Election Fraud Cases

William Eschenbach

William Eschenbach was charged by the state with two felony counts of voting more than once after voting twice in the June 2022 primary and twice in the November 2022 election. He voted by absentee ballot and again in person on election day but claimed in social media posts that he did it to show how insecure absentee voting is. He pleaded guilty to one of the charges and was sentenced to 6 months of probation and ordered to complete 40 hours of community service and pay $500 in restitution.

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Robert Anzulewicz

Robert Anzulewicz was charged by the state in Routt County with one misdemeanor count of mail ballot offense in the 2022 general election. Anzulewicz forged and submitted an absentee ballot on behalf of his mother. He also submitted an absentee ballot for himself and attempted to vote again in person. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 days in jail, 2 years of probation, and assessed fees totaling $1,245.

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Richard Rosen

Richard Rosen was charged by the state with one felony count of voting in more than one state after voting twice in the 2016 General Election. He voted by absentee ballot in Holderness, New Hampshire, before the election and again in person in Belmont, Massachusetts, on election day. Rosen was convicted by a jury on the felony charge, and he is awaiting sentencing.

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Jessica Miser

Jessica Miser was fined $100 by the D.C. Board of Elections after voting twice in the 2020 general election, once in Maryland and a second time in D.C.

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Eddie Bishop

Margaretta Sibert-Dean was fined $100 by the D.C. Board of Elections after voting twice in the 2020 general election once in Maryland and a second time in D.C.

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Vanessa Rubio

Vanessa Rubio (a D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner) was fined $500 by the D.C. Board of Elections after voting twice in the 2020 general election, once in Maryland and second time in D.C

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Renee M. Diggs

Renee Diggs was fined $100 by the D.C. Board of Elections after voting twice in the 2020 general election, once in Maryland and a second time in D.C.

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John Rider

John Rider of the Village of Virginia Trace was charged by the state with casting more than one ballot in an election, a felony, for voting twice in the 2020 General Election in Sumter County. He voted once in person in Florida during early voting and again by absentee ballot in New York. He was sentenced to a pre-trial diversion program where he was ordered to complete 50 hours of community service. Rider was allowed by the court to pay out his community service at the rate of $10 per hour or $500 in total. He was also assessed court fines and costs totaling $400.

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Philip Edward French

Phillip Edward French was charged by the state in Pinellas County with casting more than one ballot in the same election. French cast a ballot in Florida and a ballot in Hanover County, Virginia, in the 2020 presidential election. He entered a pretrial diversion program for a period of 12 months, was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service, and assessed fines and fees of $50 per month to the Department of Corrections, $120 in court costs, and $142 to the state attorney and for drug screening.

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Charles Hurd

Charles Hurd was charged by the state in Madison County with first-degree election misconduct, a felony, for attempting to vote twice in the 2022 general election. Hurd voted by absentee ballot and again in-person on election day; despite telling poll workers and signing an affidavit claiming he had not already cast a ballot. Hurd pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of third-degree election misconduct, a serious misdemeanor under state law. He was ordered to pay court costs, a fine, and a surcharge totaling $1,669.85.

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David E. Badon

David Badon was charged by the state in Macon County with two felony counts of voting more than once after he voted twice in the 2022 Illinois primary election. He voted early in May 2022 and then again on June 28. He entered into a diversion program for six months under which the criminal charges were dismissed, subject to being refiled if he fails to comply with the program’s conditions including paying the required fees.

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Ashley Gelman

Ashley Gelman was charged by the state with one felony count of illegal voting and one felony count of election falsification after voting twice in the 2022 General Election. She voted early in person in Florida and again by absentee ballot in Ohio. Gelman was a former resident of Geauga County, but had moved to Broward County Florida in 2020. She pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of attempted election falsification. Gelman was sentenced to 4 days of residential community control at the Geauga County Safety Center, 1 year of probation, and fined $1,000.

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James Saunders

James Saunders was charged by the state in Cuyahoga County with two felony counts of illegal voting after voting twice in the General Elections in 2020 (for Pres. Trump) and 2022. In 2020, he voted early in-person in Ohio and again in-person on Election Day in Florida. In 2022, he cast an absentee ballot in Florida and voted in person in Ohio.  The investigation revealed he had also voted twice in the 2014 and 2016 elections, but could not be prosecuted for these offenses because the statute of limitations had run.  He was found guilty following a bench trial and sentenced to three years in jail and fined $10,000.

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Daniel Schoonhoven

Daniel Schoonhoven was charged by the state in Brooking County with one count of attempting to vote twice in the 2022 general election. Schoonhoven voted early at the county government center and signed an affidavit confirming his identity because he did not have an ID. On election day, Schoonhoven went to his polling location and attempted to vote again. After being confronted with the fact he had already voted and even after election officials located his original ballot, Schoonhoven still denied voting and completed a provisional ballot. Schoonhoven was found guilty by a jury of voting more than once in an election and was sentenced to two years in prison, which was suspended for two years of probation, completion of 80 hours of community service, and payment of a fine of $750.

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Robbyn Tafoya

Robbyn Tafoya of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, was charged by the state in Waukesha County with one misdemeanor count of absentee ballot election fraud for voting twice in the fall 2020 primary election. She requested, signed, and returned two absentee ballots in the summer of 2020. She pleaded no contest to the charge, was assessed fines and fees totaling $544, and was ordered to reimburse the state $1,635 for the cost of her attorney.

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