Bob Smith wrote:
So why no conviction's?
How's this for openers? These are the little guys that scored the points for the elite.
Noe Olvera pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge. Olvera, a postman, admitted to taking a $1,000 bribe from a paid campaign worker in exchange for a list of the names and addresses of mail-in b****t recipients on his postal route. After a two-year investigation into local v****g fraud, hidden camera footage surfaced revealing a uniformed and on-the-job Olvera "negotiating an exchange of money for mail-in v**er lists." Olvera was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison.
Source: https://herit.ag/2UV40Z1, https://herit.ag/3BEYytU
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Shalom Lamm, a 57-year-old real estate developer, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to corrupt the e******n process. He had partnered with another developer, Kenneth Nakdimen, to use false v***r r**********ns to assist in electing officials that would be favorable toward a development project of theirs. Lamm was sentenced to 10 months in prison, one year supervised release, 400 hours of community service, and a $20,000 fine.
Source: https://herit.ag/372H0d9, https://herit.ag/3BKpEjj, https://herit.ag/3f2mE8j, https://herit.ag/3iSZAtL
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Danny Williams, of Boone County, Missouri, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of forgery. He falsified 114 signatures on 40 b****t petitions advocating that a proposal regarding early v****g be placed on the b****t. Williams was sentenced to three years' imprisonment (suspended) and five years' probation.
Source: https://herit.ag/3zGwR21 , Case #15BA-CR01112-01, https://herit.ag/3jDMp11 , https://herit.ag/3rCNzwm
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Missouri
2017
Kevin Kunlay Williams (a.k.a. Kunlay…
Criminal Conviction
False Registrations
Kevin Williams, a Nigerian citizen and an i*****l i*******t, v**ed in both the 2012 and 2016 e******ns illegally in St. Louis, Missouri and also committed tax refund fraud in the amount of $12 million from a scheme using stolen school public employee IDs, among other nefarious actions. He had been deported in 1995 but illegally reentered into the United States in 1999. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 6 _ years (78 months) in prison for v****g fraudulently and other crimes including mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and illegally re-entering the United States. In addition to his prison sentence, he was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $889,712 to the Internal Revenue Service. He also faces deportation.
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North Carolina
2017
Edward Charles Green
Criminal Conviction
Ineligible V****g
Edward Charles Green, of Southern Pines, was convicted for v****g in the 2016 e******n despite being a felon and therefore ineligible. Green's prior conviction came in 2014, when he was convicted of promoting the prostitution of a mentally disabled minor. For his v***r f***d offense, Green was sentenced to serve a minimum of four months in jail and six months of supervised probation, which will run concurrently with a probation sentence from a prior offense.
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Missouri
2017
Kevin Kunlay Williams (a.k.a. Kunlay…
Criminal Conviction
False Registrations
Kevin Williams, a Nigerian citizen and an i*****l i*******t, v**ed in both the 2012 and 2016 e******ns illegally in St. Louis, Missouri and also committed tax refund fraud in the amount of $12 million from a scheme using stolen school public employee IDs, among other nefarious actions. He had been deported in 1995 but illegally reentered into the United States in 1999. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 6 _ years (78 months) in prison for v****g fraudulently and other crimes including mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and illegally re-entering the United States. In addition to his prison sentence, he was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $889,712 to the Internal Revenue Service. He also faces deportation.
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Kentucky
2017
Keith Justice
Criminal Conviction
Miscellaneous
Keith Justice, of Pikeville, pleaded guilty to four counts of attempting to intimidate an e******n officer and one count of attempting to interfere with an e******n. The charges stem from the May 2016 state primary in which Justice, a licensed private investigator employed by Kentucky Senate Democratic Leader Ray Jones, D-Pikeville, falsely identified himself as a state v****g inspector to both v**ers and poll workers, and claimed to be investigating e******n f***d. On e******n day, he ordered poll workers to provide written and audio statements, followed v**ers, and even entered at least one private residence demanding the names of v**ers the homeowner had driven to the polls. Justice was sentenced to home incarceration for 30 days, was ordered to pay a $500 fine, and was required to surrender his private investigator's license for a year.
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Indiana
2017
Jerome Kesler
Criminal Conviction
False Registrations
Jerome "J.D." Kesler was living in Illinois from 2010 to 2014, but continued to v**e from an Indiana address. Following an investigation by the Indiana State Police, he was charged with two class D felonies for v****g outside his precinct of residence. In November of 2017, he entered into a plea deal of a one-year suspended jail sentence and informal probation.
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Iowa
2017
Terri Lynn Rote
Criminal Conviction
Fraudulent Use Of Absentee B****ts, Duplicate V****g
Terri Lynn Rote attempted to v**e twice in the 2016 p**********l e******n. Rote cited fears that the e******n was r****d to justify her attempt to cast two absentee v**es for Donald Trump. Rote was arrested attempting to cast the second b****t. She pleaded guilty to a felony charge of e******n misconduct, and was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $750 fine.
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Florida
2017
Alba Esperanza Fernandez
Criminal Conviction
False Registrations
Alba Fernandez successfully registered to v**e using the name Bunny Kohn, a false name. Fernandez v**ed under the false alias three times by absentee b****t in 2016. She also v**ed three times under her legal name, once in-person and twice by absentee b****t. She pleaded no contest to three counts of casting more than one b****t in an e******n and one count of submitting false v***r r**********n information, which are all felony charges. Fernandez was sentenced to 4 years of probation and fined $518.
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Florida
2017
Anthony Grant
Criminal Conviction
Fraudulent Use Of Absentee B****ts
Former Eatonville Mayor Anthony Grant was convicted of a felony v****g fraud charge, a felony e******n violation, and misdemeanor absentee v****g violations. During the 2015 e******n while he was running for e******n, he coerced absentee v**ers to cast b****ts for him. In at least one case, Grant personally solicited an absentee v**e from a non-resident of Eatonville. Grant, who had previously served as mayor, lost the in-person v**e, but still won the e******n with more than twice the number of absentee b****ts than were cast for incumbent Bruce Mount. Following his indictment, Grant was suspended by Florida Governor Rick Scott. He was sentenced to 400 hours of community service and four years' probation.
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Virginia
2018
Shaun Brown
Judicial Finding
B****t Petition Fraud
Shaun Brown, a candidate for the Virginia 2nd Congressional District, was removed from the b****t in the lead-up to the 2018 e******n after a judge ruled that signatures on the petition to get her on the b****t had been forged. Brown, who ran and lost as a Democrat in 2016, was running as an Independent. Democrats in Virginia filed the suit against Brown, claiming that Republican incumbent Representative Scott Taylor's campaign hoped to get Brown on the b****t to bolster Taylor's own re-e******n chances. All of the petition signatures submitted by Taylor's staff were thrown out due to errors and forgeries. Brown appealed, but the Virginia Supreme Court upheld her removal from the b****t. An investigation into the alleged forgeries by Taylor campaign staff is ongoing. In the midst of the e******n drama, Brown was convicted on unrelated charges that she defrauded a federal program intended to serve summer meals to children.
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Texas
2018
Mario Obdulio Orellana
Criminal Conviction
Ineligible V****g
Mario Obdulio Orellana, a 57-year-old Salvadoran national, was indicted in June 2018 by the Department of Justice on federal immigration and v***r f***d violations. An investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office in the Eastern District of Texas revealed that Orellana illegally entered the United States in the 1980s, falsified documents to obtain a U.S. birth certificate and social security number, and then used these documents to apply for a U.S. passport and r******r to v**e. His five-count indictment included v***r f***d charges related to his v****g in the November 2016 e******n. As part of a plea agreement, Orellana pleaded guilty to making false statements in a U.S. passport application in exchange for the other charges being dropped. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
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Pennsylvania
2018
Thurman George
Criminal Conviction
Miscellaneous
Thurman George, a Democrat e******n-board member and machine inspector at Philadelphia Poll 43-7, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of fraud by an e******n officer. George and three other board members were indicted after allegations of fraud in Philadelphia's 43rd Ward surfaced after the 2017 special e******n for the statehouse seat for the 197th District. The cabal were accused of, among other things, intimidating v**ers who did not want to v**e for the Democratic candidate. In court, witnesses testified that they were not able to cast b****ts for the candidates of their choice. George was sentenced to five years of probation and was stripped of his right to v**e until 2022.
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North Dakota
2018
Hannan Yassin Aboubaker
Criminal Conviction
Duplicate V****g
Hannan Yassin Aboubaker submitted an absentee b****t in Minnesota's Scott County for the 2016 e******n. She then v**ed at the Fargo Public Library in North Dakota "since she believed her absentee b****t for Minnesota was null and void." Aboubaker pleaded guilty to v****g twice by entering an Alford plea to a Class A misdemeanor e******n offense. Her sentence was deferred, and she was placed on unsupervised probation for six months, after which the case will be dismissed if she does not violate the term of her probation.
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North Carolina
2018
Jose Cruz Solano-Rodriguez
Criminal Conviction
Ineligible V****g
Jose Cruz Solano-Rodriguez, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to one count of v****g by an alien. He was one of nineteen non-citizens prosecuted in the Eastern District of North Carolina for illegally v****g in the 2016 e******n. Solano-Rodriguez also faced a second charge that he falsely claimed citizenship in order to r******r to v**e, but that charge was dropped as part of a plea agreement. Solano-Rodriguez was ordered to pay a $100 fine and a $25 special assessment.
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North Carolina
2018
Dieudonne Soifils
Criminal Conviction
Ineligible V****g
Dieudonne Soifils, of Haiti, pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal v****g by an alien. Soifils was one of nineteen non-citizens prosecuted in the Eastern District of North Carolina for illegally v****g in the 2016 e******n. Soifils is awaiting sentencing.
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Maryland
2018
Michael Nana Baako
Criminal Conviction
Ineligible V****g
Michael Nana Baako, of Ghana, a non-citizen and therefore an ineligible v**er, v**ed 10 times in federal e******ns. Baako was charged with four counts of passport fraud, illegally v****g by an alien, falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and federal passport fraud charge. He pleaded guilty to a federal passport fraud charge and was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
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Florida
2018
Bret Warren
Criminal Conviction
Fraudulent Use Of Absentee B****ts
Bret Warren, of Casselberry, entered a plea of nolo-contendere to two third-degree felony v***r f***d charges. Warren's fraud was uncovered when five residents of Altamonte Springs noted they had not received their absentee b****ts for the 2016 p**********l e******n. The b****ts had nonetheless been returned, and were filled out and signed. Investigators matched fingerprints on the envelope to Warren through a federal database, and DNA obtained from the envelope also matched Warren. Warren was charged with two counts of felony false swearing in connection with v****g or e******ns, and after pleading nolo-contendere was sentenced to 154 days' imprisonment with credit for time served, and ordered to pay $468 in fees and court costs.
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Colorado
2018
Nathan Parks
Criminal Conviction
Duplicate V****g
Nathan Parks pleaded guilty to v****g in both Colorado and Washington in the 2016 e******n. Parks resided and v**ed in Washington during the November e******n, but also maintained his Colorado v***r r**********n and used it to cast an absentee b****t there. After pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge, Parks was given a 12-month deferred sentence, and was ordered to complete 30 hours of community service and pay courts costs and restitution fees.
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Oregon
2019
Jeremy Robbins
Criminal Conviction
Duplicate V****g
Jeremy Robbins, of Portland, v**ed in both Washington and Oregon during the 2016 e******n. Robbins contended that he was suffering from kidney issues and did not recall casting two b****ts. Robbins pleaded guilty and the judge waived a $440 fine due to his memory loss and expressions of remorse.
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New Hampshire
2019
Grace Fleming Jr.
Criminal Conviction
Duplicate V****g
Grace Fleming Jr., a registered Republican of Hampton, cast an absentee b****t in Hampton for the 2016 general e******n after having already cast an in-person b****t in Belchertown, MA. She was charged with v****g 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 v**e in all future New Hampshire e******ns.
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