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A SAMPLING OF ELECTION FRAUD CASES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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IDAHO<br />

ILLINOIS<br />

Jason Jay Goodson<br />

CONVICTED: 2004<br />

Ballot Petition Fraud<br />

Michael Collins<br />

CONVICTED: 2011<br />

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

Goodson was convicted of falsifying or forging public records and<br />

wrongful signing of a ballot petition (a felony charge) in connection<br />

with the 2004 General Election. He was found guilty.<br />

Michael Collins was convicted of election fraud and tax evasion after<br />

giving a false address to establish eligibility to vote in East St. Louis,<br />

even though he lived in Swansea. He was also elected to be a precinct<br />

committeeman in East St. Louis after getting family members to sign<br />

petitions to get him on the ballot. He was sentenced to 50 months in<br />

prison followed by three years of supervised release.<br />

SOURCES<br />

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/392488-idaho-bonneville-countyresponse-with-cases.html<br />

http://www.court-docket-online.com/case/80b026394aaf5bab/ID/CR-2004-<br />

0017656-FE41251<br />

heritage.org<br />

SOURCES<br />

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/254593/3/Swansea-man-sentenced-for-taxevasion-voter-fraud<br />

heritage.org

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