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Vote fraud in California
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Molly Morales, 2010
- See also: Voting more than once
The Napa County district attorney’s office charged Molly Morales of voting twice in November 3, 2009 in an election to fill a vacant seat on a local school board.[1]
On March 11, 2010, Morales entered a plea of guilty to one misdemeanor count of voter fraud for voting twice in the November election. She was sentenced to three years of summary probation and will have to perform 150 hours of community service, pay $1,100 in fines and pay $4,080 in restitution to Napa County.[2]
The fraud occurred because Morales received two mail-in ballots for the same election. One ballot was addressed to Molly Janice Morales and another was addressed to Molly M. LaPointe. She marked and returned both ballots.[3]
Montebello, 2009-2010
The Los Angeles District Attorney's Public Integrity Division in September 2009 opened an investigation into voter fraud in the Los Angeles suburb of Montebello. Jennifer Lentz Snyder, assistant head deputy of the division, said that the allegation the department is investigating is about whether "people who were not entitled to vote in the city of Montebello voted. Even when something doesn't pass the smell test it still may take some time before an investigation can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt ... generally speaking".[4]
Nativo Lopez, 2008
- See also: Voting more than once
Prosecutors charged immigrant-rights activist Nativo Lopez with four felony charges of voter fraud. They say he registered to vote in January 2008 in Boyle Heights, while maintaining a previous registration in Orange County.[5]
Voter registration fraud in 1997
In 1997, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to request that the Justice Department prosecute La Hermandad Mexicana Nacional after investigators for the House Administration Committee complained that the group had registered hundreds of illegal voters prior to a very close congressional election in Orange County, California.
References
- ↑ St. Helena Star, "School board recall leader charged with voter fraud", February 9, 2010
- ↑ St. Helena Star, "Morales pleads guilty to voter fraud", March 18, 2010
- ↑ Napa Valley Register, "Woman admits to voting twice", March 21, 2010
- ↑ Whittier Daily News, "DA investigates allegations of voter fraud in Montebello", February 19, 2010
- ↑ Orange County Register, "Immigrant-rights activist to fight voter fraud charges", September 22, 2009
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