[CintiEnquirer] Three more people were charged today with voter fraud related to voting in Hamilton County in the 2012 presidential election, bring the total charged to six.Margaret Allen, 64, Ernestine Strickland, 84, and Andre Wilson, 49, were indicted Tuesday on one count of felony illegal voting.
If convicted, they face up to 18 months in prison.
Allen is charged with attempting to vote in the 2012 Ohio general election by requesting an absentee voter ballot despite being a resident of Florida. She hasn't lived in Ohio since 2009, according to the Hamilton County prosecutor's office.
Strickland is charged with registering to vote and voting by absentee voter ballot in the 2012 Ohio general election even though she is a resident of Tennessee and has never lived in Ohio.
Wilson is charged with registering to vote and voting by absentee voter ballot in the 2012 Ohio general election by using a fictitious Ohio address.
"Our democracy is built on our lawful right to vote," Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said. "Everyone's vote is weakened when some people decide to disobey the law.
"We must be vigilant in protecting everyone's right to vote," Deters added.
The charges come as the Hamilton County Elections Board continues to investigate voter anomalies in the 2012 presidential election. There is disagreement among board members about whether all voter anomalies should be referred to the prosecutor's office for investigation. A decision on that matter is pending. In the meantime, the board had sent seven cases where it suspected fraud to the prosecutor for review, according to Board of Elections records.
Tuesday's indictment's are in addition to three previous indictments related to voter fraud in the same election.
Marguerite Kloos, a 54-year-old nun from Delhi Township,
| ...and, more importantly, former head of a local Catholic college... |
Kloos was put into a diversion program where if she stays out of trouble her record will be erased.
Pending charges remain against Melowese Richardson, 58, of Madisonville
| ...the Democratic Party operative who'd worked the polls for about w quarter century before getting caught for voting some six or eight absentee ballots that mostly weren't hers in addition to voting at the polls on election day... |
Richardson, a former poll worker, is charged with eight counts of illegal voting. She is accused of voting twice in November's election and for relatives in various other elections. She faces up to 12 years in prison.
Glassop is charged with one count of illegal voting. He is accused of voting for his deceased wife via absentee ballot.