Paseneaux, a sitting state representative, was arrested on felony voter fraud charges. She used a false address to vote after selling her home in 1997. She pleaded guilty and received a sentence of probation and was ordered to pay a $1,030 fine. Wyoming. 2000. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Terri Kobialka was a University of Oregon student during the 2000 election when she filled out a ballot mailed to her apartment in the name of a former tenant. Kobialka pleaded guilty to falsely signing a ballot, a Class C felony. She was sentenced to 18 months of probation, ordered to complete 120 hours of community service, and fined $500. Oregon. 2000. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Jon Saylor ordered absentee ballots sent to the home of a friend, and then filled them out as votes for himself. After winning the seat of the 1st Ward councilman in Fairfield, Ohio, the election results were called into question and an investigation was opened. Saylor was convicted of 29 counts of false registrations, one count of inducing illegal voting, 12 counts of absentee voter’s ballot violation, 14 counts of illegal voting, one count of election falsification, and one count of interference with the conduct of an election. He was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment. Ohio. 2000. False Registrations. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Cynthia McCloud pleaded guilty to two charges of inducing illegal voting and false registration (in an effort to help her friend Jon Saylor become a Fairfield city councilman), and was sentenced to five years of probation, ordered to complete 80 hours of community service, and pay a $2,500 fine. Ohio. 2000. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Hialeah Gardens Mayor Gilda Oliveros was convicted of six charges that ranged from voter fraud to asking two of her former employees to murder her then-husband so she could cash in on a $45,000 life insurance policy. She was sentenced to 4.8 years in state prison, but was released on a $100,000 bond to appeal her sentence. Florida. 2000. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
George Cabrera, Jr., entered into a settlement with State of Connecticut Election Enforcement Commission. Cabrera admitted to observing a resident fill out an absentee ballot before taking possession of that ballot during the Democratic primary for town council. Cabrera agreed to pay a $750 fine. Connecticut. 2000. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Civil Penalty. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Carlos Reiniso admitted to voting in the 2000 election, when he was ineligible to do so. After an investigation by the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission, he agreed to pay $250 fine. Connecticut. 2000. Ineligible Voting. Civil Penalty. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
An absentee-ballot buying operation was uncovered in Winston County, Alabama, that led to the conviction of the sheriff, circuit clerk, a district judge, and several candidates for county commission and the board of education. The conspirators set out to buy absentee ballots in the 2000 Republican primary with bribes of cash, beer, and liquor. Judge Richardson pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to report campaign expenditures; the others pleaded guilty to felony charges stemming from the operation. Bailey was sentenced to three years’ probation, plus a $1,000 fine and 250 hours of community service. Neal got three years’ probation, a $2,500 fine, and 250 hours’ community service. Ingram was ordered to serve a year in prison and pay a $1,000 fine. Emerson got two years’ probation. Judge Richardson resigned, and received a suspended six-month prison sentence, one year probation, and a $1,000 fine. Alabama. 2000. Buying Votes. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Melvin Lightning pleaded guilty to illegal absentee voting. Along with Evans, Lightning forged absentee ballot request forms in the name of other voters. Upon receiving the ballots, the pair took them to the named voters and obtained their signatures on the ballot envelope without telling the voters that they were signing an actual ballot. Lightning then completed and cast the ballots himself. He received a 12-month prison sentence, which was suspended in favor of 12 months’ probation. His accomplice, Evans, was convicted in 1998 on seven counts of illegal absentee voting. He got a 10-year prison sentence, eight of which were suspended. Alabama. 2000. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary