Election Fraud Cases

Chad Armstrong

Chad Armstrong, a convicted felon on probation, voted in the 2018 election despite being ineligible. He was charged with felony election fraud but pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to five days in jail.

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Tess Alayna Bishop

Tess Bishop, of Salt Lake City, UT,voted "unlawfully and knowingly" in a Harper's Ferry municipal election where her father, Wayne Bishop, was elected mayor by a margin of 14 votes. Bishop was charged with one count of illegal voting, and pled guilty to the charge. She was sentenced to 3 days of incarceration, that could be served by completing 24 hours of community service, and ordered to pay all court fees.

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Elbert Melton

Elbert Melton, the former mayor of Gordon, illegally notarized two ballots, without witnesses present, during the 2016 election in which he was running for mayor. Melton won that race by only 16 votes. Melton was convicted on two counts of absentee ballot fraud, was removed from office, and was sentenced to serve one year in prison followed by two years of probation.

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Richard John Greenfield

Richard John Greenfield was charged by the state after he voted twice in the 2016 election, once in Pima County, Arizona, and again in Washoe County, Nevada. Greenfield, a registered Republican, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of attempted illegal voting. He was sentenced to two years of probation, ordered to complete at least 100 hours of community restitution, and fined $2,500. He is also prohibited from voting while on probation.

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Gustavo Araujo Lerma

Gustavo Araujo Lerma, a Mexican citizen who resides in Sacramento County, illegally assumed the identity of American citizen Hiram Enrique Velez, and illegally voted repeatedly over two decades. Lerma was convicted in federal court of one count of aggravated identity theft, one count of making a false statement on a passport application, and five counts of voting by an alien in a federal election. Lerma, a self-described Republican donor and ardent Trump supporter was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. 

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Richard Davis

Richard Davis, of Pacific Grove, registered four dogs (Pfeiffer, Chantarelle, Rocky, and Cooper) and his deceased father to vote between 2013 and 2018. Davis was charged with voter registration fraud. He pled guilty and was sentenced to three years of probation and 48 hours of community service.

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Andrew Grant

Andrew Grant, a city alderman in Canton, tried to buy at least one person's vote in the 2017 municipal election in which he was running. Grant was charged with four counts of voter fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit voter. Grant pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, which was suspended, and he resigned from office.

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Valerie Smith

Valerie Smith, a former Canton city clerk, falsely attested to witnessing voters swear their applications before her. Smith was charged with 15 felony counts, and pleaded guilty to a charge that she violated voter registration statutes. She was sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to pay a fine and cover the costs of the investigation.

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Donnell Robinson

Donnell Robinson, of Canton, illegally reigistered and voted despite being ineligible due to prior criminal convictions. Robinson pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor voter fraud. He was sentenced to one year in county jail, which was suspended, placed on six months' probation, and ordered to pay a $250 fine.

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Denslo Allen Paige

Denslo Allen Paige, of Wake County was found guilty of aiding and abetting voting by an alien. Paige, a volunteer and former election official, was found to have assisted her boyfriend, Guadalupe Espinosa-Pena, a non-citizen, to register and vote in the 2016 general election. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two months in prison, one year of probation, and $275 in fines.

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Olive Agatha Martin

Olive Agatha Martin was charged by the federal government with one count of false claim of U.S. Citizen to register to vote and one count of voting by an alien. Martin, a foreign national from Guyana, voted in the 2016 election despite being ineligible. She pleaded guilty to one count of voting by an alien, was sentenced to 12 months of probation, and assessed fines and fees of $325.

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Kaoru Sauls

Kaoru Sauls was charged by the federal government with one count of false claim of U.S. Citizen to register to vote and one count of voting by alien. Sauls voted in the 2016 election despite not being eligible as a foreign national from Japan. She pleaded guilty to one count of voting by an alien and was assessed fines and fees of $110.

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Rosemarie Angelika Harris

Rosemarie Angelika Harris was charged by the federal government with one count of voting by an alien. Harris voted in the 2016 election despite not being eligible to vote as a permanent resident and a citizen of Germany. She pleaded guilty to one count of voting by an alien and was assessed fines and fees of $75.

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Steve Curtis Thompson II

Steve Curtis Thompson II was charged by the state in Moore County with one felony count of voter registration fraud after voting twice in the 2012 General Election. He voted in person in North Carolina and again by absentee ballot in Florida. He pleaded guilty pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, a 1970 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows a defendant to plead guilty while still asserting his innocence, and was ordered to pay $225 in court costs. 

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John S. Fleming Jr.

John S. Fleming Jr., a registered Republican of Hampton, cast an absentee ballot in Hampton in the 2016 general election after having already cast an in-person ballot in Belchertown, MA for the same election. He was charged with voting in more than one state and pleaded guilty to the Class B felony charge. He was sentenced to a 60 day suspended prison sentence based on a year of good behavior, ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, assessed an additional $240 fee, and lost the right to vote in all future New Hampshire elections.

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