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GEORGIA<br />
GEORGIA<br />
Carleton Vines, Albert Palmour, Dorothy Gilreath,<br />
Steve Chappelear, Sidney Johnson, Lois Reed,<br />
and Anthony Sparks<br />
CONVICTED: 2010<br />
Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots<br />
Michael Douglas, Jr. and Olin Gibson<br />
CONVICTED: 2010<br />
Buying Votes and Duplicate Voting<br />
Carleton Vines and his accomplices ran an absentee ballot fraud<br />
operation designed to rig the 2006 election in which Vines won<br />
election as a State Court Judge. Vines’s co-conspirators acted as<br />
“runners,” illegally “assisting” voters in filling out their absentee ballots.<br />
In many cases, ballots were transported by the conspirators to Vines’s<br />
law office before being subsequently mailed. The group signed a<br />
consent decree with the state board of election, acknowleding their<br />
actions and accepting a public reprimand. Vines was fined $15,000.<br />
Former Dodge County Sheriff Michael Douglas, Jr., and Deputy<br />
Sheriff Olin Gibson pleaded guilty to election fraud in connection with<br />
Douglas’ first campaign for sheriff in 2004. Douglas pleaded guilty<br />
to conspiracy to buy votes and to vote more than once, and Gibson<br />
pleaded guilty to buying a vote for Douglas.<br />
SOURCES<br />
http://www.atlantaunfiltered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Carleton-Vinesconsent-order.pdf<br />
http://www.atlantaunfiltered.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chattooga.pdf<br />
http://fortcampbell.uber.matchbin.net/printer_friendly/3287953I<br />
heritage.org<br />
SOURCES<br />
http://www.fbi.gov/atlanta/press-releases/2010/at031210b.htm<br />
heritage.org
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