Posted on Oct 28, 2016
Three in Florida, Virginia charged with criminal voter fraud - One America News Network
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Thankfully three people have been arrested for voter fraud already. The one which bothered me the most was the Florida woman who "tampered with absentee ballots she was opening at the Miami-Dave Elections Department."
I hope that the rest of the people who are committing fraud and tampering with ballots are arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of applicable laws.
I have seen too much attempted fraud in my times working at the polls over 20 years.
"Three In Florida, Virginia Charged With Criminal Voter Fraud
October 28, 2016
By Scott Malone
(Reuters) – Officials in Florida and Virginia filed voter fraud charges against three people in apparently unrelated cases on Friday, just 11 days before American voters cast ballots in the hotly contested presidential race.
The charges targeted a Florida woman and a Virginia man accused of filing bogus voter registration forms and a Florida woman alleged to have tampered with absentee ballots she was opening at the Miami-Dave Elections Department.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly charged in recent weeks that the election will be rigged in favor of Democrat Hillary Clinton, though he has shown no proof for these claims and many Republicans have called them unfounded.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle in Florida said that one woman, 74-year-old Gladys Coego, had been working as an absentee ballot opener when a supervisor allegedly saw her marking ballots that had been left blank to show votes for a Miami-Dade County mayoral candidate. Prosecutors said that Coego admitted to marking the ballots, and was charged with two felony counts of marking or designating the ballot of another.
“The integrity of the electoral process is intact because our procedures work,” said Christina White, the county’s election supervisor, in a statement. “While disappointed by these incidents, I am very proud of the safeguards the Elections Department has in place to prevent these fraudulent attempts.”
Separately, 33-year-old Tomika Curgil was charged with five felony counts of submitting false voter registration information for allegedly handing in forms filled out by fictitious voters while working on a voter-registration drive for a medical marijuana advocacy group.
Neither Coego nor Curgil could be reached for immediate comment.
A Virginia man was also charged with submitting falsified forms while working for a voter-registration campaign, according to state prosecutors.
Vafalay Massaquoi, 30, was arraigned on two felony counts of forging a public record and two felony counts of voter registration fraud. Each count carries a potential maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
“Given the recent public attention to claims of election fraud, I think it is important to note that there is no allegation that any illegal vote was actually cast in this case,” said Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter. “Furthermore, since the fraudulent applications involved fictitious people, had the fraud not been uncovered, the risk of actual fraudulent votes being cast was low.”
It could not immediately be learned if Massaquoi, who was in custody, had retained an attorney."
I hope that the rest of the people who are committing fraud and tampering with ballots are arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of applicable laws.
I have seen too much attempted fraud in my times working at the polls over 20 years.
"Three In Florida, Virginia Charged With Criminal Voter Fraud
October 28, 2016
By Scott Malone
(Reuters) – Officials in Florida and Virginia filed voter fraud charges against three people in apparently unrelated cases on Friday, just 11 days before American voters cast ballots in the hotly contested presidential race.
The charges targeted a Florida woman and a Virginia man accused of filing bogus voter registration forms and a Florida woman alleged to have tampered with absentee ballots she was opening at the Miami-Dave Elections Department.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly charged in recent weeks that the election will be rigged in favor of Democrat Hillary Clinton, though he has shown no proof for these claims and many Republicans have called them unfounded.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle in Florida said that one woman, 74-year-old Gladys Coego, had been working as an absentee ballot opener when a supervisor allegedly saw her marking ballots that had been left blank to show votes for a Miami-Dade County mayoral candidate. Prosecutors said that Coego admitted to marking the ballots, and was charged with two felony counts of marking or designating the ballot of another.
“The integrity of the electoral process is intact because our procedures work,” said Christina White, the county’s election supervisor, in a statement. “While disappointed by these incidents, I am very proud of the safeguards the Elections Department has in place to prevent these fraudulent attempts.”
Separately, 33-year-old Tomika Curgil was charged with five felony counts of submitting false voter registration information for allegedly handing in forms filled out by fictitious voters while working on a voter-registration drive for a medical marijuana advocacy group.
Neither Coego nor Curgil could be reached for immediate comment.
A Virginia man was also charged with submitting falsified forms while working for a voter-registration campaign, according to state prosecutors.
Vafalay Massaquoi, 30, was arraigned on two felony counts of forging a public record and two felony counts of voter registration fraud. Each count carries a potential maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
“Given the recent public attention to claims of election fraud, I think it is important to note that there is no allegation that any illegal vote was actually cast in this case,” said Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter. “Furthermore, since the fraudulent applications involved fictitious people, had the fraud not been uncovered, the risk of actual fraudulent votes being cast was low.”
It could not immediately be learned if Massaquoi, who was in custody, had retained an attorney."
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It is important to note that none of these cases would have been prevented by Voter ID laws. It is also important to note that we already have laws in place to prevent this kind of fraud, and they seem to be working. None of these cases would have been enough to sway a local election, let alone a federal election.
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LTC Stephen F.
Actually in Virginia, it is precisely because of the voter ID laws which were enacted in Virginia several years ago that the two Virginia voting registration fraud attempters were caught SGT Edward Wilcox.
Up until 2009 when I manned the polls it was difficult to stop the fraudulent voters from voting. Since then it has become more challenging for them - especially in absentee balloting.
Where I live up until 2009 we had people voting in a couple different states, voting in different jurisdictions in this state and voting for other people before the ID laws were updated. Fortunately the deceased voters are usually screened from voting.
Up until 2009 when I manned the polls it was difficult to stop the fraudulent voters from voting. Since then it has become more challenging for them - especially in absentee balloting.
Where I live up until 2009 we had people voting in a couple different states, voting in different jurisdictions in this state and voting for other people before the ID laws were updated. Fortunately the deceased voters are usually screened from voting.
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SGT Edward Wilcox
LTC Stephen F. - No, you are misunderstanding the article, if you even read it. The 2 cases in Virginia were for submitting fraudulent registration forms. If they had not been found, no amount of voter ID laws would have prevented them from voting as the non-existent people.
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LTC Stephen F.
SGT Edward Wilcox - I live in the area and I am familiar with much more than what is in the article. The article does not mention names or which candidate was being fraudulently supported.
Since the debacle of the 2008 election in Virginia where significant fraud occurred, the voting registration and election laws were updated to the 21st century which has made it much easier to catch fraudulent registration of the dead, convicted felons, people claiming to live where they don't, and misspelling of names, etc.
Since the debacle of the 2008 election in Virginia where significant fraud occurred, the voting registration and election laws were updated to the 21st century which has made it much easier to catch fraudulent registration of the dead, convicted felons, people claiming to live where they don't, and misspelling of names, etc.
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Sounds like the worst one was the Florida working marking the portions of the ballots left blank with a mayoral vote.
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