voter fraud

James O'Keefe's voter fraud prank fail | Oliver Burkeman/guardian.co.uk

May 182012

I suffer fairly severely from what psychologists call “empathic embarrassment”: I find it agonising to the point of physical discomfort to watch other people making fools of themselves. Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat often had me writhing and cringing on behalf of his victims – even, troublingly, when his victims were spouting horrible bigotry. I’m really not proud of this. It’s an annoying problem. And lately, it’s been particularly disconcerting to find that the person prompting me to cover my face with my hands is the notorious “conservative provocateur” James O’Keefe III. O’Keefe, of course, is the rightwing prankster who helped bring down Acorn and was then convicted in connection with a sting at the offices of Louisana Senator Mary Landrieu. But with the significant exception of the ambush of Acorn, there’s something epic – almost worthy of awed respect, if it didn’t make me cringe so much – about how astonishingly inept he is at “punking” the liberals he despises. Read More »

Audit finds votes by deceased people, prisoners; clerical errors blamed | The Detroit News

May 162012

An audit of state voting records released Tuesday uncovered evidence suggesting dead people and prisoners may have voted in Michigan elections during the past three years. Auditor General Thomas McTavish’s office compared the state’s registered voter files with death records and found 1,375 deceased individuals cast 1,381 ballots between 2008 and 2011. Ninety percent of the ballots were cast by absentee voters and 10 percent voted at the polls, according to audit report. In response to the audit, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson’s office said no voter fraud was at play, and instead attributed instances where records show incarcerated or deceased individuals voting as an error by local election clerks. Some of the individuals may have legally cast an absentee ballot and died before the election, election officials said. Read More »

Sacramento-area voter fraud suspects have criminal histories | The Sacramento Bee

May 142012

The owner and an employee of a company accused of fraudulent voter registration drives in Sacramento County have been convicted of crimes of deception in the past. The owner of Momentum Political Services, Monica Harris, has an extensive criminal history, including a prison sentence for stealing from a family she befriended and buying a van with funds stolen from a youth agency, court records show. Two of her victims called Harris a “professional con artist.” Harris’ employee, Remy Heng, recently pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Sacramento to his role in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme in Northern California. Jill LaVine, Sacramento County’s registrar of voters, has turned over evidence of what she called registration fraud to the California Secretary of State’s Office. She said that at least one-fourth of the 31,000 registration cards submitted by Harris and her circulators since September have been rejected for inaccuracies. Read More »

State probes possible voting by foreigners | MiamiHerald.com

May 092012

Thousands of foreign citizens — particularly in South Florida — might be registered to vote in Florida and could have unlawfully cast ballots in previous elections. The potential problem is largest in Florida’s largest county: Miami-Dade, where the elections supervisor is examining 2,000 potentially unlawful voters, WFOR-CBS 4 News reported Tuesday. Broward is examining 260 suspected foreign voters. One suspected noncitizen voter has been registered for about 40 years, CBS 4 found. Over the past year, the Florida Division of Elections has begun identifying potential foreigners on the rolls in coordination with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Division of Elections spokesman Chris Cate told The Miami Herald. He said the state has forwarded the names to county elections supervisors, who are in charge of the rolls. “There will be more names,” Cate said. Read More »

Voter fraud investigated in Virginia | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Apr 232012

Results of an ongoing Virginia State Police investigation of voter registration irregularities from the 2008 general election may signal a more significant voter fraud issue than some state lawmakers realized. As Virginia legislators hotly debated a voter ID bill that narrowly passed the General Assembly, many were unaware of a state police investigation that, so far, has resulted in charges against 38 people statewide for voter fraud. Warrants have been obtained for a 39th person who can’t be located. A majority of those cases already have resulted in convictions, and 26 additional cases are still being actively investigated nearly 3½ years after the state Board of Elections forwarded more than 400 voter and election fraud allegations from 62 cities and counties to Virginia State Police for individual investigation. Read More »

James O’Keefe tries to defend voter ID laws by filming D.C. election workers | The Washington Post

Apr 112012

Conservative activist James O’Keefe’s latest project aims to lampoon the mostly Democratic opposition to “voter ID” laws, and does so by focusing hidden cameras on last week’s D.C. primary elections. In the first of several promised clips, an O’Keefe associate tries to see if he can vote as Eric H. Holder, attorney general of the United States and longtime Spring Valley resident. Why Holder? Under his leadership, the Justice Department has objected to laws requiring voters to present identification in states subject to preclearance under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. People like O’Keefe think voter ID laws are a common sense way to prevent voter fraud; people like Holder say they address a problem that doesn’t exist, and the laws would give officials new pretext to keep legitimate voters from casting ballots. Read More »

Voter ID Laws Study: Voter Fraud Even Rarer Than Winning Mega Millions | @PolicyMic

Apr 022012

You are more likely to win Mega Millions that commit voter fraud in the US according to this study. The Justice Department recently blocked a Texas law requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification at polls on the grounds that it disproportionately disenfranchised Hispanics. The state sued the government in response, and the law is scheduled to be disputed in a federal trial in July. Although voter fraud is a problem that should not be overlooked, I side with the Justice Department, as this law would negatively impact more people than the number of cases of voter fraud. There is much ambiguity surrounding the issue of voter fraud. Only a few studies have measured the prevalence of fraud, such as this study conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice which showed that voter fraud is even rarer than being struck by lightning or winning the Mega Millions. But disenfranchisement of minority groups is very real. By disregarding an important component of the state’s population, Texas’ law creates a predetermined electoral outcome, prohibits an entire demographic from voicing their own opinions, and obstructs a key cornerstone of democracy in order to produce desired results. Read More »

Cheating rarely seen at polls in Texas | San Antonio Express-News

Mar 262012

Allegations of voter fraud fueled the successful push for a controversial voter ID law in Texas last year, making a picture ID necessary to vote despite scant evidence of actual cheating at the polls. Fewer than five “illegal voting” complaints involving voter impersonations were filed with the Texas Attorney General’s Office from the 2008 and 2010 general elections in which more than 13 million voters participated. The Department of Justice has deemed the law in violation of the Voting Rights Act, finding that it would disproportionately affect minorities, who are less likely to have a photo ID. Read More »

Romney voter fraud allegations loom as general election liability | The Daily Caller

Mar 232012

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has survived the heated GOP nominating contest so far without attracting significant attention to what may become a general election issue: allegations that he committed voter fraud in 2010. In January 2010 the former Massachusetts governor proudly cast a ballot for Republican Scott Brown in the special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. He didn’t own property in the state at the time, and had registered to vote listing his son’s unfinished basement as his residence. Massachusetts law defines a residence for voter registration purposes as “where a person dwells and which is the center of his domestic, social, and civil life.” Anyone found guilty of committing voter fraud faces up to five years behind bars and a fine of $10,000. Read More »

The two-fold voter fraud fraud | Al Jazeera

Mar 192012

Last week, thousands of people participated in a re-enactment of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights, which was directly responsible for the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The recent march culminated with a rally at the state capitol. ”We didn’t come to commemorate what happened 47 years ago. We came to continue what happened 47 years ago,” said Reverend Al Sharpton, whose National Action Network was a principal organiser of the march. Martin Luther King III told the crowd his father would have opposed voter photo-ID laws being passed or considered in many states. “I think my father would be greatly disappointed in our nation,” he said. Republicans allege that in-person voter fraud is on the up and up. Yet there’s simply no evidence – or plausible motive – for suspecting that individual voters pose a threat to our democracy. In fact, many of these new measures contribute to the further disenfranchisement of minority groups, while leaving the door open to the potential abuse of electronic vote counts. Read More »

Charlie White eligible to run for office, Indiana Supreme Court rules | Indianapolis Star

Mar 162012

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Former Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was eligible to run for office, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled this morning. The state’s highest court issued a unanimous decision this morning saying that even though White was registered to vote at his ex-wife’s house when he ran for office, he could still be a candidate. The court’s decision will allow Gov. Mitch Daniels to appoint a permanent successor for White, who was removed from office last month after being convicted of six felony charges, including voter fraud. Daniels will not appoint someone today, his spokeswoman, Jane Jankowski, said. Daniels issued a statement this morning, thanking the Supreme Court for ruling on the matter quickly. ”Now that the duty to select a new Secretary of State is certain, we’ll do so with promptness,” Daniels said in the statement. Read More »

Tea Party Spawns New Effort Against Voter Fraud | NPR

Mar 142012

As part of a new campaign, dozens of citizen groups around the country are searching voter registration lists, looking for problems. They’re also training poll watchers to monitor this fall’s elections. Leaders of the effort — spawned by the Tea Party movement — say they want to make sure that elections are free from voter fraud. But critics say it’s part of a campaign to suppress the votes of minorities, students and others who tend to vote Democratic. Cathy Kelleher and Cathy Trauernicht say that’s not true. They’re founders of Election Integrity Maryland, one of the groups involved. They call themselves concerned citizens. Read More »

Texas voter ID law may be headed to the Supreme Court | Rick Hasen/Star Telegram

Mar 132012

On Monday, the Justice Department blocked implementation of Texas’ new voter identification law. Texas said the law is a necessary measure to prevent voter fraud. Justice responded that the law is unnecessary and will have a disproportionate impact on Hispanic voters who are less likely to have identification. The issue is heading to federal court, and it could well be the U.S. Supreme Court that weighs in, just months after it intervened in Texas’s redistricting dispute. So who’s right? As I explain in The Fraudulent Fraud Squad sneak preview of my forthcoming book The Voting Wars, Republican claims of a serious problem with voter impersonation are bogus. Many Republican legislators and political operatives support voter ID laws for two purposes: first, to depress Democratic turnout, and second to gin up the Republican base. But Democrats and those on the left sometimes inflate the potential negative effect of voter identification and other laws on voter turnout, especially among poor and minority voters. Just as Republicans use the scare of voter ID laws as a wedge issue to boost Republican turnout, Democrats use the scare of voter suppression to boost Democratic turnout. Read More »

Fresh protests set after Putin victory | BBC

Mar 102012

Renewed protests are due to be held in Moscow and other Russian cities following Vladimir Putin’s victory in last weekend’s presidential election. Authorities have given permission for up to 50,000 protesters to gather on one of central Moscow’s large avenues. A wave of protests was sparked last December by evidence that parliamentary elections had been rigged. Similar allegations have surrounded the presidential vote, which saw Mr Putin win a third term. Foreign states have accepted Mr Putin’s victory but observers said the poll had been skewed in his favour. Read More »

Election Stunts: Just Because You Can(ine) Doesn't Make It Right | Election Academy

Mar 032012

A recent story out of New Mexico has made Buddy, pictured above, the latest (would-be) four-legged cautionary tale about the nation’s registration system. Buddy’s owner was walking across campus a while back at the University of New Mexico when he saw a voter registration booth. He said he decided to “test” the system by submitting an application for Buddy using a fake birth date and Social Security number. A short time later, he had a voter registration card for Buddy in hand – and took his story to the media to “expose” the flaws in the state’s election system, saying “[t]hey should verify. Somebody should have verified this information and somebody should have come out and took a look at exactly who it was.” Let’s go ahead and set aside this notion of in-person followup visits – can you imagine this person’s reaction had he received such a visit in response to a legitimate application? – and focus instead on this notion of “testing” the system to expose its perceived flaws. Read More »

Are shark attacks more common than voter fraud in Florida? | PolitiFact Florida

Mar 032012

On March 1, 2012, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert moved in on Florida’s controversial new election law for a recurring segment, “People Who Are Destroying America.” The target: a Panhandle teacher named Dawn Quarles, who turned in 76 voter registration forms from her students beyond the state’s new 48-hour deadline. She could face a $1,000 fine. One of the people Colbert interviewed for his sarcastic report is Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. Florida officials claimed they needed to pass the law to prevent voter fraud, but these cases are actually pretty rare, he said. ”There are probably a larger number of shark attacks in Florida than there are cases of voter fraud,” he said. We couldn’t resist diving in: Are there more shark attacks than cases of voter fraud in Florida? Read More »

Republican Commits Voter Fraud By Registering Dog As A Democrat | TPM

Mar 022012

A Republican man in New Mexico wanted to show how easy he thought it was to commit voter fraud. So the Albuquerque man did just that: committed voter registration fraud by registering his dog, Buddy, to vote. Local news station KOB Eyewitness News 4 in New Mexico reported on the man’s stunt this week. “They should verify. Somebody should have verified this information and somebody should have come out and took a look at exactly who it was,” the unidentified man told the news station. “But I made up a birth date, and I made up a social security number and I had a voter registration card in my hand for Buddy two weeks later.” The news station interviewed the man on camera but granted the dog owner anonymity, and faded out any personal information, though it’s wasn’t clear why. Danielle Todesco, the reporter who put the piece together, said in an email to TPM that she discussed the decision to grant the man anonymity with her news director. Read More »

Charlie White drama nears its end - Indiana's top court to rule on replacement | The Indianapolis Star

Feb 292012

An Indiana Supreme Court hearing today likely will determine who will become Indiana’s next secretary of state. The state’s highest court will hear arguments over former Secretary of State Charlie White’s eligibility to be a candidate in the 2010 race. The court’s opinion, which could come soon after the hearing, is expected to end a 14-month legal battle over whether the office will remain in Republican hands or fall under Democratic control. It’s difficult to predict which side will win, especially because of conflicting opinions so far, said David Orentlicher, a constitutional law professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and a former Democratic state representative. ”There’s certainly a lot of twists and turns to this,” he said. Read More »

Ex-Secretary of State Charlie White 'elated' about sentencing | wane.com

Feb 282012

Indiana’s ex-Secretary of State Charlie White said Friday he was elated to learn his sentence of home detention. “After last night we felt a stone has been lifted off our chest. Most important is spending time with my wife, my son and step children. We were elated,” said White. Despite losing his job as a result of his conviction, potentially losing his law license and being bared from voting, White said he feels blessed. Read More »

The phantom menace of voter fraud - Voter ID a questionable cure for election fraud | baltimoresun.com

Feb 252012

Last year, Maryland’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly made short work of a Republican-sponsored bill that would have required voters to show a government-issued photo ID before being allowed to vote. The legislation, which closely tracked similar GOP-backed ballot security laws around the country, died in committee without ever coming up for a vote. But Del. Kathryn L. Afzali, the Frederick Republican who is the bill’s chief sponsor, is back with a substantially revised version of her original proposal that she hopes will pass muster with her colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee. While her latest idea represents an improvement over last year’s bill, it would still create a massive injustice in an effort to solve a problem that is all but non-existent. Read More »

Charlie White sentenced to one year on home detention | The Indianapolis Star

Feb 242012

A Hamilton County judge today sentenced former Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White to one year of home detention. White was convicted of voter fraud and other felonies for casting a ballot in a district in which he no longer lived during the May 2010 primary. White received one year for each of six convictions, to be served concurrently. He also was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. Before announcing the sentence, Judge Steve Nation said he considered White’s actions intentional. “Because of what he did, I believe he violated the trust of the people,” Nation said. Read More »

Outburst could hurt Charlie White at his sentencing | The Indianapolis Star

Feb 242012

Charlie White’s words might come back to haunt him today at his sentencing hearing on six felony convictions. Indiana’s former secretary of state blasted a Hamilton County jury’s decision to convict him of theft and multiple counts of perjury and voter fraud in an interview with Fox News on Feb. 5, just one day after the jury returned its verdict. Special Prosecutor Dan Sigler said Wednesday he will argue that White’s comments should weigh against him. White plans to give a statement during the sentencing hearing, but his attorney, former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, said he’s not sure what White will say. Read More »

White faces sentencing after being convicted of voter fraud, other crimes | The Washington Post

Feb 242012

Indiana’s ousted top elections official faced a final shot at regaining his office Thursday when his attorney planned to ask a judge to reduce each of his six felony convictions to misdemeanors. Secretary of State Charlie White was scheduled to be sentenced on voter fraud, perjury, theft and other charges Thursday afternoon by Hamilton Superior Court Judge Steven Nation. Defense attorney Carl Brizzi said he would ask that each of the charges be reduced to misdemeanors so White could hold onto his job, but one legal expert said Nation is likely to reject that request. Read More »

Charlie White cries foul on residency, cites other cases | Evansville Courier & Press

Feb 202012

Charlie White was ousted as Indiana’s top elections official after a jury found he registered to vote somewhere he didn’t live. But White says if he’s guilty, so are a number of other high-profile Indiana politicians — including former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, longtime Republican Sen. Richard Lugar and Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. A tea party group that is challenging Lugar’s bid for a seventh Senate term seems to think White has a point and is seeking to have his candidacy disqualified because he doesn’t have a home in Indiana. But state law, political scientists and a 30-year-old opinion by the state’s attorney general all say White’s circumstances are different from the others, and treated differently under Indiana law. Read More »

All Quiet on the Voter Fraud Front - ACLU Offering Reward for Evidence of Voter Impersonation | Andrew Rosenthal/NYTimes.com

Feb 162012

The Minnesota ACLU has offered a $1000 reward for an example of voter impersonation, which a proposed amendment requiring photo ID at the Minnesota polls would have prevented. Anyone looking to compete for the cash should know the following restriction: the case must have been prosecuted in Minnesota within the last 10 years. I’m eager to see if the ACLU will have to start issuing checks. My guess is they won’t. The proposed Minnesota amendment, and the ACLU challenge, is part of a larger story, which I’ve written about many times Let’s review this history so far. There is a campaign around the country to impose ID requirements on voters. Opponents of these measures, including me, say they are onerous and unconstitutional since they discriminate against the elderly, minorities, rural populations and poorer, less educated voters. It just so happens that many of these groups vote Democratic.

High court takes over Secretary of State dispute | RealClearPolitics

Feb 092012

The state’s highest court set a Feb. 29 hearing for arguments over whether Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels should be allowed to appoint a replacement for White or Democratic candidate Vop Osili should take over the office. The Supreme Court also denied without comment a request that lawyers for the state Democratic Party made Monday to the state appeals court that it enforce a Marion County judge’s December decision in a civil case ordering the state recount commission to declare Osili as the election winner. That action followed a Hamilton County jury’s verdict over the weekend convicting White of six felony criminal charges, including voter fraud for lying about his residence by using his ex-wife’s Fishers address on voter registration forms. Democrats have maintained in the civil case that White wasn’t an eligible candidate for the 2010 election and that Osili was the eligible candidate who received the most votes. Read More »

O'Keefe Releases Another New Video Fraudulently Purporting to Illustrate 'Voter Fraud' in Minnesota | The BradBlog

Feb 092012

Convicted federal criminal James O’Keefe and his band of co-conspirators at his ironically named Project Veritas outfit have another new video in their “Voter Fraud Investigation” series out. So that means, naturally, they’re misleading the public again. This time, O’Keefe’s video portends to show some of his courageous, unnamed and unseen cohorts at various voter registration centers in Minnesota, asking whether they can have voter registration forms to take home to “Thomas Brady” and “Timothy Tebow”, so they can register them to vote. The unseen voices are heard asking the helpful public clerks whether ID is necessary for those folks to register to vote. They are told that ID is not necessary in order for them to submit registration forms. … In his latest video, O’Keefe two illustrated claims are: 1) No ID is needed to register to vote in Minnesota and 2) After registering without an ID, one could subsequently vote fraudulently via absentee ballot. Both of those claims are, by and large, true-ish — at least in Minnesota, though in many other states as well. But there are two key points, one for each of his claims, that O’Keefe fails to mention in the disingenuous video. Read More »

Political sparring continues in Charlie White case | The Indianapolis Star

Feb 082012

In a day filled with developments in the Charlie White case, Indiana Democrats threw another punch in the fight for the secretary of state’s office. The Democrats filed a motion Monday asking the Indiana Court of Appeals to enforce a Marion County judge’s ruling that their candidate, Vop Osili, should become secretary of state. White was removed from office early Saturday when a jury convicted him of six felony charges, including voter fraud. A judge on Monday set his sentencing for Feb. 23. Jerry Bonnet, appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels to fill in, began his tenure as interim secretary of state Monday. It’s uncertain when the Court of Appeals will rule, but the Democrats’ request adds another wrinkle to the already complicated case of who should become secretary of state. Read More »

Democrats hope to have their candidate in elections office next week | The Washington Post

Feb 062012

While Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels held off Saturday on appointing a permanent replacement for the state elections chief convicted early that morning of voter fraud, Democrats said they planned to move quickly to wrest control of the politically powerful office from the GOP. A jury from Hamilton County, just north of Indianapolis, deliberated for 13 hours before convicting Republican Secretary of State Charlie White on six felony charges. Among other things, White was accused of lying about his address on voter registration forms. Indiana law does not allow felons to hold statewide office, and Daniels quickly appointed White’s chief deputy, Jerry Bonnet, as interim secretary of state. But the governor said he was holding off on naming a permanent replacement because a judge could reduce the charge to a misdemeanor, allowing White to regain the office. Read More »

Jury finds Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White guilty on 6 of 7 felony charges | The Indianapolis Star

Feb 062012

Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was convicted of six felonies early this morning, and consequently lost his job. But the Republican could get it back soon. White, 42, Fishers, plans to ask a judge to reduce his convictions – all class D felonies – to misdemeanors at sentencing. It’s uncertain whether that move would allow him to reclaim his job. “We don’t know the right answer to that,” White said. “This is all very new.” Shortly after White’s verdict was read, Gov. Mitch Daniels announced in a news release shortly before 3 a.m. that he has appointed Jerry Bonnet, White’s chief deputy, as interim secretary of state. Read More »

Politics around White's office 'a mess' | Journal and Courier

Feb 062012

Fifteen months have passed since the polls closed in Indiana’s last secretary of state election. But the battle over who should hold the office is far from being finished. There have been political challenges and a lawsuit; a criminal trial and a conviction but still no definitive result. Simply put, it’s “a mess,” said one political expert. Charlie White, the elected officer, was convicted of six felony charges, including voter fraud, early Saturday morning, which removed him from office. But he could be reinstated on a technicality. Meanwhile, Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed White’s chief deputy, Jerry Bonnet, as to be his interim replacement. Democrats, however, claim they’ve won the office because of a Marion County judge’s ruling that has not yet been enforced. Read More »

Voter Fraud Verdict 'a Travesty,' Says Convicted Indiana Secretary Of State | Fox News

Feb 062012

Calling the jury verdict, “a travesty,” Indiana’s former top elections official vows to appeal the decision that found him guilty of multiple counts of voter fraud, which has resulted in his temporary removal from office. Republican Secretary of State Charlie White was charged with illegally registering to vote at his ex-wife’s house and was convicted on six of seven felony voter related counts in the early hours Saturday morning by a Hamilton County jury in Noblesville, Ind., just north of Indianapolis. ”I found out that Indiana is a land of men and not of law,” White said in an exclusive Fox News interview on Sunday in which he contended that the jury was not given the full instructions on the charges by prosecutors. ”What I think happened yesterday was a total miscarriage of justice and a perversion. The law allows me to do everything I did and the jury did not get all the law.” Read More »

Indiana election chief found guilty of voter fraud | The Associated Press

Feb 042012

Indiana’s top elections official could lose his job and his freedom after jurors convicted him of multiple voter fraud-related charges on Saturday, leaving in flux the fate of one of the state’s most powerful positions. Republican Secretary of State Charlie White has held on to his office for more than a year despite being accused of lying about his address on voter registration forms. A Hamilton County jury found White guilty of six of seven felony charges, including false registration, voting in another precinct, submitting a false ballot, theft and two counts of perjury. He was acquitted on one fraud charge. White expressed no outward emotion as the verdict was read, and later said outside the courtroom: “‘I’m disappointed for my family and the people who supported me.” Read More »

White's fate could be decided Friday - prosecutor rushed from courthouse in ambulance | WISH-TV

Feb 032012

Special prosecutor Dan Sigler was taken from the Hamilton County Courthouse in an ambulance Friday, just minutes after delivering his closing arguments in the trial against Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White. Sigler left the courtroom quietly and summoned for his wife before being taken out on a gurney. There are still two remaining prosecutors on the state’s team so closing arguments will continue uninterrupted. White is charged with seven felony counts, including fraud, perjury and theft. If White is convicted of a single count, he faces removal from office and possible prison time. Special prosecutor DJ Sigler told the jury Charlie White knew what he was doing was wrong but he did it anyway in pursuit of political power. He told the jury the evidence “all fits together” Read More »

Cellphone records to be called in Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White's trial | The Indianapolis Star

Feb 032012

A Sprint representative could shed light today on where Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White lived while he campaigned for office in late 2009 and 2010. Prosecutors say White’s cellphone records will show he lived in a townhouse with his then-fiancee — instead of in a home with his ex-wife, as he has claimed.Evidence on where White lived during that time could convince a Hamilton Superior Court jury as to his guilt or innocence on seven felony charges, including voter fraud and theft. The trial resumes at 9 a.m. today. Read More »

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James O'Keefe's voter fraud prank fail | Oliver Burkeman/guardian.co.uk

Audit finds votes by deceased people, prisoners; clerical errors blamed | The Detroit News

Sacramento-area voter fraud suspects have criminal histories | The Sacramento Bee

State probes possible voting by foreigners | MiamiHerald.com

Voter fraud investigated in Virginia | Richmond Times-Dispatch

James O’Keefe tries to defend voter ID laws by filming D.C. election workers | The Washington Post

Voter ID Laws Study: Voter Fraud Even Rarer Than Winning Mega Millions | @PolicyMic

Cheating rarely seen at polls in Texas | San Antonio Express-News

Romney voter fraud allegations loom as general election liability | The Daily Caller

The two-fold voter fraud fraud | Al Jazeera

Charlie White eligible to run for office, Indiana Supreme Court rules | Indianapolis Star

Tea Party Spawns New Effort Against Voter Fraud | NPR

Texas voter ID law may be headed to the Supreme Court | Rick Hasen/Star Telegram

Fresh protests set after Putin victory | BBC

Election Stunts: Just Because You Can(ine) Doesn't Make It Right | Election Academy

Are shark attacks more common than voter fraud in Florida? | PolitiFact Florida

Republican Commits Voter Fraud By Registering Dog As A Democrat | TPM

Charlie White drama nears its end - Indiana's top court to rule on replacement | The Indianapolis Star

Ex-Secretary of State Charlie White 'elated' about sentencing | wane.com

The phantom menace of voter fraud - Voter ID a questionable cure for election fraud | baltimoresun.com

Charlie White sentenced to one year on home detention | The Indianapolis Star

Outburst could hurt Charlie White at his sentencing | The Indianapolis Star

White faces sentencing after being convicted of voter fraud, other crimes | The Washington Post

Charlie White cries foul on residency, cites other cases | Evansville Courier & Press

All Quiet on the Voter Fraud Front - ACLU Offering Reward for Evidence of Voter Impersonation | Andrew Rosenthal/NYTimes.com

High court takes over Secretary of State dispute | RealClearPolitics

O'Keefe Releases Another New Video Fraudulently Purporting to Illustrate 'Voter Fraud' in Minnesota | The BradBlog

Political sparring continues in Charlie White case | The Indianapolis Star

Democrats hope to have their candidate in elections office next week | The Washington Post

Jury finds Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White guilty on 6 of 7 felony charges | The Indianapolis Star

Politics around White's office 'a mess' | Journal and Courier

Voter Fraud Verdict 'a Travesty,' Says Convicted Indiana Secretary Of State | Fox News

Indiana election chief found guilty of voter fraud | The Associated Press

White's fate could be decided Friday - prosecutor rushed from courthouse in ambulance | WISH-TV

Cellphone records to be called in Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White's trial | The Indianapolis Star

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