Obama
supporter Melowese Richardson charged with illegal voting in 2008 and 2011 for
allegedly voting at least six times after admitting voting twice in the
presidential election last November. But, in an interview on a local TV
station, Richardson claims that she was worried that her vote would not count
and she was no intention to commit any voter fraud. She voted in her own name
by absentee ballot and also in person at the polls, officials charged, but
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters said she was also charged
with voting in the name of five other people in various elections. Deters also
added in an avowal, every vote is important and every voter and candidate needs
to have faith in the system. Furthermore, this is not North Korea and the
current arraignments must let people know that this is a staid matter. Following
by the 58-year-old veteran Cincinnati poll worker now faces eight counts of
voter fraud which one is a nun. At this time, The Hamilton County Board of
Elections publicized that there was an investigation whether she voted six
times, counting her vote on behalf of her granddaughter, India Richardson, this
made Richardson to national headlines.
But voting twice or in another
person’s name is illegal. According to the prosecutors the five other people
that Richardson voted in behalf were all relatives. Sister Marguerite Kloos
also faces one count of illegal voting. She allegedly voted in behalf of her
fellow nun as an absentee voter, but Sister Rose Marie Hewitt was a deceased
before absentee ballots were sent out. She was accused of opening Sister
Hewitt’s ballot, forging her signature and mailing it to the Board of Elections
as a vote.
Kloos, 54, serves as an associate
professor of religious and pastoral studies where she also was a dean of the
Division of Arts and Humanities at the College of Mount St. Joseph in
Cincinnati but has resigned. Kloos was not charged but faces what is known as
information, for the reason that her lawyer contacted prosecutors and she
agreed to cooperate and plead guilty.75-year-old Russell Glassop, also charged
with illegal voting for voting on behalf of his wife, who died before Election
Day. Richardson’s case was the most shocking for the possibility of repeated
votes, if proven guilty; she will face up to 12 years in prison. The Hamilton
County Board of Elections lately held hearings on cases of possible double
voting and voter fraud, part of a statewide review ordered by Secretary of
State John Husted. 88 counties were called to review complaints of fraud, as
well as voter disenfranchisement. Hamilton County prosecutors are currently
investigating three additional cases of possible voter fraud. According to the
written statement publicized by Husted, every voter must play by the rules, and
if they don’t they will be held accountable. And so it might mean fines, it
might mean detention.
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