Linda Deren pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful voting. Pennsylvania. 2002. Ineligible Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Lincoln Carmouche was convicted of voter fraud in the Marksville mayoral race for bribing a voter. He was sentenced to two years in prison, which was suspended, and two years of supervised probation. He was also fined $2,050 and ordered to perform 64 hours of community service. Louisiana. 2002. Buying Votes. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Russel Withers, who owned multiple radio and TV stations, pleaded guilty to voting multiple times in both 1998 and 2000 elections in both Colorado and Illinois. He was fined $10,000. Illinois. 2002. Duplicate Voting. Civil Penalty. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Michael Singh, of Stratford, CT, registered to vote, voted, and eventually was elected to the town council despite the fact that he is not a U.S. citizen. An immigrant from Jamaica, he registered to vote in 1999, ran unsuccessfully for state senate in 2000, and won a seat on the Stratford town council in 2001, where he became majority leader. The Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission later found that he was not a U.S. citizen and required that he pay $4,000 in fines and resign from his position. Connecticut. 2002. Ineligible Voting. Civil Penalty. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Hector Riellano admitted to failing to acknowledge assisting someone with the filing of their absentee ballot. He was fined $350 by the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission. Connecticut. 2002. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Civil Penalty. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Dolores Scalesse admitted to violating Connecticut law by falsely claiming she was a witness to all the signatures on a state petition. She entered into a consent agreement with the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission and was ordered to pay a $250 civil penalty. Connecticut. 2002. Ballot Petition Fraud. Civil Penalty. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Working as GOP voter registration employees during the 2000 general election, Edward Barquet and his girlfriend, Michelle Corrall, sought to capitalize on a $4 bounty for each Republican voter successfully registered. The pair submitted multiple fraudulent registrations, which included false information and forged signatures. Following their guilty pleas, a judge sentenced each of them to serve four months in jail and pay a $220 fine, followed by five years’ probation. California. 2002. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Larry Gray was charged with illegally casting more than 25 absentee ballots in other people’s names during the 2002 primary, but the sum total of his election fraud may have been much higher. The former sanitation director for the city applied for hundreds of ballots, successfully submitting 98 in the Democratic primary. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Gray was likely not the only one running this type of scheme. After pleading guilty, Gray received two years’ probation. Arkansas. 2002. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Nathaniel Gosha was convicted of 25 counts (nine felony counts of falsifying ballots and 16 counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument) of voter fraud for offering to sell absentee votes in Russell County. Another Russell County resident, Lizzie Mae Perry, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of falsifying absentee ballots and two misdemeanor counts of disclosing votes. Gosha was sentenced to 180 days in jail, 4.5 years of probation, and $2,600 in court fines. Perry was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 18 months’ probation. Alabama. 2002. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary