True the Vote Election Crimes Database
A nationwide compilation of election crimes prosecutions
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| State | Defendant | Co-Defendants | Sex | Date | Election | D/R | Charged | Convicted | Type1 | Type2 | Type3 | # Charges | # Fraudulent Votes / Election Margin | Description | Sentence | Source1 | Source2 | Source3 |
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| Tennessee | Chuck Hunt | M | 2011 | Tellico Plains Mayoral | 2012-02 | Vote Buying | 8 | Chuck Hunt was accused of bribing voters to cast ballots a certain way. Charged with 8 counts of bribery of a voter and 8 counts of conspiracy to bribe a voter. | http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/396437-tennessee-10th-district-attorney-r... | http://tnreport.com/2012/02/04/tbi-two-men-charged-with-bribing-voters-in-tellic... | |||||||||||
| Florida | Christiana Phillip | F | Non-citizen voting | Christiana Phillip was one of 15 noncitizens charged with voting in various elections. Pleaded guilty. (United States v. Phillip; 9:04-CR-80103) | 3 months of probation | http://www.eac.gov/assets/1/workflow_staging/Page/61.PDF | |||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | Alexis Givner | F | 2009-05 | Registration Fraud | While working for ACORN, Alexis Givner was charged with forgery, solicitation, unsworn falsification, obstruction, interference and impersonation. | http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/2009/05/07/ACORN-workers-charged-with-forgi... | |||||||||||||||
| Texas | Maria Soriano | F | 2006 | Primary | Absentee/Mail | Illegal assistance | Vote buying | 6 | 6 | Maria Soriano pleaded* guilty to one count of absentee ballot fraud after being charged with six counts of illegally possessing other voters' ballots (TEC 86.006) in the 2006 primary election. | *Plea deal: 1 year deferred adjudiciation, 12 months community supervision, $300 fine | http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/404105-texas-ag-response.html | |||||||||
| Missouri | Carmen Davis | F | 2007-01 | Registration Fraud | Four individuals working for ACORN on a voter registration drive were indicted on Federal charges of filing false voter registration applications. Davis pleaded guilty in federal court to voter registration fraud. | 120 days in halfway house | https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1278536441.html | http://nlpc.org/stories/2007/06/04/acorn-worker-pleads-guilty-vote-fraud-kansas-... | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891765/posts | ||||||||||||
| Connecticut | David Aldarondo | M | D | Aldarondo was accused of neglecting to provide information about himself required by law, such as his signature, when assisting people with absentee ballot applications while campaigning door-to-door as a candidate for state representative in a Democratic primary. | Civil penalty of $500 and ordered to comply with the law in the future. | ||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | Ezequiel Godinez | M | 2003 | Democratic primary | D | 2006-09 | Ineligible district voting | 1 | Ezequiel Godinez voted in a precinct other than his own in the May 2003 Democratic primary, in which longtime East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick narrowly defeated challenger George Pabey. The Indiana Supreme Court overturned Pastrick's victory due to widespread voter fraud and ordered a new election. | 1 year probation, 100 hours community service | http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/03/east-chicago-vote-fraud-prosecutions.... | http://www.wbez.org/story/news/local/more-indictments-east-chicago-voter-fraud-c... | http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/eight-more-charged-with-vote-fraud/article_5641de... | ||||||||
| California | Lisa Marrone | F | 2016-09 | California Valley CSD | 2016-09 | 5 | 1 | Lisa Marrone, a member of the California Valley Community Services District Board of Directors, was charged with felony election fraud, including voter registration fraud, fraudulent voting on election day, filing a false declaration of candidacy document, perjury by declaration, and offering a false instrument for recording, by the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office. Marrone filed a Declaration of Candidacy for reelection to the Board claiming she was a resident of California Valley when she actually lived elsewhere and was ineligible to serve on the Board. | http://www.ksby.com/story/33097645/election-fraud-charges-filed-against-californ... | ||||||||||||
| Ohio | Melowese Richardson (poll worker) | F | 2009 2011 2012 | General | D | Absentee/Mail | Impersonation | Multiple voting | 8 | 5 | Melowese Richardson pleaded no contest to four counts of illegal voting in 2009, 2011 and 2012. One count charged her with voting for her sister, who is in a coma. Four other counts were dropped in exchange for Richardson's plea. Hamilton County Judge Robert P. Ruehlman laid out a laundry list of past charges against Richardson - from witness harassment to theft to assault. | 5 years in prison | http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/melowese-richardson-former-poll-worker-to-be... | http://wvxu.org/post/nun-wont-do-jail-time-vote-fraud#stream/0 | http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/03/12/melowese-richardson-cincinnati-poll-worker-i... | ||||||
| Georgia | Charlie Mack Wooten | Olivia Pearson James Curtis Hicks Evelyn Griffin | M | 2012-11 | General | 2016-05 | Illegal assistance | Charlie Mack Wooten, Douglas Mayor Pro-Tem Olivia Pearson, James Curtis Hicks, and Evelyn Griffin were charged with voter fraud during the November 2012 General Election. An investigation conducted by the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office revealed that Pearson, Wooten, Hicks and Griffin illegally provided assistance to voters who were not physically disabled or illiterate. All four entered “not guilty” pleas in Coffee County Superior Court and are expected to go to trial in October 2016. | http://www.douglasenterprise.net/news/four-individuals-accused-voter-fraud-enter... | http://www.douglasenterprise.net/news/mayor-pro-tem-three-others-arrested-electi... |
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