Vote fraud

March 12, 2008 -- Washington, DC –The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, chaired by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), today held a hearing about in-person voter fraud, and whether requiring photo identification disenfranchises vulnerable voters.    » read more »

02 March 2008 -- With nearly all of the ballots counted, Dmitri Medvedev has 70 percent of the vote. While the result is hardly a surprise, two of his opponents are crying foul.

Speaking at a political rally on Red Square just hours after polls closed, incumbent President Vladimir Putin said his hand-picked candidate, Dmitri Medvedev, was enjoying a convincing lead in the vote count. He said victory entails enormous responsibility, adding that it will ensure continuation of what he termed the "successful policies of the past eight years."    » read more »

January 04, 2008 -- Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his office has reached a landmark settlement in Franklin Circuit Court related to election fraud in illegal contributions to campaigns for Kentucky Governor.

According to the Agreed Order of Dismissal and Settlement, Phillip Dufour, an employee of Elmo Greer & Sons, LLC, entered a guilty plea to an Information charging him with violating Kentucky’s elections laws, a Class D felony and has been ordered to pay the maximum fine, $10,000.    » read more »

December 20, 2007 -- (Washington, DC) - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) demanded answers from the Justice Department about allegations that department officials delayed a key indictment in the New Hampshire Phone Jamming case to minimize the political impact of the scandal on the 2004 election.    » read more »

21 December 2007 -- Thailand holds general elections Sunday, heralding a return to democratic rule after the military coup of last year. With the return of democracy comes the old practice of vote-buying - a problem that persists despite government efforts to stamp it out.

Bangkok's Klong Toey neighborhood is home to some of the city's poorest slums. In the shadow of sleek new expressways and gleaming high-rise buildings sit wooden shacks with rusting corrugated iron roofs and festering open sewers. This is home of those who have been left out of Thailand's economic miracle.    » read more »

November 8, 2007 -- INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Two more people charged with vote fraud by the Lake County Joint Vote Fraud Task Force have plead guilty and another person has been sentenced announced Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter. There are now 37 convictions against 53 defendants for vote fraud. Trial dates or pre-trial hearings are scheduled for 11 remaining cases brought by AG Carter and Lake County Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter.    » read more »

April 24, 2007 -- CROWN POINT - Lake County Indiana Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter and Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter announced Tuesday that a Hammond man was sentenced to one year probation and 30 hours community service for vote fraud.

Mario Delvalle, 32, pled guilty March 14 to Voting in Other Precinct, a Class D Felony. He was sentenced by Lake Superior Court Judge Thomas P. Stefaniak Jr. Stefaniak said Devalle is also barred from employment or contract with any government entity for 20 years.    » read more »