A SAMPLING OF ELECTION FRAUD CASES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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TENNESSEE TENNESSEE James Gary Norman CONVICTED: 2009 Ineligible Voting and False Registrations Verline Mayo, Gertrude Otteridge, and Mary McClatcher CONVICTED: 2007 Misc. Voter Fraud The Loudon County resident was found guilty of a Class E Felony for illegal voting and registration. Verline Mayo, Gertrude Otteridge, and Mary McClatcher pleaded guilty to felony 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 probation plus fines and community service. SOURCES http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/402735-tennessee-loudon-county-withcases.html heritage.org SOURCES http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/local-news/judge-lets-air-details-of-fraud heritage.org

TENNESSEE TEXAS Mary Lou Simpson CONVICTED: 2005 Impersonation Fraud at the Polls Graciela Sanchez CONVICTED: 2016 Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots Mary Lou Simpson, of Manchester was arrested after the 2004 election for attempting to vote in the name of her deceased sister. Ms. Simpson was spotted by a poll worker who recognized that she had already voted earlier in the day. The facts have been confirmed by the district attorney’s office which prosecuted the case. The then 63-yearold woman was convicted of a class E felony which is punishable by up to two years in prison. Prosecutors charged Graciela Sanchez with four misdemeanor counts of violating election law in an effort to assist Guadalupe Rivera win reelection 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. SOURCES https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/396665/tennessee- 14th-judicial-district-with-case.pdf http://bit.ly/1H6wudY heritage.org SOURCES http://www.themonitor.com/graciela-sanchez-election-charges/pdf_caea5d78-71c6- 11e5-b2b9-43527edef81b.html http://www.themonitor.com/graciela-sanchez-election-charges/pdf_caea5d78-71c6- 11e5-b2b9-43527edef81b.html heritage.org

TENNESSEE<br />

TEXAS<br />

Mary Lou Simpson<br />

CONVICTED: 2005<br />

Impersonation Fraud at the Polls<br />

Graciela Sanchez<br />

CONVICTED: 2016<br />

Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots<br />

Mary Lou Simpson, of Manchester was arrested after the 2004<br />

election for attempting to vote in the name of her deceased sister. Ms.<br />

Simpson was spotted by a poll worker who recognized that she had<br />

already voted earlier in the day. The facts have been confirmed by the<br />

district attorney’s office which prosecuted the case. The then 63-yearold<br />

woman was convicted of a class E felony which is punishable by up<br />

to two years in prison.<br />

Prosecutors charged Graciela Sanchez with four misdemeanor counts<br />

of violating election law in an effort to assist Guadalupe Rivera win reelection<br />

to the post of Weslaco city commissioner in 2013. Rivera and<br />

Sanchez were found to have illegally “assisted” absentee ballot voters.<br />

The results of the election were disputed, and a judge determined that<br />

30 ballots had been illegally cast in an election decided by only 16<br />

votes. Sanchez pleaded guilty and received two years’ probation.<br />

SOURCES<br />

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/396665/tennessee-<br />

14th-judicial-district-with-case.pdf<br />

http://bit.ly/1H6wudY<br />

heritage.org<br />

SOURCES<br />

http://www.themonitor.com/graciela-sanchez-election-charges/pdf_caea5d78-71c6-<br />

11e5-b2b9-43527edef81b.html<br />

http://www.themonitor.com/graciela-sanchez-election-charges/pdf_caea5d78-71c6-<br />

11e5-b2b9-43527edef81b.html<br />

heritage.org

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