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Smartmatic Pres Arrested in Miami for Election-Related Bribery/Corruption

Aug 13, 2024

Smartmatic co-founder and president Roger Piñate, 49, was arrested on Monday for committing bribery and money laundering in order to receive election contracts in the Philippines. Jorge Miguel Vasquez, 62, the voting machine company's former VP of hardware development, was also arrested on Monday. Piñate posted an $8.5 million dollar bond and was released. Vasquez was released on a $1 million bond.

According to the indictment, Piñate found the money for the bribes by overcharging for the voting machines. According to prosecutors, Smartmatic executives used coded language regarding this slush fund used for bribes. They created fraudulent contracts and fake loan agreements.

Piñate and Vazquez then allegedly laundered the funds through bank accounts in Asia, Europe, and the United States, including in Florida.

Smartmatic's contracts in the Philippines for voting machines and other services were worth $199 million during the May 2016 election.

Piñate and Vasquez are charged, along with two other defendants, with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and three counts of international laundering of monetary instruments. They each face a maximum of 20 years in prison for these charges. They also face up to five more years each for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and conspiracy to violate the FCPA.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/smartmatic-president-surrenders-us-authorities-miami-face-bribery-corruption-charges

Seven People Sentenced For Election Fraud in Kentucky

January 23, 2024

James Jackson, Mary Jackson, and Leslie Jackson were just sentenced for a 2022 election fraud scheme in Monroe County, Kentucky.

The Election Fraud hotline for the Kentucky Attorney General’s office received a tip regarding suspected election law violations, which were then investigated. A Monroe County Grand Jury returned a 40-count indictment charging seven Monroe and Barren County residents.

Friends and members of the Jackson family bribed voters or obtained blank ballots of registered voters in an effort to elect James Jackson the Monroe County Jailer. This was during the 2022 primary election.

James Jackson, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of Facilitation to Engaging in Organized Criminal Syndicate (Class D Felony) and five counts of Making or Receiving Expenditures for Vote (Class D Felony). He was sentenced to six years, suspended for a period of five years.

Mary Jackson, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of Facilitation to Engaging in Organized Criminal Syndicate (Class D Felony), six counts of Making or Receiving Expenditures for Vote (Class D Felony), and one count of Forgery Second Degree (Class D Felony). She was sentenced to six years, suspended for a period of five years.

Leslie Jackson, 37, pleaded guilty to a single count of Wrongful Registration (Class D Felony). She was sentenced to one year, suspended for a period of five years.

Several people were sentenced previously.

In July, 2023, Bonnie McClendon, 67, pleaded guilty to one count of Perjury First Degree (Class D Felony) and two counts of Making or Receiving Expenditures for Vote (Class D Felony). The court imposed a Pretrial Diversion for a period of five years.

In July, 2023, Tommy McClendon, 71, pleaded guilty to four counts of Making or Receiving Expenditures for Vote (Class D Felony). The court imposed a Pretrial Diversion for a period of five years.

In November 2023, Lisa Jackson, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of Facilitation of Engaging in Organized Crime (Class D Felony), one count of Persistent Felony Offender Second Degree (Felony Enhancement), and 17 counts of Making or Receiving Expenditures for Vote (Class D Felony). She was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

In December 2023, Sherrye Jackson, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of Facilitation to Engaging in Organized Crime (Class D Felony) and one count of Perjury First Degree (Class D Felony). The court imposed a Pretrial Diversion for a period of five years.

https://www.wbko.com/2024/01/23/3-more-sentenced-monroe-county-election-fraud-scheme/

Eleven Arrested in Tennessee for Voter Fraud

June 4, 2024

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation launched an investigation last January when they received reports that 15 convicted felons had been unlawfully voting in Sumner County elections in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Four of the convicted felons had died prior to the investigation. The 11 remaining suspects had registered to vote in Sumner County after at least one felony conviction. All of the suspects had signed documents saying they had not been convicted of a felony.

Each of the 11 suspects was charged with one count of Illegal Registration or Voting and one count of False Entries on Official Registration or Election.

Law enforcement arrested the following people and booked them into the Sumner County Jail:

Gregory Blackmon, 62, of Clarksville

Antione Bridges, 45, of Cottontown

Bradley Crowell, 32, of Hendersonville

Jerry Dodd, 49, of Portland

Terry Ewin, 58, of Gallatin

Shannon Holt, Sr., 55, of Gallatin

James McGee, 59, of Hendersonville

Rita Poindexter, 64, of Gallatin

Larry Russell, Sr.. 69, of Gallatin

Ladasha Warfield, 36, of Gallatin

Bobby Williams, 62, of Portland

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/2024/06/04/tennessee-officials-arrest-11-people-election-fraud-investigation/73972264007/

Ten People Arrested for Voter Fraud in Tennessee

November 3, 2023

Authorities have arrested ten people in Clarksville, Tennessee, who registered to vote or voted but were not eligible because of a past felony conviction. Registering or voting when not eligible is a felony punishable by two to 12 years in prison.

The defendants were indicted in August by a grand jury, and the cases went to court in September.

Every two years, the state election coordinator sends county election administrators lists of people who were convicted of felonies but are listed on voting rolls. Her office also sends letters to those on the list informing them that they are no longer registered voters.

https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/11/03/in-montgomery-county-district-attorney-prosecutes-ten-people-for-voter-fraud/

Florida Man Arrested for Election Fraud in Kansas

February 19, 2024

George Andrews, 30, of Dade City, Florida, was arrested on February 10 for election fraud carried out in Kansas. He is charged with forging signatures of Kansas voters on petitions to make “No Labels” an officially recognized political party in Kansas.

The arrest follows an extensive investigation by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office. Andrews is charged with two counts of election perjury and 28 counts of election forgery. After extradition to Kansas, Andrews will appear in Johnson County District Court.

https://ag.ks.gov/media-center/news-releases/2024/02/19/kansas-election-fraud-defendant-arrested-in-florida

Colorado Man Sentenced To Prison For Attempting to Cast Multiple Ballots

June 12, 2024

Robert Anzulewicz, 41, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, pleaded guilty on June 4 to mail-in ballot election fraud, a misdemeanor. He will serve 20 days in jail and two years of probation. He attempted to vote three times in the 2022 general election in Routt County. Anzulewicz attempted to vote with his own mail-in ballot, by forging another person’s mail-in ballot, and by voting in person.

The Clerk and Recorder’s Office flagged the fraudulent voting attempts and rejected Anzulewicz’s additional ballots. The 2022 ballot included races for a U.S. Senate seat, and a U.S. House of Representatives seat, and several state and county positions.

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/10/colorado-voter-fraud-routt-county-election-mail/

Fmr President of Atlantic City Council Arrested For Fraudulent Mail-In Ballots

February 1, 2024

Craig Callaway, 64, a former president of the City Council of Atlantic City, was arrested today for voter fraud during the November 8, 2022 election. The charges include one count of depriving, defrauding, and attempting to deprive and defraud the residents of the state of New Jersey of a fair and impartially conducted election process by the fraudulent procurement, casting, and tabulation of ballots. Callaway will make his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Skahill in Camden federal court.

Approximately one month before the Nov. 8 election, Callaway and others working for Callaway approached people in Atlantic City, promising to pay them $30 to $50 to act as "authorized" messengers for voters who supposedly wanted to vote by mail.

After receiving Vote-By-Mail applications from Callaway or his subordinates, these messengers entered the Atlantic County clerk’s office with one to four completed Vote-By-Mail applications. As instructed by Callaway or his subordinates, these individuals provided the county clerk’s office staff proof of identification and signed the Vote-By-Mail applications in the authorized messenger portion, then handed the signed applications in. If the applications were approved, the messengers received mail-in ballots for the voters listed on the applications.

New Jersey law requires that messengers deliver mail-in ballots directly to the voters. However, Callaway's messengers instead handed the ballots to Callaway or his subordinates. Many of these mail-in ballots were cast in the names of people who say that they did not vote in the 2022 general election. The charge of procuring, casting, and tabulating fraudulent ballots can carry a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric A. Boden, Attorney in Charge of the Trenton Branch Office, and Assistant U.S. Attorney James H. Graham of the Organized Crime and Gangs Unit, under the supervision of the Special Prosecutions Division.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/political-organizer-and-former-president-city-council-atlantic-city-charged-submitting

Former Texas City Council Candidate Arrested for Election Fraud

January 21, 2024

Kyle Diamond (pictured above), of Beach City, Texas, was taken into custody on Jan 18, 2024. The investigation began in late October, 2023, regarding the Beach City Council election. Several residents said they found what appeared to be a falsified election document in their mailboxes. The documents seemed to be intended to sway the residents into not voting because of the election being canceled. The sheriff’s office identified Diamond as the suspect because of home security videos and other information.

Diamond not only had run for the City Council but had also worked at the Texas State Capitol and for an Austin-based political consulting firm.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/21/former-candidate-for-city-council-in-chambers-county-community-arrested-accused-of-election-fraud/

Florida Woman Arrested for Voter Fraud in Kansas

June 4, 2024

On May 29, Nebraska authorities arrested Jamie Johnson of Dade City, Florida, for forging signatures on petitions. The petitions were an effort to make "No Labels" an officially recognized political party in Kansas. After review, Secretary of State Scott Schwab forwarded the case to Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach.

The arrest comes after intense law enforcement efforts to track down Ms. Johnson.

Johnson faces multiple counts of election fraud, including one count of election perjury, and 18 counts of election forgery. She is currently in jail in Nebraska pending extradition to Kansas.

https://ag.ks.gov/media-center/news-releases/2024/06/04/woman-detained-in-nebraska-for-alleged-kansas-voter-fraud

New Jersey City Council President Indicted for Voter Fraud

October 25, 2023

State Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the Paterson City Council President, Alex Mendez, is charged with election fraud. Investigators determined that the defendant personally collected ballots and oversaw the fraudulent mailing of ballots. Members of his campaign stole ballots from residential mailboxes and discarded several that did not cast a vote for their candidate. Mendez and his co-conspirators are also accused of tampering with witnesses to avoid prosecution.

Mendez, 48, of Paterson, New Jersey, was first indicted on election fraud charges in 2021. He now faces additional charges with several co-conspirators: his wife, Yohanny Mendez, 48; Omar Ledesma, 35; and Iris Rigo, 38, all Paterson residents. The charges resulted from an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability.

Mendez and his associates are accused of unlawfully collecting ballots and tampering with ballots to give him an unfair edge in the race for the Third Ward seat on the Paterson City Council. Mendez also apparently tried to undermine the investigation, including witness tampering.

The investigation began when the U.S. Postal Inspection Service alerted the Attorney General’s office that hundreds of mail-in ballots for the May 2020 Paterson municipal election were in a mailbox in Haledon, New Jersey. Hundreds of mail-in ballots were also found in a mailbox in Paterson. This was during the COVID shutdown.

In addition, according to the charges, Mendez personally collected mail-in ballots from households in Paterson, in violation of the Vote-By-Mail law. He and his associates allegedly collected many ballots in the Third Ward over several days.

New Jersey law allows a voter to give a completed ballot to a “bearer.” However, the law states that a candidate is never permitted to serve as a ballot bearer in the district in which he is a candidate.

Apparently many of the ballots that the campaign collected were not sealed by voters. And, allegedly, the ballots that were brought to Mendez’s campaign headquarters were examined to see if they were votes for Mendez. If they were not, Mendez's wife, Yohanny Mendez, allegedly would destroy the ballots and replace them with other mail-in ballots that did select Mendez for the council seat.

The investigation found that the blank ballots used as replacement ballots were obtained by stealing ballots out of voters’ mailboxes. Mendez associate Omar Ledesma is accused of taking ballots out of mailboxes in specific neighborhoods that were known to support Mendez’s main opponent, former Paterson Councilman William McKoy.

It is also alleged that if a voter turned over an incomplete ballot, campaign workers would complete it.

Investigators say that Mendez was observed coming out of his wife’s car with a large, heavy bag filled with ballots. He then emptied the bag into the Haledon mailbox.

They also say that, after Mendez was indicted on February 24, 2021, Mendez, his wife, and others were captured in an audio recording planning to contact the witnesses against Alex Mendez and propose a new statement that the witnesses would give that would be helpful to the defense.

https://www.njoag.gov/ag-platkin-paterson-city-council-president-facing-new-charges-in-election-fraud-case-after-new-details-of-conspiracy-and-alleged-witness-tampering-are-uncovered/

Tallahassee Woman Arrested for Using 11 Dead People’s Names On Forms

April 19, 2024

Authorities arrested Jill President, 33, on Thursday for election petition fraud. She faces 11 counts of criminal use of personal identification information for a deceased individual and 11 counts of submission of false voter registration information.

According to the arrest documents, in 2022, President submitted more than 1,100 invalid petitions to the Leon County Supervisor of Elections office. She used the identities of at least 11 dead people on the forms.

Just two weeks ago, another woman, Krisharia Williams of Quincy, Florida, faced similar charges. Williams is accused of submitting hundreds of invalid ballot petition forms to the Leon County Supervisor of Elections office. She allegedly signed signatures for two dead people.

The two women, President and Williams, worked for the same company, Grassfire LLC. The two were collecting signatures for the ballot amendment “Limited Authorization of Casino Gaming.”

https://www.wctv.tv/2024/04/19/tallahassee-woman-accused-using-least-11-dead-peoples-names-petition-forms-arrest-papers-say/

Alabama State Representative Arrested for Election Fraud

August 29, 2023

Rep. David Cole (pictured above), was arrested Tuesday on a charge of election fraud for voting at an unauthorized location, a Class C felony. Cole is also under investigation by the Alabama Attorney General’s Office.

Cole lives in District 4, but he used the address of a family friend to run for office, and apparently to vote, in District 10. One of his recent opponents, Elijah Boyd, filed a challenge based on Cole’s residency.

As part of that election challenge, Cole had to sit for a deposition and answer questions about his residency and about his apparently falsified documents showing him living in District 10 one year prior to last November’s general election.

https://www.alreporter.com/2023/08/29/alabama-lawmaker-arrested-on-voter-fraud-charge/

Iowa Woman Sentenced to Eight Months for Voter Fraud

April 1, 2024

Kim Taylor was found guilty of 52 counts of voter fraud and was sentenced to four months in prison and four months in home confinement.

Prosecutors proved that Ms. Taylor illegally filled out voting materials, did not translate warnings that her victims could not vote for family members, and forged signatures on voting affidavits. She did this during the 2020 primary election when her husband unsuccessfully ran for Iowa’s 4th U.S. Congressional District, and during the 2020 general election, when her husband was elected to the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors.

Her husband was not charged, and still is a member of the Board of Supervisors.

https://www.ktiv.com/2024/04/01/kim-taylor-sentenced-eight-months-voter-fraud/

Arizona Election Worker Arrested for Election Tampering

June 24, 2024

Maricopa County detectives arrested Walter Ringfield, Jr., a 27-year-old Phoenix resident, on Friday. He is charged with one count of theft and one count of criminal damage. He allegedly stole keys and a security fob that can be used to gain access to the county’s ballot tabulation machines. He is in custody and won’t be released unless a court order allows.

Ringfield claimed that he took the fob for 20 minutes the day before and then gave it back. But detectives found the fob in his house after obtaining a search warrant.

Walter Ringfield Sr. said that his son recently graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in political science.

Ringfield, Jr. had previously been charged with theft after an incident in July 2023, but he entered a diversion program and was not convicted.

The security breach means that the county must now reprogram its machines and security fobs at a cost of $19,000. County officials will also redo the pre-election logic and accuracy testing.

County staff noticed on Friday morning that the lanyard was missing. Surveillance video from Thursday evening showed Ringfield putting the red wrist lanyard containing the key and fob into the right pocket of his shorts while working in the tabulation center.

https://azmirror.com/2024/06/24/maricopa-county-election-worker-arrested-in-theft-of-security-keys-as-primary-nears/

Florida Woman Arrested For Voter Fraud

Sept 29, 2023

Marsha Ervin, 69, of Tallahassee was arrested Friday on felony voter fraud charges. She is accused of falsely claiming she was eligible to vote in Florida in 2020 and 2022. She was not eligible because she was a convicted felon on probation.

She was charged with one count of submission of false voter registration information and two counts of voting as an unqualified elector.

The Florida Office of Election Crimes and Security provided the Department of Law Enforcement with evidence that she voted in the 2020 General Election.

Back in October 2016, when Ervin was convicted of a second-degree felony, she signed a Plea and Acknowledgement of Rights form that stated, “I understand that a plea to a felony causes me to lose certain rights, including the right to vote and possess firearms.”

On September 29 2020, Ervin registered for the 2020 General Election. She affirmed that she was a U.S. citizen who met the eligibility requirements of the state. She was mailed a voter information card the following month on October 7. Ervin voted in-person on October 19. Ervin also voted by mail in the 2022 Primary Election.

https://www.wctv.tv/2023/09/29/tallahassee-woman-arrested-voter-fraud-charges/

Florida Arrests Noncitizen for Voter Fraud

April 26, 2024

On April 24, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Lazaro Valle-Villar for three counts of voter fraud. Valle-Villar is a convicted felon and a citizen of Cuba.

The charges are the result of an investigation by FDLE’s Election Crime Unit, working with the Florida Department of State Office of Election Crimes and Security, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Office, and the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections.

Valle-Villar is charged with multiple felonies: submitting a false voter registration, voting as an unqualified elector, submission of a false voter registration, and false affirmation regarding voting or elections.

According to investigators, he falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen on two voter registration applications. Valle-Villar then voted illegally in two elections in 2021. Valle-Villar was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The case will be prosecuted by the Office of the State Attorney, 11th Judicial Circuit.

https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/News/2024/April/FDLE-arrests-non-citizen-felon-for-voter-fraud

Elected Official and Another Woman Indicted on Voter Fraud Charges

December 20, 2023

City Councilor-elect Fidelina Santiago and another woman, Jennifer Lopez, each face 16 voter fraud charges related to last month's election in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

The office of Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker said that a grand jury had indicted the women. Each faces four counts each of illegal voting or attempt to vote, conspiracy to vote or attempt to vote illegally, unlawful interference with voters, and obstruction of voting.

Santiago won her City Council race on November 7, receiving 537 votes. Her opponent, Vladimir Acevado, received 385.

Prosecutors have not yet provided details of the charges.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/2-lawrence-women-including-elected-official-charged-with-voter-fraud/3225350/

Former Milwaukee Election Official Convicted of Election Fraud

March 20, 2024

Kimberly Zapata, the former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, was found guilty of election fraud involving absentee ballots. She was also found guilty of misconduct in public office, a felony. She admitted that she used fake names to request military absentee ballots in 2022.

Zapata was in charge of early voting, absentee voting, and voter registration for Milwaukee. In November 2022, city authorities fired her and charged her with the crimes. She faces up to three-and-a-half years in prison and a $10,000 fine for the felony charge, and an additional six months in prison and $1000 for each election fraud charge.

She requested fake military ballots through the My Vote Wisconsin website from her work laptop on October 25, 2022. Her attorney claimed that Zapata was acting as a whistleblower and was highlighting the need to change Wisconsin’s absentee voting system. The prosecutor said that the way to raise a concern is to release information, not commit a crime.

https://www.wpr.org/news/jury-former-milwaukee-election-official-guilty-election-fraud-zapata

Connecticut Prosecutors Charge Four (4) Political Operatives with Voter Fraud

June 11, 2024

Prosecutors charged Alfredo Castillo, Wanda Geter-Pataky, Nilsa Heredia, and Josephine Edmonds with unlawfully possessing absentee ballots and other election-related charges.

They are accused of abusing the absentee balloting system during the Bridgeport, Connecticut 2019 Democratic primary for mayor.

Castillo is a Bridgeport city councilman, and Geter-Pataky is the vice chairwoman of the city’s Democratic Party. Geter-Pataky was associated with another major election scandal last year.

Heredia and Edmonds were two campaign workers involved in the 2019 primary between Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and his Democratic challenger, Marilyn Moore. Geter-Pataky, Edmonds, and Heredia also face witness-tampering charges.

Castillo, Heredia, and Geter-Pataky supported Ganim in the 2019 primary for mayor. Edmonds worked for the Moore campaign.

https://ctmirror.org/2024/06/11/bridgeport-wanda-geter-pataky-arrested-absentee-ballot/

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