Yadira Colon pleaded guilty to one felony count each of election fraud and falsification of nomination papers. Colon forged signatures on nomination papers for the 2008 election for Pedro Colon (no relation), then a member of the state assembly and now a circuit judge. Yadira Colon also illegally registered and voted in Milwaukee, despite actually living in the city of Oshkosh. Colon was sentenced 20 days’ incarceration and given one year of probation. Wisconsin. 2012. Ballot Petition Fraud. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Raphael Nunn of Milwaukee pleaded guilty to charges of illegal voting. He had voted despite the fact that he was ineligible due to a prior felony conviction. Nunn was given a 30-day suspended sentence, 18 months’ probation, and was ordered to pay $518 in court assessments. Wisconsin. 2012. Ineligible Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Charles Brandt, of West Allis, pleaded guilty to election fraud for voting multiple times in the April 5, 2012, Wisconsin election. He was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. Wisconsin. 2012. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Former Lincoln County Commissioner Thomas Ramey pleaded guilty to lying to federal officers in the midst of their investigation of a massive voter fraud conspiracy. Sheriff Jerry Bowman and County Clerk Donald Whitten also pleaded guilty, admitting that they stuffed ballot boxes with fraudulent ballots and falsified absentee ballots in an effort to rig the 2010 Democratic primary. Whitten won the election, but a judge overturned the election after throwing out 300 fraudulent ballots. Ramey was sentenced to 21 months of imprisonment. Bowman was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and a $5,000 fine. Whitten was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release, with a $5,000 fine. West Virginia. 2012. Election Overturned. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Sheila Peterson, of Chesterfield County, Virginia, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, a charge that had been reduced from a felony count of making a false statement on an election form. Peterson, a convicted felon, certified that she was eligible to vote on a registration form for the 2008 election. Peterson, who was incarcerated prior to sentencing because of a failed drug test, was sentenced to time served. Virginia. 2012. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Michael Anthony Harris, a convicted felon, pleaded guilty to illegally registering to vote and subsequently voting in the 2008 election. Harris was sentenced to four days in jail. Virginia. 2012. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Feda Morton, a former congressional candidate, pleaded guilty to falsifying a campaign document after admitting that she convinced friends to sign a petition to get a favored political candidate on the ballot for a 2011 election. Submitting the signatures for notarization, Morton attested to having personally witnessed the signatures even though she hadn’t. Morton was sentenced to probation. Virginia. 2012. Ballot Petition Fraud. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Jacob Barac pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges after admitting that he signed a voter application attesting to his citizenship despite his permanent resident status, which made him ineligible to vote. Barac claimed that he had requested the ballot so that his roommate could vote, and then filled it out himself. He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation and 40 hours of community service. Texas. 2012. Ineligible Voting. Diversion Program. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Gilda Hernandez pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful assistance, two counts of illegal possession of a ballot, and two counts of failure to provide identifying information while assisting a voter. Hernandez was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication and a $250 fine. Texas. 2012. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Diversion Program. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Christine Thomas Shank, of Brazos County, pleaded guilty to unlawful assistance at the polls in the 2010 general election. She was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication. Shank was placed under community supervision and was ordered to complete 20 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine and $332 in court costs. Shank was also barred from offering any future “assistance” to voters. Texas. 2012. Illegal “Assistance” at the Polls. Diversion Program. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Rolando Medrano pleaded guilty to two counts of felony perjury after lying to a grand jury about the residency of Raquel Medrano, his great-niece. Rolando allowed Raquel to claim his address as her residence so she could illegally vote for another member of the family, Carlos Medrano, for Justice of the Peace. When questioned under oath as part of an investigation into voter fraud in 2010 Democrat primary election, Rolando falsely claimed Raquel was living with him. Four other perjury charges were dropped as part of a plea deal, as were charges against Raquel Medrano. Rolando Medrano was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, which was probated for four years of community supervision and 45 days in jail. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and $219 in court costs. Texas. 2012. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Jose de Jesus Cano, of Hildago County, illegally voted in a 2008 School District Election despite being ineligible because of a prior felony conviction. Cano pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting and received a probated 10-year prison sentence, and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $313 in court costs. Texas. 2012. Ineligible Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Dallas County Justice of the Peace Carlos Medrano was found guilty of one count of illegal voting for persuading a niece to register to vote using an address where she did not reside. Medrano was sentenced to 180 days’ incarceration. Texas. 2012. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Angel Trujillo, of Hildago County, voted in a 2010 Municipal and School District Election despite being despite being ineligible because of a prior felony conviction. Trujillo pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting and received a three year prison sentenced, probated for community supervision, and was ordered to pay a $750 fine. Texas. 2012. Ineligible Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Adrian Heath was convicted by a jury of illegal voting after he made a false statement on a voter registration application. Specifically, Heath and nine other individuals designated a Residence Inn as their home address so that they could vote in an election in a district in which he did not live to try to take control of a local utility board from the incumbent three incumbent board members. The scheme initially succeeded, but after the results were challenged and the scheme was uncovered, the results were overturned and the incumbents were reinstated. Heath was sentenced to 3 years in prison, and served just shy of six months before he was paroled. Texas. 2012. False Registrations. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Linda Brewer pleaded guilty to one count of illegal voting, a Class E felony, and was sentenced to one year of supervised probation. Tennessee. 2012. Ineligible Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Michael Monaghan pleaded guilty to illegally voting in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. 2012. Ineligible Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Lafayette Keaton pleaded guilty to making false statements to elections officials after using the identities of his deceased son and brother to cast multiple ballots. Keaton was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, fined $5,000, and was placed in a one-year post-prison supervision program. Oregon. 2012. Duplicate Voting. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Darryl Cates, of Westville, entered a plea of nolo contendere to charges of false notarization of absentee ballots. The charges stemmed from the 2009 Cave Springs School District election, in which 33 ballots were disputed based on inconsistencies between the signatures on ballot request forms and voter affidavits. All of the contested ballots were notarized by Cates. He was essentially charged with signing the names of two voters on absentee ballots. Following his plea, Cates received a three-year deferred sentence. Oklahoma. 2012. Fraudulent Use of Abs. Ballots. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary
Roshanda F. Croom pleaded guilty to one felony count of prohibited acts relating to petitions or declarations by filing false documents with election authorities. She was sentenced to 18 months on community control. Ohio. 2012. Ballot Petition Fraud. Criminal Conviction. Fraud Investigation. Report Summary