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Hamilton Cty: Three More Charged With Voter Fraud In Presidential Election

2013-05-08

[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... pleaded guilty April 16 to illegal voting. She voted via absentee ballot for another nun, who passed away before she had a chance to vote. 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... and Russell Glassop, 75, of Symmes Township, 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.

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Cincinnati Nun Pleads Guilty To Voter Fraud; Escapes Prison

2013-04-17

[cincinnati.com] Marguerite Kloos walked into court Tuesday as a nun who devoted her life to her religion. When she walked out, she was a convicted felon who escaped a prison term. Kloos, 54, of Delhi Township, pleaded guilty to illegal voting, admitting to filling out and filing an absentee ballot for Sister Rose Marie Hewitt, Kloos' friend who died before last November's election. In a brief hearing before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Winkler, Kloos pleaded guilty as charged but was sentenced to the diversion program. If she stays out of trouble, usually for a year, her record will be erased and legally it will be as if it never happened. As part of that agreement, she also has to report to authorities periodically and perform community service. The charge carried a maximum prison sentence of 18 months. Hewitt requested an absentee ballot from the Board of Elections in September. It was mailed to her Oct. 4, the day she died. "When the absentee ballot was received at Ms. Hewitt's address, (Kloos) opened the envelope, forged Ms. Hewitt's signature, voted Ms. Hewitt's ballot, and mailed the ballot back to the Board of Elections," a court document notes. After the allegation was made public, Kloos resigned as The College of Mount St. Joseph's Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities, It will be interesting to see what Pope Francis makes of this, as he works to clean out the disobedient from among the Church's distaff brethren. Hers was one of three cases Hamilton County decided -- so far -- to prosecute from last fall's elections. Melowese Richardson, 58, of Madisonville, is in court Wednesday charged with eight counts of illegal voting. She was a poll worker accused of voting twice in the November presidential election and for relatives in various elections. Her charges charges carry up to 12 years in prison. Russell Glassop, 75, of Symmes Township, is in court May 14, charged with one count of illegal voting. He also is seeking diversion. He is accused of voting for his deceased wife who requested an absentee ballot before she died. I vote they all lose the right to vote for life, in addition to any other punishments, plus have a permanent mark on their records.

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