Steve Watkins, a former Republican congressman from Kansas, listed a postal box at a UPS store as his residence on a state voter registration form while living temporarily at his parents’ home during a 2019 municipal election. Watkins was charged with three felonies – voting without being qualified, knowingly voting with more than one advance ballot, and interfering with the investigation intending to obstruct. He entered into a diversion agreement where his prosecution will be deferred for six months. If he complies with the terms of the agreement and pays a $250 fee, the charges will be dropped. Kansas. 2021. False Registrations. Diversion Program. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Peruvian national Victor David Garcia Bebek pleaded guilty to three counts of voting without being qualified. Bebek was fined $5,000 and placed on unsupervised probation. Kansas. 2017. Ineligible Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Preston Glen Christensen was convicted of voter fraud for voting in both Kansas and Texas in the 2012 general election. Christensen pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of voting without being qualified. He was fined $1,000. Kansas. 2017. Duplicate Voting. Ineligible Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
In the November 2016 election, Denver resident Sharon Farris voted twice–once in her home state of Colorado and then again in the state of Kansas. She pleaded guilty to one count of voting without being qualified and one count of advance voting unlawful acts. The Kansas judge ordered her to pay $3,158 in fines and court fees, with six months of unsupervised probation if the fines are not paid within six months of her sentencing. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was able to identify this instance of voter fraud through the Interstate Crosscheck Program, a voter registration database that includes 30 states. Kansas. 2016. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Ron R. Weems pleaded guilty to two counts of voting without being qualified and one count of advance voting. Weems voted in both Kansas and Colorado in the 2012 and 2014 general elections. He was ordered to pay a $5,500 fine. Kansas. 2016. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Patrick Doyle registered to vote and voted in multiple elections in 2008, 2010, 2012 using the address of his ex-wife in Kansas while he was residing in Missouri. Initially charged with three felonies he entered a plea of nolo contendere to charges of falsely swearing to an affidavit, providing false information to obtain a ballot, and one felony count of misusing a driver’s license and was sentenced to one year and 30 days in jail and one year of probation. Kansas. 2016. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Michael Hannum pleaded guilty to three charges stemming from the 2012 election in which he voted in both Kansas and Nebraska. He received the maximum possible fines, totaling $5,500 for the three misdemeanor violations. Kansas. 2016. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
A 65-year-old resident of Colorado, Lincoln Wilson, illegally voted in both Kansas and Colorado in elections in 2010, 2012, and 2014. Wilson pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of false swearing to an affidavit and three misdemeanor counts of voting without being qualified. Wilson was ordered to pay a $6,000 fine. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was able to identify this instance of voter fraud through the Interstate Crosscheck Program, a voter registration database that includes 30 states. Kansas. 2016. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
James Criswell, a Republican from Douglas County, Colorado, pleaded no contest to the charge of double voting in the November 2016 election. Having cast ballots in both Colorado and Kansas, Criswell was fined $1,000 and ordered to pay $158 in court costs. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was able to identify this instance of voter fraud through the Interstate Crosscheck Program, a voter registration database that includes 30 states. Kansas. 2016. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
In 2015, Steven Gaedtke was convicted of duplicate voting during the 2010 general election. Gaedtke submitted an absentee ballot in Kansas, and then voted in person in Arkansas where he had a second home. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, agreeing to pay a $500 fine and court expenses. Kansas. 2015. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Raymond H. Kurtz, Jr. of Newton, was fined $450 and assessed $205 in court costs and processing fees pursuant to a diversion agreement involving 3 counts of voting without being qualified. Kansas. 2009. Duplicate Voting. Diversion Program. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Howard Duncan pleaded no contest to knowingly and willfully voting more than once in the 2004 general election. Kansas. 2009. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Leslie McIntosh, James Scherzer, and Lorraine Goodrich were convicted of voting in both Kansas and Missouri and providing false residency information to election officials. Scherzer was sentenced to two years’ probation and 40 hours of community service; McIntosh was fined $500; and Goodrich was sentenced to one year of probation. Kansas. 2005. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary