Election Fraud Cases

Tullous Burrow

Tullous Burrow was charged by the state in Hoke County with one felony count of voting fraud after voting in the 2016 election. He was serving probation for a felony conviction, making him ineligible to vote. Burrow pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of obstructing justice in exchange for dismissal of the voting charge. He was sentenced to 45 days in prison (which was suspended pending successful completion of one year of unsupervised probation), and assessed court costs of $352.50.

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Richard Daniels Jr.

Richard Daniels Jr. was charged by the state in Hoke County with one felony count of voting fraud after voting in the 2016 election. He was serving probation for a felony conviction, making him ineligible to vote. He pleaded guilty to the felony charge and was sentenced to 10 to 21 months in prison (which was suspended pending successful completion of three years of supervised probation), and assessed court costs and a fine totaling $902.50.

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Treqwon Covington

Treqwon Covington was charged by the state in Hoke County with one felony count of voting fraud after voting in the 2016 election. Covington was serving probation for a felony conviction, making him ineligible to vote in North Carolina. Covington entered an Alford plea (which is treated as a guilty plea) to one misdemeanor count of obstructing justice in exchange for dismissal of the voting charge. He was sentenced to 45 days in prison (which was suspended pending successful completion of one year of unsupervised probation), and assessed a fine, costs, and attorney fees totaling $712.50.

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Lanisha Bratcher

Lanisha Bratcher was charged by the state in Hoke County with one felony count of voting fraud after voting in the 2016 election. Bratcher was serving probation for a felony conviction, making her ineligible to vote. She entered an Alford plea (which is treated as a guilty plea) to one misdemeanor count of obstructing justice in exchange for dismissal of the voting charge. She was sentenced to 45 days in prison (which was suspended pending completion of 6 months of unsupervised probation).

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Chad Armstrong

Chad Armstrong, a convicted felon on probation, voted in the 2018 election despite being ineligible. He was charged with felony election fraud but pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to five days in jail.

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Tess Alayna Bishop

Tess Bishop, of Salt Lake City, UT,voted "unlawfully and knowingly" in a Harper's Ferry municipal election where her father, Wayne Bishop, was elected mayor by a margin of 14 votes. Bishop was charged with one count of illegal voting, and pled guilty to the charge. She was sentenced to 3 days of incarceration, that could be served by completing 24 hours of community service, and ordered to pay all court fees.

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Gustavo Araujo Lerma

Gustavo Araujo Lerma, a Mexican citizen who resides in Sacramento County, illegally assumed the identity of American citizen Hiram Enrique Velez, and illegally voted repeatedly over two decades. Lerma was convicted in federal court of one count of aggravated identity theft, one count of making a false statement on a passport application, and five counts of voting by an alien in a federal election. Lerma, a self-described Republican donor and ardent Trump supporter was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. 

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Jennifer Robinson

Jennifer Robinson, of Canton, falsely registered for an absentee ballot and then voted in 2017 municipal elections.  She was charged with multiple counts of voter fraud and voting by an unqualified person for voting in a precinct in which she no longer resided.  As part of a plea deal, she was admitted to a pre-trial diversion program. 

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Donnell Robinson

Donnell Robinson, of Canton, illegally reigistered and voted despite being ineligible due to prior criminal convictions. Robinson pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor voter fraud. He was sentenced to one year in county jail, which was suspended, placed on six months' probation, and ordered to pay a $250 fine.

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Kaoru Sauls

Kaoru Sauls was charged by the federal government with one count of false claim of U.S. Citizen to register to vote and one count of voting by alien. Sauls voted in the 2016 election despite not being eligible as a foreign national from Japan. She pleaded guilty to one count of voting by an alien and was assessed fines and fees of $110.

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Rosemarie Angelika Harris

Rosemarie Angelika Harris was charged by the federal government with one count of voting by an alien. Harris voted in the 2016 election despite not being eligible to vote as a permanent resident and a citizen of Germany. She pleaded guilty to one count of voting by an alien and was assessed fines and fees of $75.

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Denslo Allen Paige

Denslo Allen Paige, of Wake County was found guilty of aiding and abetting voting by an alien. Paige, a volunteer and former election official, was found to have assisted her boyfriend, Guadalupe Espinosa-Pena, a non-citizen, to register and vote in the 2016 general election. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two months in prison, one year of probation, and $275 in fines.

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Denis Javier Miranda

Denis Javier Miranda was charged by the federal government with making a false claim of U.S. Citizenship in order to register to vote. Miranda, a citizen from Nicaragua and thus ineligible to vote, admitted the conduct and entered into a pretrial diversion program for 12 months. His charges were dropped upon completion of the program.

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Fathy Ahmed Nasser Almalikie aka Mojahad Mayd

Fathy Ahmed Nasser Almalikie was charged by the federal government with making a false claim of U.S. Citizenship in order to register to vote. Almalikie, a citizen from Yemen and thus ineligible to vote, admitted the conduct and entered into a pretrial diversion program for 12 months. His charges were dropped upon completion of the program. 

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Elvis David Fullerton

Elvis David Fullerton was charged by the federal government with one count of false claim of U.S. Citizen to register to vote and one count of voting by an alien. Fullerton voted in the 2016 election despite being ineligible. He also certified on a document that he was a US citizen despite his status as a foreign national from Grenada. He entered a pretrial diversion program for 6 months, and his charges were dropped upon its completion.

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