A SAMPLING OF ELECTION FRAUD CASES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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OHIO OHIO Chad Staton CONVICTED: 2005 False Registrations Jon Saylor CONVICTED: 2000 False Registrations and Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots Chad Staton pleaded guilty to ten felony counts for filing false voter registrations in exchange for crack cocaine. Staton allegedly filled out more than 100 forms in names such as Mary Poppins, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Dick Tracy, and George Lopez prior to the 2004 presidential election. He then handed them over to Georgianne Pitts, who worked on behalf of the NAACP National Voter Fund, who turned in the form to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Staton was sentenced nine months each for six counts of the fifth-degree felony, to be served consecutively, according to court personnel. Jon Saylor ordered absentee ballots sent to the home of a friend, and then filled them out as votes for himself. After winning the seat of the 1st Ward councilman in Fairfield, Ohio, the election results were called into question and an investigation was opened. Saylor was convicted of 29 counts of false registrations, 1 count of inducing illegal voting, 12 counts of absentee voter’s ballot violation, 14 counts of illegal voting, 1 count election falsification, 1 count of interference with conduct of an election. He was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment. SOURCES heritage.org SOURCES http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/05/29/loc_vote_fraud_suspect.html http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2005/04/14/Man-in-vote-fraud-casesentenced-to-54-months.html http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/print-edition/2014/11/21/cincinnati-goldstore-founders-second-act-ends-in.html?page=all heritage.org

OREGON OREGON Deanna Swenson CONVICTED: 2013 Altering the Vote Count Lafayette Keaton CONVICTED: 2012 Duplicate Voting Deanna Swenson, a Clackamas County elections official, pleaded guilty to official misconduct and unlawfully altering a ballot for tampering with ballots by filling in blank spots left by the actual voters. Swenson was ordered to serve 90 days in jail and pay $13,000 in fines. 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. SOURCES http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2013/04/25/clackamas-electionworker-gets.html heritage.org SOURCES http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/01/elderly_man_sentenced_for_ voti.html heritage.org

OHIO<br />

OHIO<br />

Chad Staton<br />

CONVICTED: 2005<br />

False Registrations<br />

Jon Saylor<br />

CONVICTED: 2000<br />

False Registrations and Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots<br />

Chad Staton pleaded guilty to ten felony counts for filing false voter<br />

registrations in exchange for crack cocaine. Staton allegedly filled out<br />

more than 100 forms in names such as Mary Poppins, Michael Jackson,<br />

Michael Jordan, Dick Tracy, and George Lopez prior to the 2004<br />

presidential election. He then handed them over to Georgianne Pitts,<br />

who worked on behalf of the NAACP National Voter Fund, who turned<br />

in the form to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Staton was<br />

sentenced nine months each for six counts of the fifth-degree felony, to<br />

be served consecutively, according to court personnel.<br />

Jon Saylor ordered absentee ballots sent to the home of a friend, and<br />

then filled them out as votes for himself. After winning the seat of the<br />

1st Ward councilman in Fairfield, Ohio, the election results were called<br />

into question and an investigation was opened. Saylor was convicted<br />

of 29 counts of false registrations, 1 count of inducing illegal voting, 12<br />

counts of absentee voter’s ballot violation, 14 counts of illegal voting, 1<br />

count election falsification, 1 count of interference with conduct of an<br />

election. He was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment.<br />

SOURCES<br />

heritage.org<br />

SOURCES<br />

http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/05/29/loc_vote_fraud_suspect.html<br />

http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2005/04/14/Man-in-vote-fraud-casesentenced-to-54-months.html<br />

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/print-edition/2014/11/21/cincinnati-goldstore-founders-second-act-ends-in.html?page=all<br />

heritage.org

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