The wheels of justice turn slowly in these “non-existent” voter fraud cases: A former campaign worker for state Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) was sentenced to three years in prison today for submitting fraudulent ballots in her 2007 election, state authorities said. Angel Colon, 51, of Newark, pleaded guilty to election fraud in 2011 after submitting absentee ballots for some voters without their knowledge… The standard is five to 10 years in prison… “To safeguard fair and honest elections, we need to deliver a clear deterrent message that election tampering is a serious crime. This sentence accomplishes that.”
The state Attorney General pressed for prison time over probation: