Villamaino plead guilty to felony charges of stealing nearly 300 ballots and changing their party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in an attempt to win the election. Only a few days later, the same number of absentee ballot requests found their way to the town clerk’s office and the list was a “name-for-name match” compared to the list that Villamaino had changed. Press.
“Authorities in Virginia are investigating a potential voter fraud case involving former congressional candidate Jeffrey Barnett, an active member of the Democratic Party and supporter of gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.”
Based on “a cursory public records search” it seems “the Belluccis were no longer residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia when they voted in November 2012,” Cameron Quinn, general registrar of Fairfax County’s Office of Elections, wrote in her Aug. 14 letter.
Information gathered by the office of elections “appears to show voter registration fraud,” Quinn wrote. A spokesman for the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney, to whom the letter was sent, would not comment on an ongoing investigation, but said that potential criminal cases are generally referred to state law enforcement authorities for investigation.
When the Belluccis showed up to vote in November, an election officer, Virginia Norton, challenged their Virginia residency, saying she personally knew that they had moved to Annapolis, Md. The couple said they were “homeless” at the time, according to a letter Norton sent to her state delegate, and living in a guesthouse at 1135 Basil Road in McLean, Va., a property owned by Jeffrey Barnett since 1999, according to state records.
Washington Free Beacon.
Naturally, because the accused are Democrats, the Washington Post has zero coverage of the matter as of now, except to note that the accused bought a home in Maryland in the real estate transactions section.
A New Mexico man recently convicted of conspiring to steal money intended for voter education efforts was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.…Prosecutors said the two consultants conspired to get more money than they were due out of New Mexico’s $19 million share of Help America Vote Act funds. The indictment charged $2.5 million in fraud.
More at the Link.
Prosecutors say $2.5 million was bilked. While Vigil was not indicted, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara Neda said in federal court that the former secretary of state was involved in the scheme. Neda said Vigil hired Gutierrez and his media company to produce commercials, and that Gutierrez used the HAVA money to pay cash to buy a home in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Capitol Soup in Florida provides the details here. The Florida Secretary of State will conduct roundtable discussions on the integrity of the voter rolls at regional meetings throughout the state.
“I am embarking on the Project Integrity roundtable tour to collaborate with Supervisors to protect the integrity of our voter rolls,” said Secretary of State Ken Detzner. “Through transparency and the statutory due process protection afforded to every voter, we can ensure the continued integrity of our voter rolls while protecting the voting rights of eligible voters from those who may cast an illegal vote. Our elections process must uphold the integrity of local voter rolls, and I look forward to the participation from Supervisors of Elections to strengthen our elections statewide. As Secretary of State, it is my duty to defend the right to vote in Florida. Project Integrity will provide needed information on the process used to safeguard our voter rolls.”
In Texas, as everywhere: “The problem with in-person vote fraud is that there is almost no way to detect it under the current system. “Changing the system to require voters to present a trusted form of identification will put in place a manner whereby fraud can be detected. Currently, the sheer number of registered voters on the rolls versus the number who actually vote makes it easy to impersonate other voters and very unlikely that anyone would notice. And if they did? It would only be noticed by the legitimate voter only after the fraud had occurred and the impersonator had long left the polling place. There is no way for officials to know who the person was who committed the fraud and thus you get no meaningful investigation and prosecution.”
The Washington Post review of the North Carolina election law just keeps delivering the goods. North Carolina Republicans ended the wasteful practice of state taxpayer money going to political candidates and the biased formula used to give more to Democrat candidates. Of course, the adopted formula was no accident with the money being shelled out based on total registered voter totals in the state. The Democrats maintained a large advantage in registrations despite very competitive races. Public financing of candidates was not good enough based on principle or policy reasons. The Democrats had to rig the registration advantage to unfairly send more tax payer money to their Democratic candidates. The fact that Republicans have now passed a law to stop sending taxpayer money to candidates is a principled stand and one that happens to be popular. Any complaint by the voter advocacy groups or civil rights groups over the years. Not a peep.
Public financing is gonzo. State tax returns used to
have a $3 check-off box, which allowed voters to put money into a fund
that went to state parties. The money was doled out on the basis of how
many registered voters a party had, so Democrats were getting a much
larger share of the cash than Republicans. Section 38.1 ends that
practice, meaning state Democratic and Republican Parties are going to
have to fend for themselves. The section also ends public financing of
judicial elections, which Democrats see as the first step toward a
national campaign against judges on behalf of some conservative business
interests.
“When you look at the results of this recall election, when more people showed up, Democrats got crushed,” he added. “So why she has any credibility whatsoever just blows me away when she says stuff that’s just completely contradicted by facts on the ground.”
Politico
Link. Carvicous Barfield, chairman of the tribe’s Elections Board, said Wednesday that she was recently told by Tribal Administrator Tony Hunt that there is no money available to fund an election. She said when she asked when money would be available, Hunt told her he didn’t know.”
“The filing period for candidates for the the Nov. 12 Lumbee Tribal Council election ends Friday, but there is now a question of whether there is money to pay for the elections.