A SAMPLING OF ELECTION FRAUD CASES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY

MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
Edward Pinkney
CONVICTED: 2007
Buying Votes, Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots
Alfreda Bowman
CONVICTED: 2012
Ineligible Voting
Following a jury trial, Reverand Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor was
found guilty of posessing other individuals’ absenteee ballots and
buying votes in a 2005 runoff election. At a local soup kitchen, Pinkney
would pay $5 to each poor or homeless person who would fill out an
absentee ballot.
Alfreda Bowman, a convicted felon, pleaded guilty to a charge of voting
in an election even though she was ineligible to do so. She received a
stay of adjudication which inluded 40 hours of community service and
one year of probation.
SOURCES
http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/6642867.html
heritage.org
SOURCES
https://secure.forumcomm.com/?publisher_ID=36&article_id=227470
http://www.twincities.com/ci_20314942/duluth-woman-pleads-guilty-ineligiblevoting
heritage.org