2010
   Cynthia Lopez
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Cynthia Lopez, of Live Oak County, pleaded guilty to one count of absentee ballot fraud after she unlawfully possessed other voters' absentee ballots in the 2008 primary election. She was sentenced to a 180-day suspended sentence, one year of probation, and was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service and pay a $200 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tmmTUh, bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2010
   Norma Lopez
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Norma Lopez, of Live Oak County, Texas, pleaded guilty to absentee ballot fraud after she unlawfully collected other voters' absentee ballots during the 2008 primary election. She was sentenced to a 180-day suspended jail sentence, one year of probation, and was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service and pay a $200 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2010
   Raul Pena, Jr.
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Raul Pena Jr., Starr County Commissioner, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that he illegally returned a marked ballot and that he mailed a ballot belonging to another vote. The charges stem from an incident in which Pena delivered 56 ballots to a local post office. Postal officials found it suspicious that Pena possessed so many ballots, yet none were signed by Pena as the law requires of those who assist voters. He was sentenced to six months of community supervision, received a 180 day suspended jail sentence, and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLaDhA, bit.ly/2tRxZ4k, bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Virginia
   2010
   Bonnie Nicholson
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Bonnie Nicholson, of Louisa County, Virginia, pleaded guilty to two counts of election fraud in 2010. She illegally registered to vote and cast a ballot in the 2008 presidential election, despite the fact that she was ineligible due to a felony conviction. Nicholson was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, which was suspended.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2jNTrUh, bit.ly/2hmkRwf
   
   Virginia
   2010
   Bernard Pace
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Bernard Pace pleaded guilty to charges of election fraud and forgery. Pace voted in the 2008 election despite being a felon and therefore ineligible. He was sentenced to a five year suspended prison term.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCuniK, bit.ly/2tNyMzZ
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   • vindicktive vinny
7. 2020-10-27 at 7:04 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
   

   Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
   New Jersey
   2011
   Robert Tierney
   Diversion Program
   False Registrations
   Robert Tierney, a New Brunswick police officer, entered into a pre-trial intervention program (PTI), in relation to theft by deception and voter fraud charges that were filed by the New Brunswick Police Department. An investigation revealed Tierney voted four times between 2005 and 2009 in New Brunswick, while actually living in Milltown. He pleaded guilty and was recommended for the PTI program by the state's probation division. Upon completion of the diversionary program, the charged will be dismissed.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tGPe7O
   
   New Jersey
   2011
   Angel Colon
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Angel Colon pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree election fraud for fraudulently submitting absentee messenger ballots on behalf of voters who never received the ballots or had an opportunity to cast their votes. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eldhyh
   
   Nevada
   2011
   Amy Adele Busefink and Christopher…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Amy Adele Busefink and Christopher Howell Edwards, two senior ACORN executives, were convicted of election fraud in connection with a voter registration scheme in which employees were paid a bonus to register voters. Busefink received a two-year suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay a $4,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eGHusK, bit.ly/2eGFFvH, bit.ly/2u7gPjE
   
   New York
   2011
   Angela Gumbarevic
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Angela Gumbarevic pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a forged instrument for allegedly forging signatures on her petition to be a candidate for the office of Oneida County Sheriff. She was sentenced to five years' probation and 150 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tWUGFb, bit.ly/2tNLhz2
   
   Ohio
   2011
   Joseph Copija
   Criminal Conviction
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   Joseph Copija, of Oceanside, California, pleaded guilty to charges of election falsification and complicity to election falsification. He forged signatures on a ballot petition aiming to get a casino initiative on the Ohio ballot in 2008. Copija was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and ordered to pay court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ygBUXe, bit.ly/2xkyNyt (Case #09CR000368)
   
   Ohio
   2011
   Deshara M. McKinney
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots, Ballot Petition Fraud
   Deshara M. McKinney, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to falsifying signatures on applications for absentee ballots while working as a canvasser in the 2009 ballot initiative to allow casinos in Ohio. McKinney fled the state after her fraud was discovered, and was eventually arrested in Michigan. She was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to complete 40 hours of community service. She was also required to pay court costs and the cost of her extradition.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rVdb7b
   
   Tennessee
   2011
   Gayle Copeland
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Gayle Lee Copeland, Jr., 54, pleaded guilty to charges including two counts of illegal voting as well as criminal impersonation and food stamp fraud. Copeland received a two-year suspended sentence and supervised probation. Copeland was detected because of new voter ID laws recently passed in Tennessee.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f8Bnhp, bit.ly/2f1u4dP
   
   Texas
   2011
   Reyna Almanza
   Criminal Conviction
   Impersonation Fraud At The Polls, Ineligible Voting
   Almanza was charged with illegal voting and voter impersonation in a 2009 school district election. Almanza and one of her sons cast votes at a polling place. Later, Almanza brought her son back to the polls, where he cast a vote in the name of his incarcerated brother. She received a two-year suspended sentence, five years' probation, 90 days in county jail, and court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2evjH1j, bit.ly/2fmiN6o, bit.ly/2f8zaT7
   
   Texas
   2011
   Ronald Marsh
   Diversion Program
   Ineligible Voting
   Ronald Marsh pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2009 Smith County Municipal Election. He received four years' deferred adjudication, and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and complete 100 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2011
   Delores McMillian
   Criminal Conviction
   Impersonation Fraud At The Polls
   Delores McMillian, a poll worker in Dallas, pleaded guilty to trying to vote using another person's voter registration information in the 2010 primary election. Another poll worker prevented her from casting a falsified ballot. She was sentenced to one year of probation and was ordered to pay $227 in court costs.
   
   Source: wapo.st/2ujEz3R, bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Texas
   2011
   Regino Cantu Salinas
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Regino Cantu Salinas pleaded guilty to voting illegally in the 2008 primary election. Salinas was a convicted felon and therefore ineligible to vote. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, two years' probation, and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvHEeM
   
   Virginia
   2011
   James Halfaday
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   James Halfaday pleaded guilty to a felony election fraud after admitting that he lied about his residency while running for Charlottesville City Council. Halfaday received a five-year prison sentence, with all but 60 days suspended. He was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2vhFsat, bit.ly/2ujGzc9
   
   Wisconsin
   2011
   Leon Pendleton
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Leon Pendleton, of Milwaukee, pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulent registration and illegal voting. Pendleton, a convicted felon, registered and voted despite the fact that he was ineligible. Pendleton was sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment, fined $300, and ordered to pay all court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sLrX5S
   
   Wisconsin
   2011
   Veronica Toney
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Veronica Toney, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal voting. Toney, a convicted felon, voted despite being ineligible. She was ordered to pay a $1,192 court assessment.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tNNTNi, bit.ly/2tWP0uz
   
   Wisconsin
   2011
   Correy Grady
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Correy Grady of Milwaukee pleaded guilty to illegal voting in the November 2008 election, despite being ineligible due to his felony record. Grady was sentenced to one year's probation and ordered to pay $318 in court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sRRrK0
   
   Alabama
   2010
   Karen Tipton Berry
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Ms. Berry pleaded guilty and received a two-year suspended sentence. The former Pike County Commissioner narrowly won--and then lost--her 2008 reelection bid when 10 absentee ballots were found to have been fraudulently cast in the election. Ms. Berry was charged with mailing an illegal absentee ballot.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2enJYyi
   
   Alabama
   2010
   Gay Nell Tinker
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Gay Nell Tinker, a former circuit clerk for Hale County, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of absentee ballot fraud after her scheme to orchestrate fraudulent absentee ballots for the benefit of multiple candidates was uncovered. She admitted to falsifying the ballots of five voters to benefit certain candidates, including her brother, Circuit Court Judge Marvin Wiggins, and her husband, Senator Bobby Singleton (D_Greensboro).
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fbj3qP, bit.ly/2fbg0yM
   
   California
   2010
   Eloise Garcia-Mohsin
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Former Palm Springs candidate Eloise Garcia-Mohsin was charged with two counts of voter fraud, three counts of perjury, and four counts of falsely filing election documents after lying about her residence so she could run for office. She pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the state's election code, was sentenced to 180 hours of community service, and disqualified from seeking or holding public office during a three-year period of probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2uVgqhI , bit.ly/2tNcO37
   
   California
   2010
   Molly Morales
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Molly Morales received two mail-in ballots, one addressed to her and the other addressed to "Molly LaPointe." Morales filled out and submitted both ballots in the fall 2009 St. Helena school board election. She pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of voter fraud. Morales was sentenced to three years' probation, 150 hours of community service, a $1,100 fine, and was ordered to pay $4,080 in restitution to Napa County.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAmKmc
   
   Connecticut
   2010
   Carlos Lopez
   Civil Penalty
   False Registrations
   Carlos Lopez and his wife, Luz Lopez, registered to vote and voted on three separate occasions (2004, 2006, and 2007) in Hartford, where they own a furniture store, while actually living in Farmington. Lopez and his wife were ordered to pay a civil penalty to the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission in the amount of $2,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tmjN2r
   
   Connecticut
   2010
   Luz Lopez
   Civil Penalty
   False Registrations
   Luz Lopez and her husband, Carlos Lopez, registered to vote and voted on three separate occasions (2004, 2006, and 2007) in Hartford, where they own a furniture store, while actually living in Farmington. Lopez and her husband were ordered to pay a civil penalty to the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission in the amount of $2,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tmjN2r
   
   Florida
   2010
   Maurice Childress, Kashawn John,…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   ACORN voter registration canvassers Maurice Childress, Kashawn John, Liltovia Rhodes, Carlos Torres, Evangeline Williams, Lilkevia Williams, and Richard Williams, were convicted of false swearing in an election in Miami as part of a scheme to submit fraudulent voter registration applications. They received sentences ranging from 72 days to 10 months in prison.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eeeK9D
   
   Florida
   2010
   Greg "Charlie" Burke
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Greg "Charlie" Burke was found guilty of voter fraud in the third degree, a felony, for living and voting in one county while holding an elected post in another. He was sentenced to two years' probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fdlbf6
   
   Georgia
   2010
   Carleton Vines, Albert Palmour, Dorothy…
   Civil Penalty
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Carleton Vines and his accomplices ran an absentee ballot fraud operation designed to rig the 2006 election in which Vines won election as a state court judge. Vines's co-conspirators acted as "runners," illegally "assisting" voters in filling out their absentee ballots. In many cases, ballots were transported by the conspirators to Vines's law office before being subsequently mailed. The group signed a consent decree with the state board of election, acknowledging their actions and accepting a public reprimand. Vines was fined $15,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fim0lT, bit.ly/2f1x5bK, bit.ly/2eVjKns
   
   Georgia
   2010
   Michael Douglas, Jr. and Olin Gibson
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes, Duplicate Voting
   Former Dodge County Sheriff Michael Douglas, Jr., and Deputy Sheriff Olin Gibson pleaded guilty to election fraud in connection with Douglas' first campaign for sheriff in 2004. Douglas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to buy votes and to voting more than once, and Gibson pleaded guilty to buying a vote for Douglas.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f1yQFA
   
   Georgia
   2010
   Tommy Raney and Debra Brown
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Tommy Raney, a 2007 candidate for the Jackson City Council, and his campaign worker, Debra Brown, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit absentee ballot fraud for mishandling more than 40 absentee ballots in the 2007 Jackson City Council race. Raney had won the election by 27 votes. Both were sentenced to two years' probation. Raney was fined $158,000, and Brown was fined $20,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e2LqYm, bit.ly/2f1yAXk
   
   Idaho
   2010
   Thomas Gordon Stevens
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Stevens was found guilty of illegal voting or interference with an election and illegal registration. These charges stem from the primary election in May of 2010. He was given two years' probation and 180 days in jail, which were later suspended.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sZPYGG, bit.ly/2v85IE8 (Case #CR-2010-0011469-MD)
   
   Illinois
   2010
   Armando Ramos
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Armando Ramos, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to absentee ballot violations in 2010. He had approached residents, offered to help them vote absentee, and in some cases filled out ballots for them during a 2007 election in which he was working for an alderman candidate. He was sentenced to 270 days in Cook County jail.
   
   Source: trib.in/2sRKp7Z, trib.in/2tmcpV4
   
   Illinois
   2010
   Trevon L. Tompkin
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   In the 2009 Cahokia municipal election, former village trustee Trevon L. Tompkin falsified absentee ballot applications and illegally voted the ballots he obtained. He received five years' probation, 14 days in jail, and 200 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tsGAYv, http://bit.ly/2sTBHLd
   
   Illinois
   2010
   Kevin Wiggins
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Kevin Wiggins, of Cahokia, pleaded guilty to 43 charges against him in a voter fraud scheme in Cahokia's 2009 municipal election. Wiggins, along with candidates for the village board, filed fraudulent applications for absentee ballots and subsequently voted using those ballots. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail, two years of probation, and 200 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tsGAYv, bit.ly/2sTBHLd
   
   Illinois
   2010
   William Brown
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   William Brown, of Cahokia, pleaded guilty to 22 charges related to election fraud after he worked with candidates for the Cahokia village board to rig their 2009 municipal election. Brown helped to apply for fraudulent absentee ballots and submit votes using those ballots. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail, two years probation, and 200 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tsGAYv, bit.ly/2sTBHLd
   
   Illinois
   2010
   Anish Eapen
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Anish Eapen, a city streets and sanitation superintendent in Chicago's 50th ward, pleaded guilty to absentee ballot violations. He approached residents of his ward while showing them his town badge, offered to help them cast absentee ballots, and filled out some of their ballots himself while working for an alderman candidate. Eapen was sentenced to 364 days in Cook County jail.
   
   Source: trib.in/2sRKp7Z, trib.in/2tmcpV4
   
   Illinois
   2010
   Kyle R. Johnson
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Kyle R. Johnson, a former Cahokia village trustee, falsified absentee ballot applications and illegally cast the ballots he obtained during a municipal election. He received five years' probation, 14 days in jail, and 200 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tsGAYv, bit.ly/2sTBHLd
   
   Kentucky
   2010
   William Andrew King
   Diversion Program
   Ineligible Voting
   William Andrew King pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2010 election. King, a convicted felon, was given four years of pre-trial diversion. A wrongful registration is a class D felony in Kentucky.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sM7hqz
   
   Kentucky
   2010
   Wilbur Graves, Wanda Moore, Gary…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Wilbur Graves, a former judge-executive for Monroe County, was convicted along with Wanda Moore, Gary Bartley, and Ronald Muse in a vote-buying scheme during the 2006 Monroe County general election. Moore and Muse both reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, testifying against Wilbur Graves. During the testimony, Moore stated that Graves provided her $20,000 to $30,000 which Moore used to buy votes for Graves. She paid about 140 voters $40 to $60 per vote. Graves was convicted and sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, two years' supervised release, and a $5,000 fine. Moore was sentenced to two years' probation and a $400 fine. The judge sentenced Bartley to six months' probation/home confinement and ordered him to pay a $2,000 fine. Muse was sentenced to time served.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eVD58f, bit.ly/2hs9sKF
   
   Kentucky
   2010
   Chester Jones and Sherman Neace
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Chester Jones and Sherman Neace pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a vote-buying scheme masterminded by the two men during the 2008 election. Jones was running for the Perry County School Board and also served as chairman of the county Democrat Party executive committee. Neace, a former county judge-executive, was running for magistrate. The pair accepted $7,500 from the Kentucky Democrat Party to fund get-out-the-vote efforts, but instead used the money to buy the votes of 75 Perry County voters for $100 apiece. Both men pleaded guilty to mail-fraud charges for mailing false campaign-spending documents to state agencies to cover up their illegal activity. Jones was sentenced to one year in prison, and Neace was sentenced to three years of probation, serving the first six months in home confinement.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ffeKcb, bit.ly/2fiEzWY, bit.ly/2eoz1Ne
   
   Kentucky
   2010
   R. Cletus Maricle, Douglas Adams,…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Eight defendants (including a former circuit judge, a former school superintendent, a county clerk, a magistrate, and a former Democratic election commissioner) were convicted of vote-buying, mail fraud, extortion, and money laundering for checking lists of voters to identify those who would take bribes and for organizing people to drive them to the polls, where complicit precinct workers made sure they voted correctly and gave them a ticket to redeem for payment. After a lengthy appeals process, and after all 8 had served 40 months in prison, their sentences were reduced to: William Morris - five years, six months; Debra Morris - three years, four months; Stanley Bowling - five years, six months; Maricle, Stivers, Adams - 100 days' home incarceration, two years' supervised release; Freddy Thompson - two years' supervised release. Charles Jones has not yet been sentenced.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fdA29C, bit.ly/2eezHBr, bit.ly/2f1MWHf
   
   Kentucky
   2010
   Hugh Melvin Perkins
   Diversion Program
   Ineligible Voting
   Hugh Melvin Perkins pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2010 election. Perkins, a convicted felon, was given four years of pre-trial diversion. A wrongful registration is a class D felony in Kentucky.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sM7hqz
   
   Maine
   2010
   Derek Abbott
   Diversion Program
   Duplicate Voting
   Derek Abbott pleaded guilty to duplicate voting in multiple elections. Abbott had voted in multiple state and federal elections in each of two counties. He was permitted to withdraw his plea and the case was ultimately dismissed after Abbott successfully completed the requirements of a deferred disposition agreement.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2uvs4Qh, bit.ly/2tNUQ1f
   
   Maine
   2010
   Delmer Terrill
   Criminal Conviction
   Duplicate Voting
   Delmer Terrill pleaded guilty to a charge of making a false statement or oath, admitting to voting twice (in Dixmont and Newburgh, Maine) in the 2009 election. He received a 12-day jail sentence.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f1T95P
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   Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
   Minnesota
   2011
   Wayne Seton Applebaum
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Wayne Applebaum was convicted of the charge of knowingly voting despite being ineligible. He was sentenced to six months of probation and was ordered to complete 12 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eDtDn2
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Dominique Nicole Bolden
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Dominique Bolden was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting despite being ineligible. She pleaded guilty to the latter charge while the former was dismissed. She served 31 days of a 91-day prison sentence in local confinement. She also received one year of supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $1,100 fine, $1,050 of which was stayed.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffI18s
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   James Albert Ayers
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   James Ayers was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting despite being ineligible. He pleaded guilty to the latter charge, while the former was dismissed. He was sentenced to one year of imprisonment at the Ramsey County Correctional Facility. He served 55 days of his sentence, with the remainder stayed for two years while he underwent supervised probation. He was also ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffXjrw
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   John Paul Thomas
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   John Thomas pleaded guilty to ineligible voting and was sentenced to 120 days of local confinement, two years of probation, and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ehTuA0
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Kyle Robert Deno
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kyle Deno pleaded guilty to registering an ineligible voter. He was sentenced to five days in jail, two years of supervised probation, and 20 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fiiRUO
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Michael Shannon O'Connor
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Michael Shannon O'Connor pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 91 days' local confinement (90 were stayed), one year of probation, and a fine of $25.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fg1cMQ
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Brian William Priefer
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Brian Priefer was convicted of knowingly voting while ineligible in Maplewood, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 365 days' imprisonment (all were stayed), two years' probation, and a fine of $3,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffZQ4L
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Colin Lee Schickling
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Colin Schickling pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 365 days' imprisonment, of which he served 114 days, and the remainder were stayed. He also was fined $1,000 and received two years' probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4OlN0
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Antonio Vassel Brown
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Antonio Brown was convicted of voting while ineligible in the November 2008 general election. Brown has a lengthy criminal history, having been convicted of multiple felonies in several states. His convictions rendered him ineligible to vote, but he did so anyway. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eoWRbH
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Roman Durand Woodard
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Roman Woodard was charged with two counts of registering an ineligible voter and one count of knowingly voting while ineligible, stemming from the 2008 election. He pleaded guilty to ineligible voting, and the other charges were dismissed. He was sentenced to 120 days in prison (of which 99 days were stayed for two years), two years of probation, and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2erAr9s
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Taylor Joseph Endres
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Taylor Endres pleaded guilty to registering an ineligible voter in Cold Spring, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 36 days in jail, two years of supervised probation, and community service in lieu of a fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eYnAMR
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Donna Eileen Carter
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Donna Carter was convicted of voting while ineligible. She was sentenced to 365 days in jail and two years of supervised probation. She was also fined $1,000 and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e5rxzP
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   James Earl Moore
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   James Moore pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 91 days of local confinement (all were stayed), two years' probation, and a fine of $1,200. He was also required to perform 32 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2flbREZ
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Kathleen Adelle Hecker
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kathleen Hecker pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Howard Lake, Minnesota. She was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and 30 days of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ei09Km
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Lacy jediel Graditi
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Lacy Graditi was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting while ineligible in the 2008 election in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible and the other charge was dismissed. She was sentenced to 10 days' imprisonment, five years' of supervised probation, and community service in lieu of her $300 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2erzPRv
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Michael Van Stephens
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Michael Stephens pleaded guilty to registering ineligible voters and was sentenced to one year of local confinement in a county correctional facility.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2flbB92
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Lisa May Burleson
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Lisa May Burleson was convicted of ineligible voting when she cast her ballot after pleading guilty to felony theft in 2006. She was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and required to complete 40 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2uhlv7a (Case # 69HI-CR-11-543), bit.ly/2vbfZ2e, bit.ly/2t2QvYl
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Carolyn Land
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Carolyn Land knowingly voted while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 100 days of local confinement (99 were stayed), one year of probation, and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4QsAo
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Curtis Russell Schneider
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Curtis Schneider pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 162 days' imprisonment and a fine of $100.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fyEIKU
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Ryan Scott Marsh
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting, False Registrations
   Ryan Marsh of Worthington was charged with voting while ineligible and registering an ineligible voter. He pleaded guilty to the first charge, while the second was dismissed. He was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fg1OSU
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Timothy John Arsenal
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Timothy Arsenal of St. Paul pleaded guilty to the charge of registering an ineligible voter. He was sentenced to serve six months in prison, with all but six days of the sentence stayed or credited for time served. Arsenal also was ordered to pay a $50 fine and received one year of supervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fyOcpE
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Dustin Lee Ryan
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Dustin Ryan pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 365 days' imprisonment (363 were stayed), two years' probation, and a fine of $1,000. He was also ordered to perform 40 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fHEvnP
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   James Edward Franklin
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   James Franklin was charged with knowingly voting while ineligible and registering an ineligible voter. He was convicted of voting while ineligible and the other charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to 180 days in prison (of which 125 days were stayed for two years), two years of probation, and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eYhFaC
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Katie Denise Moore
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Katie Denise Moore pleaded guilty to registering ineligible voters in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 91 days' imprisonment and a fine of $50.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ehXVe6
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Lenzie Lee George
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Lenzie George was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting while ineligible. He pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible, and the other charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to 219 days in prison (with credit for time served) and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fyGMTo
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Nakeisha Lezette Howard
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Nakeisha Howard was charged with false registration and knowingly voting while ineligible in the 2008 election. She pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible to vote, and the false registration charge was dismissed. She was sentenced 180 days in prison (of which 176 days were stayed for two years), two years' supervised probation, a $150 fine, and 40 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eDo6Nj
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Elve Lawrence Williamson
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Elve Williamson was charged with knowingly voting while ineligible to vote and registering an ineligible voter. He pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible, and the other charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to one year in prison (364 days of which were stayed for two years), two years of probation, and a $3,000 fine (of which $2,900 was stayed for two years).
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fiV2uv
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Cassidy Cole Schuster
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Cassidy Schuster was charged with and pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible. He was sentenced to 12 days in jail and three years of supervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffXwel
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Sabrina Ruth Hall
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Sabrina Hall was charged with false registration and ineligible voting. She pleaded guilty to ineligible voting in the 2008 election, the false registration charge was dropped, and Hall was sentenced to 365 days in prison (of which 364 days were stayed for one year), one year of probation, and ordered to pay $156 in court fees. When Fox News went door-to-door to interview felons who were convicted of illegally voting, she was asked if she thought her vote helped Al Franken get into office. She responded saying, "I don't know, but I hope it did."
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fHKYiJ
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Todd Reggi Tiedemann
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Todd Tiedemann was charged with ineligible voting during the 2008 election and registering an ineligible voter. He pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible, and the other charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to one year in prison (361 days of which were stayed for two years), two years of probation, and a $3,000 fine ($2,950 of which was stayed for two years).
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffJ4oK
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Gidget Sherice Todd
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Gidget Todd pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible to vote in the 2008 election and was sentenced to 100 days in prison, one year of probation, and a $1,001 fine (of which $951 was stayed for one year).
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2errLjm
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   James Graham Kelley
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   James Kelley pleaded guilty to the charge of knowingly voting while ineligible. He was sentenced to 180 days in prison. He served two days, with the remainder of his sentence stayed for one year while he was given supervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2flau9m
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Kenneth Alphonso Johnson
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kenneth Johnson was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting despite being ineligible. He pleaded guilty to the latter charge, while the former was dismissed. He was sentenced to one year of local confinement, 364 days of which were stayed. He also received two years of supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine, $2,950 of which was stayed.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eDqweG
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Marcellette Chyann Payne
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Marcellette Payne pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 180 days' local confinement (served four days and the rest were stayed), six months' probation, and a fine of $50.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eYgxnq
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Nakisha Kechelle Jordan
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Nakisha Jordan pleaded guilty to ineligible voting in St. Paul, Minnesota. A court sentenced her to 365 days in jail and two years of probation, and fined her $3,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e5qVKL
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Amber Allison Neal
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Amber Neal pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 91 days' local confinement, two years' probation, and a $1,100 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fcp2vD
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Catherine Yvette Jenkins
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Catherine Jenkins was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting despite being ineligible. She pleaded guilty to the latter charge, while the former was dismissed. Jenkins was sentenced to one year of imprisonment at the Ramsey County Correctional Facility. She served 64 days of her sentence, with the remainder stayed for two years while she underwent supervised probation. She was also ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fijSfl
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Shane James Lyman
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Shane James Lyman knowingly voted while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 100 days' imprisonment (99 were stayed), one year probation, and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eDsAUa
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Troy Alan Scott
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Troy Scott was charged with registering ineligible voters and ineligible voting. He pleaded guilty to registration of ineligible voters and was sentenced to 90 days of confinement and one year of probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2flfzOV
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Daniel Paul Wichmann
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Daniel Wichmann pleaded guilty to false registrations and was sentenced to one year of local confinement (of which 360 days were stayed for two years), two years of probation, a fine of $300, and 20 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fiklOD
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Haleem Khan Shamid
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Haleem Khan Shamid pleaded guilty to a charge of registering ineligible voters and was sentenced to five years of probation and 20 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e5qJv7
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   James Vance Bond
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   James Bond pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Mounds View, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 288 days in local confinement and fined $100.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2erA3rx
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Kiara Shontay White
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kiara White of St. Paul, Minnesota pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in the 2008 election. She was sentenced to 364 days in prison (stayed for one year), one year of supervised probation, 20 hours of community service, and a $500 fine (of which $400 was stayed for one year).
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ehVVCF
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Mark Steven Tice
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Mark Tice was charged with voting as a felon and false registrations. He pleaded guilty to felon voting and the false registrations charge was dismissed. Tice was assessed $990 in fines.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eYhTi3
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Paris Lamar Carey
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Paris Carey pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible. A court sentenced him to one year of probation and 20 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2flaq9l
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Andrew Frank Schmidt
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Andrew Schmidt pleaded guilty to the charge of registering an ineligible voter. He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation, 10 days of local confinement, and was ordered to pay $585 in fines, which were waived in lieu of completing community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e3iPlD
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Chad Alan Savoy
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Chad Savoy of New Ulm was convicted of knowingly voting despite being ineligible. He was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, but his sentence was stayed for one year. He also was also ordered to pay $580 in fines and complete one year of supervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ehPqzE
   
   Mississippi
   2011
   Terrance Watts
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting, Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Terrance Watts, a convicted felon and therefore ineligible to vote, pleaded guilty to two counts of voter fraud for swearing in an affidavit on an absentee ballot that he was eligible to vote in Madison County and for voting in two elections. He was sentenced to two consecutive five-year prison terms.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fm2NQ3
   
   Mississippi
   2011
   Lessadolla Sowers
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers was convicted on 10 counts of fraudulently casting absentee ballots for voting in the names of 10 people, four of them deceased. She received a five-year sentence for each count, to be served concurrently.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fjuACz
   
   Montana
   2011
   Alan Lloyd Skari
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Alan Lloyd Skari pleaded guilty to a "limits on voting rights" charge after he submitted his ex-wife's absentee ballot without her permission. He was given a six-month suspended sentence and ordered to pay a $250 fine plus a $35 surcharge.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2u4yoRz
   
   New Jersey
   2011
   Ronald Harris
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Ronald Harris pleaded guilty to charges in connection with an absentee ballot fraud conspiracy, in which he and 13 others shredded ballots which cast votes for the opposition during the 2009 Atlantic City Democratic primary. He was sentenced to 181 days in prison.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2e8ufEJ
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   Georgia
   2011
   Stephen Watson
   Official Finding
   False Registrations
   Stephen Watson was found guilty of an administrative violation of registering to vote under an address at which he did not live. He was given a cease-and-desist order issued by the Georgia State Election Board, as well as a public reprimand.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sM065L
   
   Georgia
   2011
   Edwin Morris, Alexia Williams, and Kim…
   Civil Penalty
   Ballot Petition Fraud
   The Georgia State Election Board imposed penalties against Edwin Morris and Alexia Williams in 2011 for their roles in forging signatures to get David Osborne on the 2008 Chatham County Commission ballot. Morris received a reprimand and a 10-year suspension from campaign involvement. Williams was fined $300. In 2012, the Board ordered Kim Ross to pay a $300 fine for her involvement in the forging scheme.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2finNY5, bit.ly/2f1vqTd
   
   Georgia
   2011
   James Parker
   Official Finding
   False Registrations
   James Parker was found guilty of an administrative violation of registering to vote under an address at which he did not live. He was given a cease-and-desist order issued by the Georgia State Election Board, as well as a public reprimand.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sM065L
   
   Georgia
   2011
   Doyle Stone and Greg Stone
   Civil Penalty
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Former Twiggs County Sheriff Doyle Stone and his son, Greg Stone, were investigated for mishandling absentee ballots in Greg Stone's 2008 primary campaign for sheriff. Absentee voters complained that Doyle Stone coerced them into voting for Greg Stone, and then took their ballots rather than allow them to be mailed in. Greg Stone lost the election by a wide margin. Both men agreed to pay $300 in civil fines.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fdiytS, bit.ly/2fw11AN, bit.ly/2eAsEUA
   
   Iowa
   2011
   Martia Phillips, Brandon Dean, Jennifer…
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Martia Yvonne Phillips and 8 others pleaded guilty to voting in the 2008 election despite being convicted felons who had not had their voting rights restored. Phillips had a 2006 felony drug conviction and was on probation during the election. She was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended to two years of probation. The other eight felons were detected after a review of the voter rolls turned up convicted felons who had voted before their rights were restored. They all pleaded guilty.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAJy5o
   
   Iowa
   2011
   Michael Loudermilk and Floyd Willie…
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Michael Loudermilk and Floyd Willie Boldon pleaded guilty to using other people's addresses when registering to vote.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAJy5o
   
   Iowa
   2011
   Patrick Lyons
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Patrick Lyons, a convicted felon, pleaded guilty to one count of perjury and one count of election fraud after he voted in several elections and ran for election as a school board candidate, both of which he was ineligible to do because of his prior conviction. He was sentenced to five years, suspended, and was ordered to pay a $750 fine plus court costs on each count, and he will be on supervised probation for two years.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fdwnbU
   
   Iowa
   2011
   Christopher Mettin
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Christopher Mettin, a German citizen studying at Morningside College in Iowa, claimed to be a U.S. citizen on a voter registration form. He pleaded guilty to one of the two counts he was charged with and was sentenced to time already served (52 days), and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2fdxuYX
   
   Idaho
   2011
   Richard A. Keane
   Diversion Program
   False Registrations
   Richard Keane of Nez Perce County was charged with perjury, illegal registration, and illegal voting or interference with an election. Keane registered to vote using two addresses (one was an old residence where he no longer resided). He pleaded guilty to illegal registration (a misdemeanor) and was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, and $87.50 in court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tE3ApP, bit.ly/2tJxh7j, bit.ly/2v85IE8 (Case #CR-2010-0006825)
   
   Idaho
   2011
   Susan Rose Harris
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Susan Rose Harris pleaded guilty to charges of illegal registrations (Idaho Code 18-2322) in the 2009 election in Coer D'Alene. She was sentenced to three months' probation and a $200 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tWzajN
   
   Idaho
   2011
   Nancy Elaine White
   Diversion Program
   False Registrations
   Nancy White voted in the 2009 Coeur d'Alene city election, while actually residing outside the city limits. She pleaded no contest to charges of "illegal registration by voter," a violation of Idaho Code 18-2322. She was fined $200 and required to serve three months' unsupervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2rCeJDT, bit.ly/2rUX0qP
   
   Idaho
   2011
   Kay Annette Hansen
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kay Annete Hansen pleaded guilty to attempting to vote when not qualified or repeat voting. She was placed on probation and required to pay $287.50 in fines and court costs.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2tvAQxy
   
   Illinois
   2011
   Michael Collins
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations, Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Michael Collins was convicted of election fraud and tax evasion after giving a false address to establish eligibility to vote in East St. Louis, even though he lived in Swansea. He was also elected to be a precinct committeeman in East St. Louis after getting family members to sign petitions to get him on the ballot. He was sentenced to 50 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eekXT8
   
   Indiana
   2011
   Monte Murphy
   Criminal Conviction
   Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
   Monte Murphy, a former Muncie City Councilman, was convicted of three counts of illegally receiving absentee ballots following a jury trial. He provided the ballots to the individuals, told them how to vote for a straight Democrat ticket, and then mailed in the ballots for them. The trial court reduced each conviction to a Class A misdemeanor and sentenced Monte to consecutive one-year terms, suspended to probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eViSiK
   
   Kentucky
   2011
   Jeffrey Newport, Martha Hughes, Tony…
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Six defendants pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to buy votes in the 2006 Monroe County general election in favor of certain candidates. Gumm was sentenced to three years' probation with eight months' home detention and a $4,000 fine. Martha Hughes, Michael Page, and Corey Page were each sentenced to two years' probation and six months' home detention. Newport was sentenced to two years' probation, two months' home incarceration, and ordered to pay a $500 fine. Proffitt was sentenced to two years' probation and ordered to pay $1000 in fines.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2f1KCQf, bit.ly/2eVD58f
   
   Kentucky
   2011
   Randy Salyer
   Criminal Conviction
   Buying Votes
   Randy Salyer, an operative in a vote-buying scheme connected to Magoffin County Judge-Executive Charles "Doc" Hardin, was convicted of two counts of vote-buying. A joint investigation by the Kentucky Attorney General's office and the FBI revealed that Salyer paid individuals $100 each to bring him their absentee ballots. He was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, but amazingly upon his release Judge-Executive Hardin hired Salyer as an assistant, likely as a reward for not testifying against him, according to documents filed by the prosecutor in the case.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eAIM8F, bit.ly/2e2YkWn
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Shannon Dee Moudry
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Shannon Moudry pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Hutchinson, Minnesota. She was sentenced to one year of supervised probation and 15 days of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4SIHY
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Susan Dulogan Walker
   Diversion Program
   Ineligible Voting
   Susan Dulogan Walker voted in a 2009 School District Election in Kanabec County, Minnesota, despite being ineligible to vote because she was not a U.S. citizen. She pleaded guilty to registering while ineligible and was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2ta1E4x
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Dante Antonio Garcia, Jr.
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Dante Antonio Garcia, Jr., pleaded guilty to knowingly voted while ineligible in Stearns County, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 211 days' imprisonment, five years' supervised probation, and ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fHFrIV
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Harold Eugene Thompson
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Harold Eugene Thompson pleaded guilty to ineligible voting and was sentenced to one day of time served in prison and five years of probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4ONem
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Jason Dennis Grueneich
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Jason Grueneich pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. A court sentenced him to two years of supervised probation and ordered him to complete 24 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e5ri7U
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Kim Katrina Shaw
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kim Shaw pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was sentenced to one year of supervised probation and 24 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2erucCO
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Matthew Nicholas Agnes
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Matthew Nicholas pleaded guilty to the charge of knowingly voting while ineligible. He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation, ordered to serve 45 days of local confinement, and to pay a fine of $585. He also received a 366 day prison sentence, which was stayed for five years.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eYh6gI
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Patrick Casey Getten
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Patrick Getten pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible. He was sentenced to 365 days in prison (of which 359 days were stayed for one year), one year of probation, and a $500 fine (of which $400 was stayed for one year).
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffOzUL
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Angela Jane White
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Angela White pleaded guilty to registration of ineligible voters and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation, one year of local confinement (of which 360 days were stayed for a two-year term), and 20 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eB3yER
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Cheryl Lynn Barrett
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Cheryl Barrett was convicted for knowingly voting while ineligible in Austin, Minnesota. She was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and three days of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fHH2ia
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Sheila Larae Dennis
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Sheila Dennis pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 100 days in jail and one year of probation, and was fined $50.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eYkXdY
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Vernon Lee Williams
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Vernon Williams was convicted of voting while ineligible in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was sentenced to one year and one day in a correctional facility.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffIozK
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Deanara Montez Thomas
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Deanara Thomas pleaded guilty to false registrations and was sentenced to 120 days of local confinement and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e5nYKa
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Harvey Joseph Poitra
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Harvey Poitra pleaded guilty to the charge of registering an ineligible voter. He was sentenced to 366 days' imprisonment, stayed for five years. He also received five years of supervised probation and was required to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eDn6Zj
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Jeanette Hurt
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Jeanette Hurt was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting despite being ineligible. She pleaded guilty to the latter charge, while the former was dismissed. Hurt served 35 days of a one-year sentence at the Ramsey County Correction Facility, with the remainder of the sentenced stayed for two years. She also received two years' supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffK6kJ
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Kimberly Rae Lynch
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kimberly Rae Lynch knowingly voted while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. She pleaded guilty to the voter fraud charges and was sentenced to 364 days' confinement, which was stayed. She also sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $500.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4PNPw
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Michael David Johnson
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Michael Johnson pleaded guilty to the charge of knowingly voting despite being ineligible. He was sentenced to 181 days' imprisonment at the Ramsey County Correctional Facility and was ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fHICAk
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Paul Duane Lampl
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Paul Lampl pleaded guilty to the charge of registering an ineligible voter. He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation, and was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2firUEW
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Anthony Joseph Kippels
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Anthony Joseph Kippels pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 180 days' imprisonment (179 were stayed), one year of probation, and a fine of $100.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fyzSNI
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Christopher Charles Lawrence
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Christopher Charles Lawrence knowingly voted while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 91 days' confinement (90 were stayed), one year of probation, and a $25 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ehTXCh
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Brohdy Hillis Avery
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Brodhy Hillis Avery, a convicted felon serving probation, pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in the 2010 election. He received a 180-day suspended jail sentence, two years' probation, and a $980 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2uMT8Ld, bit.ly/2sLpiFr, bit.ly/2sLNvva
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Siresa Dale Moore
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Siresa Moore pleaded guilty to registering ineligible voters in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 181 days of local confinement and a fine of $50.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e5s6d8
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Vaugh Tojo Young
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Vaugh Tojo was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting while ineligible. He pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible, and the other charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to 180 days in prison (of which 178 days were stayed for two years), two years of supervised probation, a $50 fine, and 50 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fg3ZFK
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Dewey Robert Simmons
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Dewey Simmons pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible and was sentenced to time served of 312 days and a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffImbk
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Hector Molina Perez
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Hector Molina Perez pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in St. Paul. He was sentenced to four months' local confinement (he only served one day and the rest were stayed), one year of probation, and a fine of $50. He was also ordered to perform 24 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4OuQN
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Jennifer Jo Johnson
   Criminal Conviction
   False Registrations
   Jennifer Johnson was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting despite being ineligible. She pleaded guilty to the former charge, while the latter was dismissed. She served 18 days of a one-year sentence in local confinement. She also received two years of supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $50 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2ffGcIF
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Kristina Jane Mossberg
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Kristina Mossberg pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible in Anoka, Minnesota. She was sentenced to 365 days of local confinement, one year of supervised probation, and 18 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eYhax6
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Michael Jordan Brazelton
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Michael Brazelton was convicted of voting while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 365 in jail and two years of supervised probation, and was fined $3,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2flaYvX
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Paula Jean Smith
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Paula Smith of White Earth, Minnesota was convicted of knowingly voting while ineligible. She was sentenced to 30 days in Becker County Jail, was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, and received five years of supervised probation.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2eDsvzG
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Brent Michael Cirillo
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Brent Cirillo pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was sentenced to 365 days in prison and two years of probation, and was fined $3,000.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2fHCLv6
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Christopher Louisell Johnson
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Christopher Johnson was charged with registering an ineligible voter and knowingly voting despite being ineligible. He pleaded guilty to the latter charge, while the former was dismissed. He was sentenced to one year of imprisonment at the Ramsey County Correctional Facility, but 363 days of his sentence were stayed. He also received two years' supervised probation, was ordered to complete 60 hours of community service, and to pay a $3,000 fine, $2,800 of which was stayed.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4ONLk
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Lavern Antoinette Bowman
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Lavern Bowman pleaded guilty to voting while ineligible during the November 2008 general election. As convicted felon, she lacked the right to vote. She was sentenced to two months' supervised probation and was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2eoWRbH
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Robert Christopher Schuehle
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Robert Schuele pleaded guilty to registration of ineligible voters and was sentenced to 91 days of local confinement and a fine of $100.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2e5tfS7
   
   Minnesota
   2011
   Spencer Dwight Cistrunk
   Criminal Conviction
   Ineligible Voting
   Spencer Cistrunk pleaded guilty to knowingly voting while ineligible. He received a sentence of 91 days in jail, two years of probation, and a $1,100 fine.
   
   Source: bit.ly/2sUD5JF, bit.ly/2f4Wjpr
   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

   • vindicktive vinny
10. 2020-10-27 at 7:01 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
    

    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Minnesota
    2012
    Matthew John Kluck
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Matthew John Kluck pleaded guilty to knowingly voting despite being ineligible. He had previously been convicted of identity theft, and therefore not eligible to vote in the 2008 presidential election. Kluck was ordered $430 in court costs.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2t9WtBO, bit.ly/2uhlv7a ( Case No. 19HA-CR-11-3909)
    
    Minnesota
    2012
    Michael Patrick McAlpin
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Michael Patrick McAlpin was charged with registering while ineligible to vote in relation to the November 2008 election. He had previously been convicted for failing to register as a predatory offender and violated his probation by registering to vote. He was ordered to pay $430 in court fees.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2t9WtBO, bit.ly/2u9bRDf (Case #19HA-CR-11-3868)
    
    North Carolina
    2012
    Horatio Johnson
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Horatio Johnson was charged with felony election fraud for voting in the November 2008 election despite having pleaded guilty in August of that year to a felony drug charge. Prosecutors allowed Johnson to plead guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor obstruction of justice for his ineligible voting. He was given a 120 days' suspended sentence and unsupervised probation. Johnson's attorney argued that his client's case was an example of why North Carolina needed voter ID laws, since without them, "[a]nyone can vote."
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fjjNYC, bit.ly/2e8vR1w, bit.ly/2fmg7FW
    
    North Dakota
    2012
    Samuel Ojuri, Joshua Colville, Marcus…
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Ten players on the North Dakota State football team, who had been hired to collect signatures for ballot petitions establishing a conservation fund and legalizing medical marijuana, each pleaded guilty to misdemeanor election fraud charges, admitting that rather than gathering signatures, they forged them. Each player was sentenced to 360 days of unsupervised community service, 50 hours of community service, and $325 in fines.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2ujxKzf
    
    New Jersey
    2012
    John Fernandez
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    John Fernandez, who worked for the Essex County Department of Economic Development, was convicted of election fraud, absentee ballot fraud, and forgery. Fernandez submitted phony absentee ballots while he was working on the 2007 election campaign of state Sen. Teresa Ruiz. Fernandez's scheme involved messenger ballots, which are used by voters home-bound by illness or a disability. Fernandez fraudulently obtained the ballots, then filled them out on behalf of the voters who had never received them. He received a five-year prison sentence.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e8rJOZ
    
    New Mexico
    2012
    Priscilla Morales
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Priscilla Morales, the public works director's in Sunland Park, but an El Paso resident, registered to vote in Doa Ana County, and voted in Sunland Park's municipal elections by using former City Councilor Angelica Marquez's home address. She pleaded guilty to false voting and conspiracy to commit a crime. She was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2u7rGu3
    
    New York
    2012
    Debra Ortutay
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Debra Ortutay, former Rockland County Independence Party chairwoman, pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges in relation to fraudulent petition signatures and perjury before a grand jury. She had signed ballot petitions multiple times and falsely claimed that she had witnessed voters signing them. Ortutay was sentenced to four months in jail and five years' probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2tS5fIN, bit.ly/2tWAu6f, bit.ly/2tmov0n
    
    Ohio
    2012
    Horace Crawford
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Horace Crawford pleaded guilty to a charge of election falsification after he forged signatures on a petition to enter his name on the 2012 Democrat primary ballot for the 10th congressional district. The Montgomery County Board of Elections determined only seven signatures were valid and disqualified him from running for office. Crawford was sentenced to five years of community control.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2w9QZtg, bit.ly/2wJPiBW (Case #2012 CR 00507)
    
    Ohio
    2012
    Roshanda F. Croom
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Roshanda F. Croom pleaded guilty to one felony count of prohibited acts relating to petitions or declarations by filing false documents with election authorities. She was sentenced to 18 months on community control.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2tvqb61
    
    Ohio
    2012
    Brenda Griffin
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Brenda Griffin, of Dayton, was convicted of 18 felony charges of election falsifications, filing false petitions, and forging signatures relating to a liquor license ballot initiative. Griffin, the leading petition circulator for the liquor license, turned in 320 petition signatures, despite only 109 signatures being required. The fraud was discovered when the County Board of Elections contacted several supposed signers, who reported they did not sign the petition. Griffin's sentence was reduced from a possible six to 12 months of prison time to five years of probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fLoAFa
    
    Ohio
    2012
    Roger Schantz
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Roger Schantz pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal voting. Though registered in South Carolina, he also registered in Ohio and voted in both states in 2008 and 2010. He was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment in an Ohio corrections center, as well one year under community control, and was fined $500.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2uPCfib, bit.ly/2tvprOr
    
    Oklahoma
    2012
    Darryl Cates
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Darryl Cates, of Westville, entered a plea of nolo contendere to charges of false notarization of absentee ballots. The charges stemmed from the 2009 Cave Springs School District election, in which 33 ballots were disputed based on inconsistencies between the signatures on ballot request forms and voter affidavits. All of the contested ballots were notarized by Cates. He was essentially charged with signing the names of two voters on absentee ballots. Following his plea, Cates received a three-year deferred sentence.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sTO2iz, bit.ly/2tsI98P, bit.ly/2rRcznY
    
    Oregon
    2012
    Lafayette Keaton
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Lafayette Keaton pleaded guilty to making false statements to elections officials after using the identities of his deceased son and brother to cast multiple ballots. Keaton was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, fined $5,000, and was placed in a one-year post-prison supervision program.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2eGP6LI
    
    Pennsylvania
    2012
    Michael Monaghan
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Michael Monaghan pleaded guilty to illegally voting in Pennsylvania.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2uefNTk
    
    Tennessee
    2012
    Linda Brewer
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Linda Brewer pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting, a Class E felony, and was sentenced to one year of supervised probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2elp0wZ, bit.ly/2eGPBW8
    
    Texas
    2012
    Jacob Awuol Barac
    Diversion Program
    Ineligible Voting
    Jacob Barac pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges after admitting that he signed a voter application attesting to his citizenship despite his permanent resident status, which made him ineligible to vote. Barac claimed that he had requested the ballot so that his roommate could vote, and then filled it out himself. He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation and 40 hours of community service.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e8AUyM
    
    Texas
    2012
    Gilda Hernandez
    Diversion Program
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Gilda Hernandez pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful assistance, two counts of illegal possession of a ballot, and two counts of failure to provide identifying information while assisting a voter. Hernandez was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication and a $250 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2rCDVKl
    
    Texas
    2012
    Rolando Medrano
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Rolando Medrano pleaded guilty to two counts of felony perjury after lying to a grand jury about the residency of Raquel Medrano, his great-niece. Rolando allowed Raquel to claim his address as her residence so she could illegally vote for another member of the family, Carlos Medrano, for Justice of the Peace. When questioned under oath as part of an investigation into voter fraud in 2010 Democrat primary election, Rolando falsely claimed Raquel was living with him. Four other perjury charges were dropped as part of a plea deal, as were charges against Raquel Medrano. Rolando Medrano was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, which was probated for four years of community supervision and 45 days in jail. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and $219 in court costs.
    
    Source: Case No. 2-11-416 (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas), bit.ly/2EESTsu
    
    Texas
    2012
    Christine Thomas Shank
    Diversion Program
    Illegal "Assistance" At The Polls
    Christine Thomas Shank, of Brazos County, pleaded guilty to unlawful assistance at the polls in the 2010 general election. She was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication. Shank was placed under community supervision and was ordered to complete 20 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine and $332 in court costs. Shank was also barred from offering any future "assistance" to voters.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2rCDVKl
    
    Texas
    2012
    Jose de Jesus Cano
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Jose de Jesus Cano, of Hildago County, illegally voted in a 2008 School District Election despite being ineligible because of a prior felony conviction. Cano pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting and received a probated 10-year prison sentence, and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $313 in court costs.
    
    Source: Case No. 09-090-10115 CR (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas)
    
    Texas
    2012
    Carlos Medrano
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Dallas County Justice of the Peace Carlos Medrano was found guilty of one count of illegal voting for persuading a niece to register to vote using an address where she did not reside. Medrano was sentenced to 180 days' incarceration.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fLc4p7
    
    Texas
    2012
    Angel Trujillo
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Angel Trujillo, of Hildago County, voted in a 2010 Municipal and School District Election despite being despite being ineligible because of a prior felony conviction. Trujillo pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting and received a three year prison sentenced, probated for community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $750 fine.
    
    Source: Case No. CR-1914-12-E (Information obtained from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas)
    
    Virginia
    2012
    Michael Anthony Harris
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Michael Anthony Harris, a convicted felon, pleaded guilty to illegally registering to vote and subsequently voting in the 2008 election. Harris was sentenced to four days in jail.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2xVxZmN, bit.ly/2xlMugi
    
    Virginia
    2012
    Feda Morton
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Feda Morton, a former congressional candidate, pleaded guilty to falsifying a campaign document after admitting that she convinced friends to sign a petition to get a favored political candidate on the ballot for a 2011 election. Submitting the signatures for notarization, Morton attested to having personally witnessed the signatures even though she hadn't. Morton was sentenced to probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e8COQ3
    
    Virginia
    2012
    Sheila Peterson
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Sheila Peterson, of Chesterfield County, Virginia, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, a charge that had been reduced from a felony count of making a false statement on an election form. Peterson, a convicted felon, certified that she was eligible to vote on a registration form for the 2008 election. Peterson, who was incarcerated prior to sentencing because of a failed drug test, was sentenced to time served.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2yu3Gkf
    
    Wisconsin
    2012
    Charles Leo Brandt
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Charles Brandt, of West Allis, pleaded guilty to election fraud for voting multiple times in the April 5, 2012, Wisconsin election. He was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2tmolGd
    
    Wisconsin
    2012
    Yadira Colon
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Yadira Colon pleaded guilty to one felony count each of election fraud and falsification of nomination papers. Colon forged signatures on nomination papers for the 2008 election for Pedro Colon (no relation), then a member of the state assembly and now a circuit judge. Yadira Colon also illegally registered and voted in Milwaukee, despite actually living in the city of Oshkosh. Colon was sentenced 20 days' incarceration and given one year of probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2oK2Sl0, bit.ly/2qflbQi, bit.ly/2oK5sre
    
    Wisconsin
    2012
    Raphael Nunn
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Raphael Nunn of Milwaukee pleaded guilty to charges of illegal voting. He had voted despite the fact that he was ineligible due to a prior felony conviction. Nunn was given a 30-day suspended sentence, 18 months' probation, and was ordered to pay $518 in court assessments.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2tv2f2J
    
    West Virginia
    2012
    Thomas Ramey, Donald Whitten, and Jerry…
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots, Election Overturned
    Former Lincoln County Commissioner Thomas Ramey pleaded guilty to lying to federal officers in the midst of their investigation of a massive voter fraud conspiracy. Sheriff Jerry Bowman and County Clerk Donald Whitten also pleaded guilty, admitting that they stuffed ballot boxes with fraudulent ballots and falsified absentee ballots in an effort to rig the 2010 Democratic primary. Whitten won the election, but a judge overturned the election after throwing out 300 fraudulent ballots. Ramey was sentenced to 21 months of imprisonment. Bowman was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and a $5,000 fine. Whitten was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release, with a $5,000 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2tQSFaA, bit.ly/2uelNuU, bit.ly/2elljqX
    
    Alaska
    2011
    Alvaro Jimenez-Aguilar
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Alvaro Jimenez-Aguilar, an illegal alien who overstayed his visitor's visa, was convicted of falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen and filing a false Social Security application. He had assumed the identity of his deceased nephew by obtaining his birth certificate and other documents and applying for other documentation and benefits. He also registered to vote in Alaska under his nephew's name, despite being ineligible because he is not a U.S. citizen. Jimenez-Aguilar was sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release, and his case was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be processed for deportation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sQgPDy, bit.ly/2sAMLtw
    
    Arizona
    2011
    Peter Canova and Gina Thai Canova
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Peter Canova and Gina Thai Canova of Scottsdale were charged with 15 counts of voter fraud, including voter registration fraud and illegal voting. Both voted more than once in a single election. Peter Canova pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation, a $9,200 fine, and 200 hours of community service. Gina Thai Canova received 300 hours of community service and a $13,800 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e2je88
    
    Arizona
    2011
    Rodney Paul Jones
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Rodney Paul Jones was charged with double voting in Arizona and Colorado in the 2008 general election, fraudulent registration, and presenting a false instrument. He pleaded guilty and was fined $4,600 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service and a month's probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e2je88, bit.ly/2fEvSum
    
    Arizona
    2011
    John Marotta
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Marotta pleaded guilty to attempted illegal voting for casting ballots in both Arizona and Colorado in the same election. His offense was reduced to a misdemeanor after he paid a $4,600 fine and completed 50 hours of community service.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fhYFR5, bit.ly/2enQipz
    
    California
    2011
    James Conway
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    James Conway was convicted on six charges stemming from his illegal registration to vote: three counts of perjury, two of falsely filing a declaration of candidacy, and one for false registration. Conway was sentenced to time served, given probation, and was ordered to pay restitution.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fdfGgI
    
    California
    2011
    Nativo Lopez
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Immigrant-Rights activist Nativo Lopez pleaded guilty to one count of voter registration fraud when it was discovered that he registered to vote in Los Angeles while living in Santa Ana. Lopez had been investigated for voter fraud before. In 1996 his organization registered new citizens to vote in an election that ultimately unseated Republican Rep. Bob Dornan from the 46th District. A House Oversight Committee report later concluded that 748 improper ballots had been cast, 624 of them from non-citizen immigrants. Despite the improperly cast votes, the result of that election was not changed. Lopez was sentenced to three years of probation and 400 hours of community service.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2feH52i
    
    California
    2011
    Ken Mariette
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Ken Mariette, former manager of the Mountain Gate Community Services District, pleaded no contest to felony charges of voting and registration fraud. Mariette used his girlfriend's address to register to vote in Mountain Gate in 2004. He then worked for the district before becoming its manager. Mariette was sentenced to 36 months' conditional release and was ordered to serve 30 days in an adult work program.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sOaq9a
    
    Colorado
    2011
    David Harold Shackley
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Following a jury trial, a Colorado man was found guilty of voting twice, a misdemeanor, in county elections in 2008 and 2009. Shackley voted early in one county, and then by mail in another. Despite having been warned against voting multiple times after the 2008 election, he did so again in 2009.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2ee7ISm, bit.ly/2fvTXnX
    
    Connecticut
    2011
    Lydia Martinez
    Civil Penalty
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez admitted to illegally assisting in the filling out of absentee ballots, as well as encouraging those not eligible to vote absentee to do so. Martinez targeted residents of an assisted living home, Harborview Towers. She was ordered by the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission to pay a $500 fine. This was not the first time she was fined by the Commission: In 2008, she was found liable to pay $664 to the Citizens Election Fund for the excess expenditures her campaign committee made for her failed run for the State House.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2tJbYTh, bit.ly/2u9rIkG
    
    Georgia
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

    • vindicktive vinny
11. 2020-10-27 at 7 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
    

    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    New Jersey
    2014
    Belkis M. Cespedes, Ana Vely-Gomez,…
    Diversion Program
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Eleven individuals were arrested in a state investigation of possible manipulation of absentee ballots in the election of Paterson Councilman Rigo Rodriguez. They entered into pre-trial intervention, a probationary program, to avoid trial and possible prison time.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2uPNg3P, bit.ly/2uPNg3P
    
    New Jersey
    2014
    Spencer Robbins
    Diversion Program
    False Registrations
    Spencer Robbins, a municipal judge in Middlesex County, was forced to resign after it was discovered he registered to vote (and actually voted in 22 elections and democratic primaries) using the address of his Woodbridge law office. Although charged with two counts of third-degree voter fraud, Robbins was allowed to enter into a pre-trial intervention program, which means the charges will be dismissed if he successfully completes the program.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fjdt3q, bit.ly/2fmhhRz
    
    New Jersey
    2014
    Rigo and Lisette Rodriguez
    Diversion Program
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Former Paterson Councilman Rigo Rodriguez and his wife were entered into the Pre-Trial Intervention Program after facing charges of conspiracy, election fraud, mail-in ballot fraud, and witness tampering. Paterson and his wife, who managed his campaign, orchestrated a scheme to take possession of absentee ballots and "assist" voters in filling them out, or fill them out fraudulently. Rodriguez instructed his volunteers to lie to officials investigating his scheme.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2uh6QZA
    
    Nevada
    2014
    Biqui Diana Parra Rodriguez
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations, Duplicate Voting
    Las Vegas resident, Biqui Diana Parra Rodriguez illegally obtained personal information of Mary Lou Aguirre and falsely registered to vote under her name in 2011 and in 2012. She was caught through the use of photo ID cards and facial recognition software that identified the two IDs she had obtained under different names. She ultimately pleaded guilty to two felony counts of voter registration fraud and identity theft.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sOXAr2, bit.ly/2tcUoow
    
    Nevada
    2014
    Hortencia Segura-Munoz
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting, False Registrations
    Hortencia Segura-Munoz, an illegal immigrant living in Washoe County, Nevada, registered to vote under a false name and cast ballots in the 2008 and 2010 Nevada elections. She was convicted and was sentenced to time served (103 days in jail) and $1,000 in costs and fees.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sOx2pZ, bit.ly/2tLNHMd
    
    New York
    2014
    William McInerney, John Brown, Anthony…
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    William McInerney, John Brown, Anthony DeFiglio, and Anthony Renna pleaded guilty to felony charges, having forged signatures on absentee ballots during the 2009 Working Families Party primary. Sentences: John Brown, six months' imprisonment; Anthony DeFiglio, 100 hours' community service; Anthony Renna, 200 hours in work-order program; William McInerney, 90 days in work-order program.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fjCzlb
    
    New York
    2014
    New York City Department of…
    Official Finding
    Miscellaneous
    Undercover New York City Department of Investigation agents testing the integrity of New York City elections were able to vote 61 times out of 63 attempts using the names of ineligible voters, known felons, and deceased city residents.
    
    Source: on.nyc.gov/2t7QimP, bit.ly/2f8uGvA
    
    Ohio
    2014
    Jean Gobeil
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Jean Gobeil, a Canadian citizen, admitted that he illegally registered to vote while registing his car in Ohio and then voted in the 2012 election. Gobeil was originally charged with illegal voting, but as part of a plea bargain, the charges were reduced to obstruction of justice. He received a 90 day suspended jail sentence.
    
    Source: cin.ci/2new1cE, bit.ly/2k6GVjy
    
    Ohio
    2014
    Bernus Charmont
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Bernus Charmont, a non-citizen, admitted to illegally voting in the 2012 election. As part of a plea bargain, the charges were reduced to falsification. Common Pleas Court Judge Leslie Ghiz sentenced Charmont to one year of probation and ordered him to pay a $1,000 fine and court costs.
    
    Source: cin.ci/2new1cE, bit.ly/2k6GVjy
    
    Pennsylvania
    2014
    Richard Allan Toney
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    The former police chief of Harmar Township, pleaded guilty to illegally soliciting absentee ballots to benefit his wife and her running mate in the 2009 Democratic primary for town council. Toney applied for the ballots, and then had them filled out illegally by individuals not expected to be absent on election day. The absentee ballot count flipped the primary results, securing a victory for Mrs. Toney's running mate. During the subsequent FBI investigation, Mr. Toney attempted to prevent witnesses, including two grand jury witnesses, from testifying. Toney was sentenced to three years' probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fjmt8l, bit.ly/2ueyupQ
    
    Tennessee
    2014
    Brenda Woods
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Originally convicted in 2010, Brenda Woods, former Bolivar City Council member, was granted--and lost--a new trial in 2014. Woods drove three ineligible voters (convicted felons) to the polls to vote for her in an election in which she was running for City Council and mayor. Woods received suspended, concurrent two-year terms on each of three counts.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fmi98Z
    
    Texas
    2014
    Belinda Solis and Veronica Saldivar
    Criminal Conviction
    Buying Votes
    Two campaign workers pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Texas for paying voters to vote in two 2012 elections in Hidalgo County, Texas. In an elaborate vote-buying scheme, Belina Solis and Veronica Saldivar offered "baggies" of cocaine and money in exchange for votes for local and county candidates. After an extensive FBI investigation, they both pleaded guilty to one count of vote-buying.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fjGqhX, bit.ly/2eGQUnO
    
    Texas
    2014
    Adrian Heath, Sybil Doyle, and Roberta…
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations, Election Overturned
    Adrian Heath, Sybil Doyle, and Roberta Cook were convicted of voting on a referendum about whether the Woodlands Road Utility District could raise taxes to cover municipal debt, even though none of them were residents in the district. The election results were subsequently overturned. Heath was sentenced to a three-year prison sentence and a fine of $10,000; Cook and Doyle each received three-year prison sentences, five years' probation, and fines of $5,000.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2eGQ1vM, bit.ly/2e8xRXu
    
    Texas
    2014
    Richard Alan Collier
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Richard Alan Collier pleaded guilty to attempting to vote twice in the November 2012 general election, in both Minnesota and Texas. He requested and submitted absentee ballots in both states. Galveston County officials were alerted to Collier's illegal behavior when they were tipped off about a Facebook post in which Collier admitted to double voting. Collier 's misdemeanor conviction earned him a $4,000 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2q6PzNq, bit.ly/2oMG7xt
    
    Texas
    2014
    Carlos Medrano
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Former Dallas County Justice of the Peace, Carlos Medrano, was convicted on one count of illegal voting. A grand jury had indicted him for two counts of soliciting votes of non-resident family members in his election for justice of the peace. He was sentenced to serve 180 days in jail, five years on probation, and fined $2,500.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2tvFDz8, bit.ly/2tWBs2i, bit.ly/2sRNq8g
    
    Virginia
    2014
    Gregory John Briehl
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Gregory John Briehl, of Albemarle, a convicted felon and an ineligible voter, was convicted of making a false statement on his voting records. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay an $86 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2J9vAsW, Case Number: GC15007564-00
    
    Virginia
    2014
    Stephen Hales
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Stephen Hales, of Albemarle, a convicted felon and an ineligible voter, was convicted of voting in a 2014 state election. Hales plead guilty to charges of providing a false statement on a required form and wrongful voting. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay an $86 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2J9vAsW, Case Number: GC15007564-00
    
    Wisconsin
    2014
    Marcie Malszycki
    Diversion Program
    False Registrations
    Marcie Malszycki, a legislative aide, pleaded guilty to charges that she voted in the wrong district in the 2010 election. That year, Malszycki voted in Onalaska, a town she temporarily resided in while doing campaign work, rather than Madison. A similar charge that she voted in the wrong district in 2008 was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Malszycki was placed in a first-offenders program.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sQpq9v
    
    Wisconsin
    2014
    Todd Murray
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    During the 2012 presidential election, Todd Murray stopped on his way home from work and voted at a polling place in New Berlin. He then proceeded to travel to his normal polling location in West Allis and cast a second ballot. In a show of the importance of the principle of "one person, one vote" Murray was sentenced to 90 days in jail (with work release privileges) and 18 months of probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fwIO69
    
    Wisconsin
    2014
    Leonard K. Brown
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations, Duplicate Voting
    Leonard K. Brown pleaded guilty in 2013 to five felony counts of illegally voting in West Milwaukee when he did not reside there. A jury then found him guilty in January of 2014 of deliberately voting twice in the 2012 presidential election. Brown voted in person on the day of the election and by absentee ballot in a different jurisdiction four days prior. Brown was sentenced to nine months in jail and a $1,750 DNA testing charge.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e8IKsr, bit.ly/2fjTzaI
    
    Wisconsin
    2014
    Tate Hohnstein
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Tate Hohnstein, of Grafton, pleaded guilty to charges of illegal voting. Hohnstein, a convicted felon, voted in Wisconsin's June special election and the November 2012 presidential elections. Hohnstein was sentenced to six days' imprisonment and was ordered to pay $1,173 in court assessments.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2tvlN70, bit.ly/2tNLkec
    
    Wyoming
    2014
    David Koch
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    David Koch, a former news director for KODI News, pleaded guilty to casting illegal votes. Koch, a convicted felon from Alaska, moved to Wyoming, registered to vote, and cast ballots in the 2010 and 2012 elections. He was sentenced to 2_4 years' imprisonment.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e8LXbs
    
    Alaska
    2013
    Deborah Carroll
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Deborah Carroll pleaded guilty to one felony count of forging signatures on an initiative petition to re-establish a coastal zone management program. One of the initiative's sponsors noticed inconsistencies with the signatures Carroll had collected and reported the matter to the authorities. Carroll was sentenced to serve two years in jail followed by three years' probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2u4damF, bit.ly/2v8dcXu
    
    Connecticut
    2013
    Minnie Gonzalez
    Civil Penalty
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    The State Elections Enforcement Commission ruled that State Rep. Minnie Gonzalez was "knowingly present" while four voters fraudulently filled out absentee ballots at City Hall during the 2006 election. She was fined $4,500 by the Commission. Gonzalez appealed the fine but lost in the state Superior Court.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fbIQ1Z, bit.ly/2feJ32q
    
    Florida
    2013
    Deisy Penton de Cabrera
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Deisy Cabrera pleaded guilty to charges of being an absentee ballot broker (boletera) as part of a massive absentee voter fraud scheme. Her notebook contained the names and addresses of over 500 voters who were mostly elderly Hispanics in Hialeah. The lists, titled Deisy's Voters, reportedly included information as to whether the voter was illiterate or was blind, deaf, or had Alzheimer's. She was sentenced to one year of probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2feMlCZ, bit.ly/2fvSzSc
    
    Florida
    2013
    Jeffrey Garcia
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Chief of Staff to Florida Rep. Joe Garcia (D_26), Jeffrey Garcia, resigned and pleaded guilty to orchestrating a plot involving the submission of hundreds of fraudulent absentee-ballot requests during the primary in 2012. Garcia was sentenced to 90 days in prison and 18 months' probation. He was ordered to spend the first three months of probation under house arrest.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2f1x2MN
    
    Florida
    2013
    Onakia Lanet Griffin
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Onakia Lanet Griffin, a convicted felon who was not eligible to vote, was convicted of two counts of voter fraud and one count of false swearing. Griffin had previously been convicted of wire fraud, identification theft, and identity fraud. Griffin registered to vote on June 5, 2012, and falsely claimed that she was not a convicted felon. She subsequently admitted to voting in the 2012 presidential election. Griffin was sentenced to a fine of $1079.50 and 23 days' incarceration.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2pAa7ke, bit.ly/2poDLbb, bit.ly/2qfmUoC
    
    Florida
    2013
    Rebekah Joy Paul
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Rebekah Joy Paul pleaded guilty to falsifying voter registrations prior to the 2012 general election. While employed as a voter registration worker with a political consulting firm hired by the Republican Party, she created false voter registrations. She and her co-conspirator admitted to faking 27 registrations for Duval County. She was sentenced to community service.
    
    Source: pbpo.st/2sTqE4A
    
    Florida
    2013
    Christian David Price
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Christian David Price, a campaign worker in Florida, pleaded guilty to falsifying voter registrations in the 2012 election. While employed as voter registration worker with a political consulting firm hired by the Republican Party, he created false voter registrations. He and his co-conspirator admitted to faking 27 registrations for Duval County. He was sentenced to community service.
    
    Source: pbpo.st/2sTqE4A
    
    Iowa
    2013
    Beth Ann Gallagher
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Beth Ann Gallagher cast an absentee ballot in Iowa on behalf of her daughter, who had recently moved to Minnesota (and who also voted in Minnesota) in the 2012 election. Gallagher pleaded guilty to false representation of records or process and paid a fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fF7sRz
    
    Iowa
    2013
    Nickie Dean Perkins
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Nickie Dean Perkins, a felon, registered to vote and voted in the 2012 general election. He pleaded guilty to first-degree election misconduct and received a five-year suspended sentence and two years' probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fF7sRz
    
    Iowa
    2013
    Tehvedin Murgic
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Tehvedin Murgic, a convicted felon and Bosnian citizen who voted in the 2010 general election, pleaded guilty to third-degree election misconduct for interfering or attempting to interfere with a voter while the voter was filling out a ballot. He also pleaded guilty to trespassing and was fined $1,325.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fF7sRz
    
    Illinois
    2013
    Pamela Bryant
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Pamela Bryant, of Cahokia, pleaded guilty to three counts of incorrectly marking an absentee ballot. She received probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sVGTOb, bit.ly/2sAGtdB
    
    Illinois
    2013
    Monica LaPlant
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Monica LaPlant, of Cahokia, was charged with incorrectly marking an absentee ballot in the 2013 election. She was given probation after pleading guilty.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sVGTOb
    
    Indiana
    2013
    Butch Morgan, Jr.
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Former St. Joseph County Democratic Chairman Butch Morgan, Jr. was sentenced to one year of prison after being convicted of felony charges stemming from a plot to forge signatures on the petition to place Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the Indiana Democratic Primary ballot in 2008. Morgan, along with multiple co-conspirators from the Board of Voter Registration, forged over 200 signatures. A Yale University junior, Ryan Nees, discovered the fraud, noting "page after page of signatures are all the same handwriting." The forgery was overlooked during the primary process "because election workers in charge of verifying their validity were the same people faking the signatures."
    
    Source: bit.ly/2eAtTmy
    
    Indiana
    2013
    Pam Brunette, Beverly Shelton, Dustin…
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Pam Brunette, Beverly Shelton, and Dustin Blythe worked with Butch Morgan (see prior entry) to forge over 200 signatures on the petition to enter Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton into the Indiana Democratic Primary. A Yale University junior, Ryan Nees, discovered the fraud, noting "page after page of signatures are all the same handwriting." The forgery was overlooked during the primary process "because election workers in charge of verifying their validity were the same people faking the signatures." Brunette, a board member on the St. Joseph County Board of Voter Registration Democratic, and Shelton, a board worker, both received two years of probation in exchange for their testimony against Morgan. The judge sentenced Dustin Blythe, a board worker and Democrat volunteer, to one year in Community Corrections and probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fw7r31
    
    Indiana
    2013
    Doug Campbell
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Austin Mayor Doug Campbell faced voter fraud charges that he illegally accepted absentee ballots from voters and filled out a woman's incomplete ballot. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor electioneering in exchange for prosecutors agreeing to dismiss the felony voter fraud and conspiracy charges, which enabled him to remain in office.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fitiWu
    
    Indiana
    2013
    Paul Etheridge
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Paul Etheridge, former New Albany mayoral candidate in the Democratic primary, was charged with voter fraud for endorsing a ballot of someone he knew to be ineligible in the May 2011 Democratic mayoral primary in New Albany, Indiana. He pleaded guilty to Forgery of Official Ballot Endorsement and received a suspended 18-month sentence.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fbTKEW
    
    Indiana
    2013
    Michael Marshall
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Michael Marshall, a Jennings County Democratic Party worker, pleaded guilty to three counts of vote fraud relating to applications for absentee ballots for his son, brother, and former roommate. Marshall was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e2KeEC
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    North Carolina
    2016
    Lumberton, NC
    Official Finding
    Election Overturned
    Following a contested election because of voter irregularities for the Precinct 7 City Council seat in the town of Lumberton, the State Board of Elections ordered new election. In the initial election for the City Council seat, incumbent Leon Maynor held a one-vote lead over challenger Laura Sampson after several recounts. The second election also had problems, with Maynor successfully challenging the residency of 20 voters. Ultimately, roughly half of the 850 provisional ballots cast were thrown out for various reasons, and in the final tally Maynor retained his seat by a 20-vote margin.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fmbefO, bit.ly/2fjuwVs, bit.ly/2ev5P7c
    
    North Carolina
    2016
    Pembroke, NC
    Official Finding
    Election Overturned
    For more than a year, the town of Pembroke had no mayor. Challenges stemming from voting irregularities and possible fraud continue long after a disputed November 2015 election and a March 2016 re-do. In the 2015 election, former town councilman Allen Dial won the mayoral post, but following residency challenges by runner-up Greg Cummings, the State Board of Elections ordered a new election be held. Cummings prevailed in that election, but ongoing challenges prevented him from assuming office. In August, four ballots were thrown out for being improperly cast, and Cummings is still ahead in the vote tally. Pembroke's recent electoral history is colorful to say the least, having had to re-do an election in 2014 as well.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fmbefO, bit.ly/2eGKxAY, bit.ly/2fjDC4o
    
    New Hampshire
    2016
    Derek Castonguay
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Derek Castonguay pleaded guilty to voter fraud in Salem District Court on January 15, 2016. While a resident of Manchester, Castonguay voted in the towns of Salem and Windham in the general election of 2014, using addresses where he previously resided. Castonguay received a 12-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine plus a 24 percent penalty assessment. In addition to the sentence and fine, Castonguay loses his right to vote under the New Hampshire Constitution, Part I, Article 11.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2f8qFY6, bit.ly/2e8tQCd, bit.ly/2fKZar9
    
    New Hampshire
    2016
    Nancy Sullivan
    Civil Penalty
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Nancy Sullivan, a resident of Windham, admitted having committed voter fraud in the 2014 general election. Sullivan fraudulently obtained an absentee ballot in the name of her son, Avery Galloway, by forging his signature on an absentee ballot request form, as well as on the envelope containing the completed ballot. Sullivan avoided criminal prosecution and the permanent loss of her ability to vote by paying a fine as a civil penalty and signing a consent agreement with the Attorney General.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2e8tQCd
    
    Nevada
    2016
    Tina Marie Parks
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Tina Marie Parks pleaded guilty to one felony voter registration offense. She was initially charged with 11 felony offenses for having improperly completed others' voter registration forms. She was sentenced to 19_48 months in prison.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2u9PTPI, bit.ly/2t9IdsK, bit.ly/2uMy4nT
    
    New York
    2016
    Harold Baird
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Harold Baird, of Sullivan County, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to submit false voter registrations. Although not a resident of Bloomingburg, Baird--a former town supervisor of Mamakating, NY--sought to run for a village trustee position there in 2014. His losing bid for the office was part of a scheme with real estate developers to manipulate the election process so that Baird would later give favorable treatment to their development project.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2i32MpN, bit.ly/2uPvGvJ, bit.ly/2tvGArc
    
    New York
    2016
    Ana Cuevas
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Ana Cuevas, a campaign aide for Hector Ramirez, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after she and other staff went door to door tricking potential voters into signing absentee ballot applications. They then took the applications to the Board of Elections, retrieved the absentee ballots, and voted for Ramirez without the voters' knowledge. Cuevas was sentenced to conditional discharge.
    
    Source: nydn.us/1eiRojr, on.nyc.gov/2frgW1y
    
    New York
    2016
    Ernest Everett
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Ernest Everett was convicted on three counts of offering a false instrument for filing. Everett was initially charged with second-degree forgery and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing. The charges stemmed from Everett filing nominating petitions that he knew were falsified with the Rensselaer County Board of Elections to run in the Democratic primary for mayor in 2015. Three of the seven misdemeanor charges were subsequently dismissed. Of the four remaining misdemeanor charges, a jury found Everett guilty of three counts of offering a false instrument for filing. Everett received a sentence of 90 hours of community service, to be served through the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Work Program.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2pmtOLv, bit.ly/2q6Q9ee, bit.ly/2oMZtmc
    
    New York
    2016
    Hector Ramirez
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Hector Ramirez pleaded guilty to one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument. Ramirez, a 2014 State Assembly Candidate for the 86th District Assemby District, deceived voters into giving their absentee ballots to his campaign on the false premise that the campaign would then submit the ballots. Instead, Ramirez's campaign inserted his name on at least thirty-five of the absentee ballots. Ramirez initially won the 2014 race, but a recount determined he had lost by two votes. In lieu of jail time, Bronx Supreme Court Justice Steven Barrett imposed a three-year ban on Ramirez running for office. Ramirez could face jail time if he runs for office in violation of his three-year ban. Prior to his guilty plea, Ramirez unsuccessfully ran for the same state assembly seat on numerous occasions, most recently in the 2016 election.
    
    Source: nydn.us/2oMjycA, nydn.us/2p4LACJ, bit.ly/2oMRy8o
    
    Pennsylvania
    2016
    Myron Cowher, Dmitry Kupershmidt
    Criminal Conviction
    Altering The Vote Count
    Myron Cowher and Dmitry Kupershmidt were found guilty of attempting to rig a May 2014 election in the private community of Wild Acres Lakes. According to Wild Acres Property Manager Robert Depaolis, Cowher approached him and asked him to provide Cowher with ballots that were due to be mailed to property owners in the community who seldom voted, for the express purpose of filling out those ballots and guaranteeing victory for Cowher's preferred Board of Directors candidates. Depaolis went to the state police, who surveilled a meeting where Depaolis handed over the ballots, catching Cowher in the act of filling out the mail-in ballots. He was arrested and subsequently convicted on 217 counts, including forgery, identity theft, and criminal conspiracy. His accomplice, Kupershmidt, was found guilty on 190 counts. Cohwer received a sentence of between 18 months and four years in a state correctional facility, and was ordered to pay a $10,850 fine. Kuperschmidt's sentencing has been delayed due to a change in attorneys.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2lpcJOx, bit.ly/2lphGqI, bit.ly/2mm85yE
    
    Pennsylvania
    2016
    Robin Trainor, Laura Murtaugh
    Criminal Conviction
    Impersonation Fraud At The Polls
    Robin Trainor, 56, and Laura Murtaugh, 57, were each sentenced to a year of probation and will not be allowed to vote for the next four years after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of election code violations. According to witnesses, Trainor, who was serving as the judge of elections at the polling place (even though she was disqualified from doing so as a public official), went into the voting booth with her husband and told him how to vote. She then stepped out of the voting booth, spoke to Murtaugh (who was serving as the minority elections inspector at the polling place), signed the election register under her 23-year-old son's name, reset the voting machine, returned to the voting booth, and cast a ballot in his name. Trainor pleaded guilty to two charges--failure to perform duty and falsely holding the position of an election officer--and Murtaugh pleaded guilty to failure to perform her duty. As part of their plea bargains, the felony charges against them were dismissed.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2f8z2D8, bit.ly/2eGMXiZ
    
    Pennsylvania
    2016
    Cheryl Ali (aka Cheryl Jamison)
    Criminal Conviction
    Impersonation Fraud At The Polls
    Cheryl Ali, 57, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges: unlawful assistance in voting, and falsely holding the position of an election officer. In the May 2014 primary, Ali voted on behalf of her mother, whom she claimed was ill. In the May 2014 general election, Ali served as machine inspector at a polling place even though she did not live in that division. Ali was sentenced to one year of probation and stripped of her voting rights for the next four years. As part of her plea bargain, the felony charges against her were dismissed.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2f8z2D8, bit.ly/2eGMXiZ
    
    Texas
    2016
    Graciela Sanchez
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Prosecutors charged Graciela Sanchez with four misdemeanor counts of violating election law in an effort to assist Guadalupe Rivera win re-election to the post of Weslaco city commissioner in 2013. Rivera and Sanchez were found to have illegally "assisted" absentee ballot voters. The results of the election were disputed, and a judge determined that 30 ballots had been illegally cast in an election decided by only 16 votes. Sanchez pleaded guilty and received two years' probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2f8AtkT, bit.ly/2f8AtkT
    
    Texas
    2016
    Guadalupe Rivera
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Guadalupe Rivera, a former Weslaco city commissioner, pleaded guilty to one count of providing illegal "assistance" to a voter by filling out an absentee ballot "in a way other than the way the voter directed or without direction from the voter." The fraud took place during Rivera's 2013 re-election bid, which he won by a scant 16 votes. His challenger sued alleging fraud, and a judge determined that 30 ballots had been illegally cast, enough to alter the outcome of the election. A new election was subsequently held, and Rivera lost. Rivera originally faced 16 election-related charges, 15 of which were dropped as part of his plea deal. He was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fjITJn, bit.ly/2evjfA1, bit.ly/2fjIQNy
    
    Virginia
    2016
    Mary P. Taylor
    Criminal Conviction
    Miscellaneous
    Mary P. Taylor was found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of "communicating false information to registered voters." Taylor, a critic of the Hampton school board, designed a fake website registered in the name of Ann Stephens Cherry, a candidate for the board, which endorsed incumbent Martha Mugler. On the website, Taylor posted a fake election date that fell one week after the real election. The Judge sentenced Taylor to 100 hours of community service and imposed a $1,000 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fCnJqY, bit.ly/2fLcSKE
    
    Virginia
    2016
    William "Billy" Everett Mills…
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    When Billy Mills ran for sheriff in Nelson County, he submitted a candidate qualification form with an address in that county. It was later uncovered that Mills did not live at the address he provided and was not a resident of Nelson County. This was a clear violation of state law that requires all members of government to be residents in the district over which they preside. Mills was originally charged with a Class 5 felony. As part of a plea deal, it was reduced to a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to six month suspended sentence.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2evkZsS
    
    Wisconsin
    2016
    Nebi Ademi
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Nebi Ademi, 63, a native of Macedonia who resides in Chippewa Falls, successfully cast a ballot in the April 2016 primary election, despite his status as a non-citizen. Ademi filled out a same-day registration, leaving blank the question about his citizenship. District Attorney Steve Gibbs noted that poll workers "should have caught this" and recommended, based on his determination that Ademi had not deliberately broken the law, that the charges against him be changed from election fraud to disorderly conduct. Ademi pleaded no contest. He was ordered to pay $443 in court costs.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2lwffRw, bit.ly/2lpUgSk
    
    Wisconsin
    2016
    Robert Monroe
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Robert Monroe, identified by prosecutors as the worst multiple-voter in state history, pleaded no contest to charges that he voted more than once in 2011 and 2012. Monroe's record was extensive: he voted twice in the April 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, twice in the 2011 recall election of state Senator Alberta Darling, and five times in Gov. Scott Walker's recall election. He also cast an illegal ballot in the August 2012 primary and voted twice in the 2012 general election. On four of the counts, Monroe received a suspended three-year prison sentence, and will serve up to a year in jail. He also received five years' probation, and was ordered to complete 300 hours of community service and pay a $5,000 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2eGXURE
    
    Alabama
    2015
    Janice Lee Hart
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Janice Lee Hart pleaded guilty to eight misdemeanor counts of attempted absentee ballot fraud in connection with misconduct while working on the 2013 campaign for District 2 City Commissioner Amos Newsome. Prosecutors charged that Hart was not present when absentee ballots were signed even though she was listed as a witness on the ballots. In the election, Newsome defeated his challenger by only 14 votes and received 119 out of the 124 absentee ballots cast. A judge sentenced Hart to 12 months in the county jail for each count, which he suspended to two years of probation for each count.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fe7wVw
    
    Alabama
    2015
    Lesa Coleman
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    A Houston County jury found Lesa Coleman guilty of seven felony counts of absentee ballot fraud related to the 2013 election for a city commission seat. Coleman received a three year split sentence. She will serve 180 days in jail followed by three years of probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fegulR, bit.ly/2fb7qQO
    
    Alabama
    2015
    Olivia Lee Reynolds
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Olivia Lee Reynolds was convicted of 24 counts of voter fraud. While working on the 2013 campaign for her boyfriend, Dothan City Commissioner Amos Newsome, Reynolds filled out voters' ballots for them and told others for whom to vote. Her fraud had definite consequences: Commissioner Newsome won reelection by a mere 14 votes, losing the in-person vote by a wide margin but winning an incredible 96 percent of the absentee vote. Newsome himself faced pressure to resign as a consequence. Reynolds was sentenced to serve six months in a community corrections facility. She is appealing the conviction.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fcPwuv, bit.ly/2edRZT9
    
    Arizona
    2015
    Mary Patricia Gregerson
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Mary Patricia Gregerson voted twice in the 2012 general election. She voted in Arizona and again in Indiana. She was found guilty of duplicate voting and sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $4,575.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2Ebojsz, bit.ly/314Oiec
    
    Arizona
    2015
    Regina Kay Beaupre
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Regina Beaupre pleaded guilty to voting twice in the same election, once in Arizona and once in Michigan. She was fined $9,150 and given 12 months' probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2gIrxFG, bit.ly/2hsj73Q
    
    Arizona
    2015
    Jeffery Worth Hitchcock
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Jeffery Hitchcock pleaded guilty to attempted duplicate voting during the 2012 general election. A judge fined him $2,500 and sentenced him to 100 hours of community service and one year of unsupervised probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2hKCggI, bit.ly/2hsj73Q
    
    California
    2015
    Mark Evans
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Mark Evans voted by absentee ballot in the November 2014 election. He then cast a second absentee ballot, this time in the name of his deceased father-in-law. Following an investigation by the District Attorney's office and the County Clerk and Recorder's Office, the 62-year-old Ventura County resident was charged with misdemeanor voter fraud. He pleaded no contest and received three years' probation and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fddq98
    
    California
    2015
    Donald Dewsnup
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Donald Dewsnup, a housing development activist in San Francisco, registered to vote using a false address. As part of a plea bargain, he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts of false voter registration. He is awaiting sentencing but is expected to be sentenced to perform 100 hours of community service and three years probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2t9DXt6, bit.ly/2t9yTVZ
    
    Colorado
    2015
    Vitaliy B. Grabchenko
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Grabchenko pleaded guilty to procuring a false registration (by providing a false registration to vote), a misdemeanor. He was given a two-year deferred sentence with two years of supervised probation, and was ordered to complete 48 hours of community service.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2eVcurR, bit.ly/2fik4JQ
    
    Connecticut
    2015
    Christina Ayala
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Former state representative Christina Ayala pleaded guilty to two counts of providing a false statement and was sentenced to a suspended one-year prison term followed by two years of conditional discharge. Ayala had voted in a series of elections, including the 2012 presidential election, in districts in which she did not live. When confronted about residency discrepancies by state investigators, Ayala fabricated evidence to corroborate her false residency claims. Before agreeing to a plea deal, she faced eight counts of fraudulent voting, 10 counts of primary or enrollment violations, and one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. As a condition of her plea deal, she is barred from seeking elected office for two years.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2fEQGlx
    
    Florida
    2015
    Annique Lesage Newton
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Newton, a serial fraudster, was convicted of embezzlement, insurance fraud, and voter fraud, and sentenced to eight years in prison and 15 years' probation after violating her probation stemming from a 2009 case in which she stole $400,000 from her employer. The vote fraud charges stemmed from registering to vote without informing election officials that she was a convicted felon.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2feLP81, bit.ly/2feNaf2, bit.ly/2eedK5d
    
    Florida
    2015
    Eric Haynes
    Civil Penalty
    False Registrations
    Eric Haynes, a Lauderdale Lakes City Commissioner, voted using a false address in the 2012 general election. He had moved to a different precinct before Election Day, but he still certified at the polls that he was living at his former address. He was fined $500 by the Florida Election Commission.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2sVxOVy
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13. 2020-10-27 at 6:59 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
    

    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]

    Originally posted by ORACLE Once again rightards scaremonger and blame the left for some shit they really want to do themselves first

    
    
    Arizona
    2020
    Randy Allen Jumper
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots, Duplicate Voting
    Randy Allen Jumper voted twice in the 2016 general election. He voted by absentee ballot in Arizona and again by absentee ballot in Nevada. He pleaded guilty to attempted illegal voting, a class 6 felony. He was sentenced to two years probation, fined $5,000, and is barred from voting in Arizona.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3hZNpdt, bit.ly/2WCYBDI
    
    California
    2020
    April Atilano
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    April Atilano, of Monterey County, pleaded guilty to 6 counts of felony voter fraud for falsifying voter registration forms. Atilano falsified a number of voter registration cards by changing party affiliation and forging signatures. The forms were submitted to the Madera County Registrar of Voters in July 2019. Atilano was sentenced to one year in prison and three years probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2yDuzGY
    
    California
    2020
    Jentry Jasperson
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Jentry Jasperson, of Pacifica, forged signatures for a referendum iniative and paid a $5 fee per signature. She was reported to have forged over 100 signatures, most of which were actual country residents. Peterson was charged with 10 counts of perjury by declaration, 5 counts of identity theft, and 5 counts of signing fictious or forged names to a petition. She pleaded guilty to 2 counts of perjury by declaration, a felony, and was sentenced to 2 years in county jail.
    
    Source: bit.ly/38Zlvtc , bit.ly/32qs5pX , Case no. 18-NF-002566-B
    
    California
    2020
    Bradley Jasperson
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Bradley Jasperson, of Pacifica, forged signatures for a referendum initiative and was paid a $5 fee per signature. He was reported to have forged over 100 signatures, most of which were actual country residents. Peterson was charged with 10 counts of perjury by declaration, 5 counts of identity theft, and 5 counts of signing of fictious or forged name to petition. He pleaded guilty to 2 counts of perjury by declaration, a felony, and was sentenced to 2 years in county jail.
    
    Source: bit.ly/38Zlvtc , bit.ly/32qs5pX, Case no. 18-NF-002566-A
    
    California
    2020
    Norman Hall
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Norman Hall, of Los Angeles, participated in scheme to give homeless people on Skid Row cash and cigarettes in exchange for fraudulently signing ballot petition initiatives and filling out voter registration forms. These crimes took place during both the 2016 and 2018 election cycles. Hall was charged with circulating a petition with false names, and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 1 year in county jail, 3 years of probation, and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
    
    Source: nbcnews.to/38eXj4M , bit.ly/2VFtk3f
    
    California
    2020
    Richard Howard
    Criminal Conviction
    Buying Votes, Ballot Petition Fraud
    Richard Howard was involved in a scheme that offered cigarettes and money to homeless people on Skid Row in exchange for fake signatures on ballot initiatives and voter registration forms. This resulted in hundreds of fraudulent signatures. He pleaded no contest to one felony count of subscribing a fictitious name, or the name of another to an initiative petition and registration of a fictitious person. He was sentenced to a suspended sentence of three years and three years of probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3kUNeSa, bit.ly/314Q6Us
    
    California
    2020
    Louis Wise
    Criminal Conviction
    Buying Votes, Ballot Petition Fraud
    Louis Wise was involved in a scheme that offered cigarettes and money to homeless people on Skid Row in exchange for fake signatures on ballot initiatives and voter registration forms. This resulted in hundreds of fraudulent signatures. He pleaded no contest to one felony count of subscribing a fictitious name, or the name of another to an initiative petition and registration of a fictitious person. He was sentenced to a suspended sentence of 16 months in state prison and three years of formal probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3kUNeSa, bit.ly/314Q6Us
    
    California
    2020
    Christopher Williams
    Criminal Conviction
    Buying Votes, Ballot Petition Fraud
    Christopher Williams was involved in a scheme that offered cigarettes and money to homeless people on Skid Row in exchange for fake signatures on ballot initiatives and voter registration forms. This resulted in hundreds of fraudulent signatures. He pleaded no contest to one felony count of circulating an initiative or petition containing false, forged or fictitious names. Williams was sentenced to 3 years’ probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3kUNeSa, bit.ly/314Q6Us
    
    California
    2020
    Nickey Huntley
    Criminal Conviction
    Buying Votes, Ballot Petition Fraud
    Nickey Huntley was involved in a scheme that offered cigarettes and money to homeless people on Skid Row in exchange for fake signatures on ballot initiatives and voter registration forms. This resulted in hundreds of fraudulent signatures. He pleaded no contest to one felony count of circulating an initiative or petition containing false, forged or fictitious names. Huntley was sentenced to 3 years’ probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3kUNeSa, bit.ly/314Q6Us
    
    Louisiana
    2020
    Delores "Dee" Handy
    Criminal Conviction
    Illegal "Assistance" At The Polls
    Delores "Dee" Handy, of Crowley was found guilty of failing to mark a ballot as instructed when assisting an eldery voter, a misdemeanor. She is schedule to be sentenced on September 24, 2020. The potential penalty for this crime is one year imprisonment, a fine up to $1,000, or both.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2FE2F1h
    
    New Mexico
    2020
    Dyon Herrera
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Dyon Hererra, of Espanola, conspired with Laura Seeds to falsify absentee ballots in support of Seeds' husband's candidacy for mayor in 2016. Hererra forged the signatures of his grandparents on absentee ballots. The candidate that he casted the ballots in favor of won the race by two votes. Herrera was charged with conspiracy to violate the municipal election code of Espanola, a fourth degree felony, and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 18 months probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2vrkETH , bit.ly/39jnN6p, Case no. D-117-CR-201800047
    
    New Mexico
    2020
    Laura Seeds
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Laura Seeds, of Espanola, conspired with Dyon Herrera to falsify several absentee ballots in favor of Seeds' husband, a city councilman who was running for mayor in 2016. Seeds was charged with two counts of making false statements relative to the municipal election code, one count of conspiracy to violate the municipal election code, and ten counts of possession of another person's absentee ballot. Seeds was found guilty of two counts of making false statements relative to the municipal election code and two counts of possession of another person's absentee ballot, which are all fourth degree felonies. She was sentenced to six months of house arrest, followed by five years of supervised probation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2VC4Sjo , bit.ly/3csaC5f, Case no. D-117-CR-201800048
    
    Virginia
    2020
    Lauren Creekmore Peabody
    Criminal Conviction
    Ballot Petition Fraud
    Lauren C. Peabody, of Virginia Beach, worked as a campaign staffer for the GOP candidate in the 2nd Congressional District of VA. In that role, she signed off on petition signatures, that she did not witness, to get Shaun Brown, a Democrat, on the ballot as an Independent in order to take away votes from the Democratic nominee (her boss's main opponent). The signatures were forgeries of deceased individuals and former residents. She was charged with two counts of election fraud and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of "willful neglect of election duty." She received a 12-month suspended sentence based on a year of good behavior and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3cwtb7A
    
    West Virginia
    2020
    Tess Alayna Bishop
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Tess Bishop, of Salt Lake City, UT,voted "unlawfully and knowingly" in a Harper's Ferry municipal election where her father, Wayne Bishop, was elected mayor by a margin of 14 votes. Bishop was charged with one count of illegal voting, and pled guilty to the charge. She was sentenced to 3 days of incarceration, that could be served by completing 24 hours of community service, and ordered to pay all court fees.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2voiHqT , bit.ly/2VxoXHw
    
    Alabama
    2019
    Elbert Melton
    Criminal Conviction
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    Elbert Melton, the former mayor of Gordon, illegally notarized two ballots, without witnesses present, during the 2016 election in which he was running for mayor. Melton won that race by only 16 votes. Melton was convicted on two counts of absentee ballot fraud, was removed from office, and was sentenced to serve one year in prison followed by two years of probation.
    
    Source: https://bitly.com/ bit.ly/2SPvL2X, bit.ly/30nEY2m, bit.ly/2TPo3Dt
    
    Arizona
    2019
    Richard John Greenfield
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Richard Greenfield voted twice in the 2016 election. He voted in person in Arizona and again in Nevada. He pleaded guilty to one felony count of Attempted Illegal Voting. He was sentenced to two years’ probation, ordered to complete 100 hours of community restitution, and fined $4,575.
    
    Source: bit.ly/314Poqg, bit.ly/3kUMNr0
    
    California
    2019
    Gustavo Araujo Lerma
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Gustavo Araujo Lerma, a Mexican citizen who resides in Sacramento County, illegally assumed the identity of American citizen Hiram Enrique Velez, and illegally voted repeatedly over two decades. Lerma was convicted in federal court of one count of aggravated identity theft, one count of making a false statement on a passport application, and five counts of voting by an alien in a federal election. Lerma, a self-described Republican donor and ardent Trump supporter, now faces up to two years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced in November.
    
    Source: bit.ly/323ErD1, bit.ly/2PgcOVR
    
    California
    2019
    Gustavo Araujo Lerma
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Gustavo Araujo Lerma, of Sacramento, is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. After fraudulently assuming the identity of "Hiram Enrique Velez" in 1992, Lerma applied for a US passport under his assumed name and then obtained citizenship for himself and his wife. Thereafter, he and his wife fraudulently voted multiple times in elections. Lerma was charged with aggrevated identity theft, making a false statement on a passport application, and five counts of voting by an alien in federal elections, and was found guilty on all counts. He was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2T6Mz3W, bit.ly/3a8enL9
    
    California
    2019
    Richard Davis
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations
    Richard Davis, of Pacific Grove, registered four dogs (Pfeiffer, Chantarelle, Rocky, and Cooper) and his deceased father to vote between 2013 and 2018. Davis was charged with voter registration fraud. He pled guilty and was sentenced to three years of probation and 48 hours of community service.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3cClDB8 , bit.ly/32NCo7Q
    
    Mississippi
    2019
    Valerie Smith
    Criminal Conviction
    Miscellaneous
    Valerie Smith, a former Canton city clerk, falsely attested to witnessing voters swear their applications before her. Smith was charged with 15 felony counts, and pleaded guilty to a charge that she violated voter registration statutes. She was sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to pay a fine and cover the costs of the investigation.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2YH6smU, bit.ly/2KGr4lo
    
    Mississippi
    2019
    Donnell Robinson
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Donnell Robinson, of Canton, illegally reigistered and voted despite being ineligible due to prior criminal convictions. Robinson pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor voter fraud. He was sentenced to one year in county jail, which was suspended, placed on six months' probation, and ordered to pay a $250 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2YH6smU
    
    Mississippi
    2019
    Cary Johnson
    Diversion Program
    Buying Votes
    Cary Johnson, the former Canton Fire Chief, bought votes using money and beer in his 2017 race for fire chief. Johnson was indicted on three counts of voter fraud, but as part of a plea deal, he plead guilty to one count and was admitted to a pre-trial diversion program. Johnson was given one year to complete the program in order to avoid a felony conviction.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2MdJLzR, bit.ly/2YJ6Ukr
    
    Mississippi
    2019
    Jennifer Robinson
    Diversion Program
    False Registrations, Ineligible Voting
    Jennifer Robinson, of Canton, falsely registered for an absentee ballot and then voted in 2017 municipal elections. She was charged with multiple counts of voter fraud and voting by an unqualified person. As part of a plea deal, she was admitted to a pre-trial diversion program.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2MdJLzR, bit.ly/2Kvjs6f, bit.ly/2MZ68J8
    
    Mississippi
    2019
    Andrew Grant
    Criminal Conviction
    Buying Votes
    Andrew Grant, a city alderman in Canton, tried to buy at least one person's vote in the 2017 municipal election in which he was running. Grant was charged with four counts of voter fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit voter. Grant pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, which was suspended, and he resigned from office.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2MVSrus, bit.ly/2MeHl4a
    
    Mississippi
    2019
    Courtney Rainey
    Criminal Conviction
    Miscellaneous
    Courtney Rainey, school board member, director of human and cultural needs in Canton, and 2019 judicial candidate, engaged in numerous illegal acts during the 2017 municipal election. Among others, she bought votes with cash and gift cards, and then attempted to intimidate one of the voters to stimy the criminal case against her. Rainey faced a litany of charges, including voter fraud, conspiracy, and witness intimidation. Rainey was convicted of voter intimidation and acquited of conspiracy, but a jury failed to deliver a verdict on the voter fraud charge, meaning Rainey likely faces another trial. She will be sentenced in September on the intimidation conviction.
    
    Source: bit.ly/33wa5KT, bit.ly/2OOjkmu
    
    North Carolina
    2019
    Denslo Allen Paige
    Criminal Conviction
    Ineligible Voting
    Denslo Allen Paige, of Wake County was found guilty of aiding and abetting voting by an alien. Paige, a volunteer and former election official, was found to have assisted her boyfriend, Guadalupe Espinosa-Pena, a non-citizen, to register and vote in the 2016 general election. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two months in prison, one year of probation, and $275 in fines.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2CmbtY8
    
    North Carolina
    2019
    Ninth Congressional District of North…
    Official Finding
    Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
    A general election for the seat in the Ninth Congressional district was decertified by North Carolina State Board of Elections after credible allegations of absentee ballot abuse arose. Officials became suspicious when 61% of the vote-by-mail ballots were cast for the Republican candidate, despite the fact that only 16% of the mail-by-ballot were registered Republicans. Multiple people, including the Republican candidate's son, expressed their suspicions that a political contractor illegally organized the collection of absentee ballots and completed empty mail-in ballots. The Board of Elections ordered a new election to fill the seat and the contractor was subsequently indicted.
    Source: nyti.ms/3chkRZS
    
    New Hampshire
    2019
    Charles Eugene Cartier Jr
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Charles Eugene Cartier Jr. knowingly voted twice in the 2016 general election. Cartier pleaded guilty to voting in more than one state, a Class B felony. After voting in Massachusetts, he then voted in his home state of New Hampshire. The was discovered after New Hampshire started participating in the Interstate Crosscheck Program, a multi-state database that compares voter information to identify who is registered in multiple states and who voted more than once. Cartier was given a suspended sentence of 60 days, fined $1,000, assessed an additional penalty of $240, and lost his right to vote in future New Hampshire elections.
    
    Source: bit.ly/35FVr3W
    
    New Hampshire
    2019
    Spencer McKinnon
    Criminal Conviction
    False Registrations, Duplicate Voting
    Spencer McKinnon, a student studying at the University of New Hampshire, mailed an absentee ballot to his hometown of Dracut, Massachusetts and then registered to vote in Durham, New Hampshire. His attempt to vote twice in the 2016 election was detected thanks to New Hampshire's participating in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program. McKinnon pleaded guilty to providing a false statement on a voter registration form, a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to serve six months in a state correctional facility, but that sentence was suspended on the condition that McKinnon pay a $2,000 fine and complete 200 hours of community service. He was also stripped of his right to vote in New Hampshire.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2MbeC0d, bit.ly/2ZRpweB, bit.ly/2YTChrX
    
    New Hampshire
    2019
    John S. Fleming Jr.
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    John S. Fleming Jr., a registered Republican of Hampton, cast an absentee ballot in Hampton in the 2016 general election after having already cast an in-person ballot in Belchertown, MA for the same election. He was charged with voting in more than one state and pleaded guilty to the Class B felony charge. He was sentenced to a 60 day suspended prison sentence based on a year of good behavior, ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, assessed an additional $240 fee, and lost the right to vote in all future New Hampshire elections.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3budMVj, bit.ly/2S02sZ7
    
    New Hampshire
    2019
    Robert Bell
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Robert Bell, of Atkinson, voted twice in the 2018 midterm election, in Florida and New Hampshire.He was convicted by a jury of duplicate voting in more than one state, a Class B felony, and was ordered to complete 50 hours of community service and pay a $1,000 fine.
    
    Source: bit.ly/2TsqBaC , bit.ly/2PvFR5m
    
    New Hampshire
    2019
    Grace Fleming Jr.
    Criminal Conviction
    Duplicate Voting
    Grace Fleming Jr., a registered Republican of Hampton, cast an absentee ballot in Hampton for the 2016 general election after having already cast an in-person ballot in Belchertown, MA. She was charged with voting in more than one state and pleaded guilty to the Class B felony charge. She was sentenced to a 60-day suspended sentence based on a year of good behavior, ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, assessed an additional $240 fee, and lost the right to vote in all future New Hampshire elections.
    
    Source: bit.ly/3budMVj, bit.ly/2S02sZ7
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14. 2020-10-24 at 10:35 AM UTC in Scientists Predict There's 90% Chance Civilization Will Collapse Within 'Decades'
    

    ORACLE Naturally Camouflaged
    https://www.theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-plot-to-just-sit-back-and-enjoy-c-1819576375
    
    

    FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
    
    WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back and enjoy themselves while the United States collapses of its own accord.
    
    Multiple intelligence agencies confirmed that the militant Islamist organization and its numerous affiliates intend to carry out a massive, coordinated plan to stand aside and watch America’s increasingly rapid decline, with terrorist operatives across the globe reportedly mobilizing to take it easy, relax, and savor the spectacle as it unfolds.
    
    “We have intercepted electronic communication indicating that al-Qaeda members are actively plotting to stay out of the way while America as we know it gradually crumbles under the weight of its own self-inflicted debt and disrepair,” FBI Deputy Director Mark F. Giuliano told the assembled press corps. “If this plan succeeds, it will leave behind a nation with a completely dysfunctional economy, collapsing infrastructure, and a catastrophic health crisis afflicting millions across the nation. We want to emphasize that this danger is very real.”
    
    “And unfortunately, based on information we have from intelligence assets on the ground, this plot is already well under way,” he added.
    
    A recently declassified CIA report confirmed that all known al-Qaeda-affiliated organizations—from Pakistan to Yemen, and from Somalia to Algeria—have been instructed to kick back and enjoy the show as the United States’ federal government, energy grid, and industrial sector are rendered impotent by internal dissent, decay, and mismanagement. According to statements made by top-level informants and corroborated by leading Western terrorism experts, if seen through to its conclusion, al-Qaeda’s current plot could wreak far more damage than the events of 9/11.
    
    In the past year, money transfers to al-Qaeda cells around the world have reportedly been accompanied by instructions to use the funds to outfit safe houses with the proper equipment to receive American cable news broadcasts and view top U.S. news websites, allowing terrorists to fully relish each detail of the impending demise of the last global superpower.
    
    Additionally, FBI officials made public an internal al-Qaeda video today in which the terrorist organization’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri chillingly exhorts his followers to “take a load off” and “unwind” in the name of jihad, and really cherish the victory over their enemy.
    
    “Praise Allah, for soon every American city shall be plagued with disaster and hardship,” al-Zawahiri said in the video, which includes several minutes of footage of young, masked al-Qaeda militants casually sipping beverages as they thumb through the latest issues of Time and U.S. News And World Report. “The infidels have brought this pain and destruction upon themselves through their arrogance and callousness. Soon, the United States will watch in horror as its bridges crumble, its desperate citizens suffer in want of medicine and paying employment, and its once vast riches are reduced to naught. The righteous warriors among our ranks must now unite, get comfortable, and look on from afar at the calamity unfolding in the West.”
    
    “We vow that we will not cease sitting around and laughing it up until America is reduced to rubble,” he continued.
    
    Al-Zawahiri, who is seen in the video reclining back in his chair, putting his feet up, and flipping on CNN, later shouts “Allahu Akbar!” when a story is aired about the decade-long trend of stagnant wages among American workers.
    
    The FBI has also warned that numerous al-Qaeda agents may have established sleeper cells for the purpose of “getting a kick out of” the nation’s downfall on American soil. The bureau urged U.S. residents to use caution around schools, hospitals, legislative bodies, prisons, and other decaying institutions whose imminent failure terrorists may wish to observe up close.
    
    Speaking on condition of anonymity, one high-ranking U.S. counterterrorism official has described the present situation as a massive failure of intelligence.
    
    “The warning signs were there all along, but unfortunately we failed to heed them,” said the official, who advised Americans to brace for widespread devastation. “If we’d listened to experts or even our own common sense, we would’ve realized that this plot was being actively orchestrated within our own borders. But we didn’t, and now every one of our citizens and our very way of life is at risk from this threat.”
    
    “Sadly, al-Qaeda has us right where they want us,” the official added, “and at this point, I fear it is too late to do anything about it.”
    
    Responding to the allegations, a spokesperson for al-Qaeda reportedly confirmed the terror group’s plot and praised the American people as martyrs of the highest order.

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15. 2020-10-21 at 1:28 AM UTC in Hunter Biden's laptop has CP on it
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

    Originally posted by Technologist You don’t get it Aldra. I don’t need to read it, it’s been obvious that’s what’s going on.

    
    LOL
    
    "why should I think about it when there are headlines?"
    
    If all you're going off is consensus in an echo chamber, you should be too ashamed to voice an opinion. The fact that people like this have a say in the future of their country is baffling.
    
    
    

    Originally posted by aldra women should never have been given the right to vote

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16. 2020-10-20 at 9:04 PM UTC in RIP Fuckbiscuit
    

    G African Astronaut

    Originally posted by MexicanMasterRace No. That's not what I said. Work on your athletic abilities vinny. I'm getting 1200 next week. Then 1200 after that. When? No idea. Don't even know if I'll get it but considering many states are extending their stay at home orders, they're probably going to give out the allotted money for the second check as was written in the CARE act.

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17. 2020-10-20 at 8:41 PM UTC in RIP Fuckbiscuit
    

    G African Astronaut

    Originally posted by MexicanMasterRace Yeah because I can't possibly want what's good for America if I don't gain something from it.
    
    Selfish retards like you think in a straight track line. No deviation.

    
    

    Originally posted by MexicanMasterRace Yep. I usually go at like 11 and there's never any line whatsoever. Almost nobody at the store.
    
    Hikki lives in a small town so they don't have a lot of grocery stores by him. Everybody for dozens of miles is going to the same handful of stores.
    
    This shit is great for me. No cars. Nobody in the large selection of stores. I'm getting 1200 next week for chilling in my house and probably another 1200 after that.

    
    https://niggasin.space/thread/53617?p=1#post-1062262
    
    You're low income ass got that stimulus son lmao. You lie too much w/a shitty memory lol.
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18. 2020-10-20 at 5:06 PM UTC in If we all stopped talking to MexicanMasterRace, do you think he'd go away?
    

    G African Astronaut

    Originally posted by MexicanMasterRace No it wasn't, because I never shared it, so you could've never read it.

    
    You had it on Amazon & Twitter son I remember you spamming heads w/ the link, pretty sure Panthrax or Zenith had it lol.
    
    Exhibit A :
    
    https://www.reddit.com/r/hitchhiking/comments/2tko7d/i_just_wrote_a_book_about_my_incredulous/
    
    
    
    I know it's gotta be hard to keep up w/ things due to your schizoaffective disorder but @ least be less smug when it's so easy to fact check son. People are more apt to accept & help a humble disabled head than a brash,pompous one.
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19. 2020-10-20 at 4:19 AM UTC in Voter Fraud in the US
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    Your IQ is too low for this thread. Get out.
    
    You keep conflating voter registration with logging into an existing voter profile; the former is not being discussed at all. It's been demonstrated that in several states it is entirely possible to log into a voter profile, read and change information and request a ballot using only a name and DoB. In some of those states the simple act of requesting a 'replacement' ballot invalidates any unused ballots that person already has.
    
    Comparing signatures to the voter roll is a federal guideline, not a requirement, and many states and regions have rejected it on the basis that it 'slows down the vote counting process'. This is largely irrelevant though because you do not need to submit a signature to log into the voter profile.
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20. 2020-10-19 at 10:23 PM UTC in What’s wrong with mail in ballots for the 2020 election?
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

    Originally posted by MexicanMasterRace Yet again you are wrong, Aldra.
    
    Please stop pretending like you know how anything works in my country.

    
    1. nobody's talking about registering to vote
    2. if anything in your country 'worked' you wouldn't have had to sneak into the US in the back of a livestock transport
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