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A SAMPLING OF ELECTION FRAUD CASES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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UTAH<br />

VIRGINIA<br />

Zachary Millett, Brandon Ellsworth, and Charles Rich<br />

CONVICTED: 2008<br />

False Registrations<br />

Adam Ward<br />

CONVICTED: 2013<br />

Ballot Petition Fraud<br />

Zachary Millet, Brandon Ellsworth, and Charles Rich pleaded guilty<br />

to a misdemeanor attempt to fraudulently register to vote in a 2006<br />

election for sheriff. The small county of Daggett (population 900) saw<br />

28 others placed in a diversionary program for misdemeanor fraud<br />

committed in the same election. Each were sentenced to 30 days in jail<br />

(suspended) and fined $500 as part of a diversion agreement.<br />

Adam Ward, an employee of the Gingrich presidential campaign,<br />

pleaded guilty to 36 counts of voter fraud, as well as perjury after<br />

admitting that he forged signatures during the drive to get Gingrich on<br />

the Virginia primary ballot. Out of 11,000 signatures collected by Ward,<br />

4,000 could not be confirmed.<br />

SOURCES<br />

http://archive.sltrib.com/printfriendly.php?id=10148338&itype=ngpsid<br />

heritage.org<br />

SOURCES<br />

http://www.nbc29.com/story/22627644/bassett-man-pleads-guilty-to-voter-fraudperjury<br />

heritage.org

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