A SAMPLING OF ELECTION FRAUD CASES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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TEXAS TEXAS Debra Briseno CONVICTED: 2007 False Registrations Trinidad Villalobos CONVICTED: 2006 Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots 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 acknowedged 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 thirddegree felony. Trinidad Villalobos was convicted of illegally possessing and transporting election ballots, and illegally assisting elderly voters with their ballot applications. After the ballots arrived, Villalobos returned to collect and then mail them. He was sentenced to six months in prison and received a $2,500 fine and 5 years of probation. SOURCES https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/oagnews/release.php?id=2071 heritage.org SOURCES http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2012/02/after-weeklong-trial-break-def.html/ heritage.org

UTAH VIRGINIA Zachary Millett, Brandon Ellsworth, and Charles Rich CONVICTED: 2008 False Registrations Adam Ward CONVICTED: 2013 Ballot Petition Fraud 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 were sentenced to 30 days in jail (suspended) and fined $500 as part of a diversion agreement. Adam Ward, an employee of the Gingrich presidential campaign, pleaded guilty to 36 counts of voter fraud, as well as perjury after admitting that he forged signatures during the drive to get Gingrich on the Virginia primary ballot. Out of 11,000 signatures collected by Ward, 4,000 could not be confirmed. SOURCES http://archive.sltrib.com/printfriendly.php?id=10148338&itype=ngpsid heritage.org SOURCES http://www.nbc29.com/story/22627644/bassett-man-pleads-guilty-to-voter-fraudperjury heritage.org

TEXAS<br />

TEXAS<br />

Debra Briseno<br />

CONVICTED: 2007<br />

False Registrations<br />

Trinidad Villalobos<br />

CONVICTED: 2006<br />

Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots<br />

A former Port Lavaca city councilwoman was sentenced to five years<br />

in prison for registering non-citizens to vote and tampering with<br />

government documents. During the trial, she acknowedged that she did<br />

not ask registrants about their citizenship, nor did she inform them that<br />

only United States citizens are eligible to vote. Illegal voting is a thirddegree<br />

felony.<br />

Trinidad Villalobos was convicted of illegally possessing and<br />

transporting election ballots, and illegally assisting elderly voters with<br />

their ballot applications. After the ballots arrived, Villalobos returned to<br />

collect and then mail them. He was sentenced to six months in prison<br />

and received a $2,500 fine and 5 years of probation.<br />

SOURCES<br />

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/oagnews/release.php?id=2071<br />

heritage.org<br />

SOURCES<br />

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2012/02/after-weeklong-trial-break-def.html/<br />

heritage.org

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