Sentences with phrase «ballot fraud»

Prosecutor Trey Smith gives his opening statement during ballot fraud case at the Rensselear County Courthouse in Troy, N.Y. Jan. 24, 2012.

Brant Caird walks out of the grand jury room after testifying in the absentee ballot fraud investigation on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.

Campana and the Brown brothers were identified a year ago as being among nine Democrats that were persons of interest in the absentee ballot fraud investigation stemming from the city's 2009 Working Families Party primary,

July 29: Targets of ballot fraud investigation identified: Rensselaer County Board of Elections Commissioner Edward McDonough; city Councilmen Michael LoPorto, Gary Galuski, Kevin McGrath, and John Brown; City Council President Clement Campana; City Clerk William McInerney; and political operatives Dan Brown and Anthony DeFiglio, a former Troy Housing Authority clerk.

In 2009, an investigation into absentee ballot fraud by Democratic officials and party operatives in the Working Families Party primaries resulted in several guilty pleas and two acquittals

Thomas Aldrich waits to testify at the Rensselaer County Courthouse before a special grand jury investigating absentee ballot fraud on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.

Feit also contends Smith was in error when he alleged LoPorto was involved in a meeting at his restaurant, LoPorto Ristorante Caffe, when ballot fraud was allegedly mentioned.

(CNN)- U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia said Saturday he was saddened and disappointed by absentee ballot fraud allegations leveled against his former chief of staff.

A Houston County woman was found guilty of seven felony absentee ballot fraud charges from the 2013 Dothan City Commission District 2 election, WTVY reported.

TROY — A Rensselaer County grand jury is investigating two Democratic City Council members and a party operative in the absentee ballot fraud probe stemming from the 2009 Working Families Party primary, according to a witness.

During Mr. Sparaco's tenure in this second position, he was brought up on charges of election ballot fraud in a takeover attempt of the Republican Party in which Mr.Ballard is now accused of being complicit.

Caird came to the witness stand in the trial of County Democratic Elections Commissioner Edward McDonough and former City Councilman Michael LoPorto for ballot fraud to provide the jury with an inside look at what was happening as the case began to develop.

TROY — Subpoenas have been served on witnesses to testify before a special Rensselaer County grand jury investigating the 2009 absentee - ballot fraud case.

The analysis shows 491 cases of absentee ballot fraud and 400 cases of registration fraud.

In an exhaustive public records search, News21 reporters sent thousands of requests to elections officers in all 50 states, asking for every case of fraudulent activity including registration fraud, absentee ballot fraud, vote buying, false election counts, campaign fraud, casting an ineligible vote, voting twice, voter impersonation fraud and intimidation.

Earlier this month acting Supreme Court Justice George C. Pulver Jr. ruled that LoPorto will be retried alone in June in the ballot fraud case.

Judge George Pulver presides over the ballot fraud case at the Rensselear County Courthouse in Troy, N.Y. Jan. 24, 2012.

Michael LoPorto enters the Rensselaer County Courthouse for jury select in his ballot fraud trial which is moving forward in Troy, New York Jan 17, 2012.

Anthony J. Renna, right, pleads guilty to forgery for his role in a ballot fraud case in Rensselaer County Court on Tuesday Dec. 20, 2011 in Troy, N.Y. (Philip Kamrass / Times Union archive)

TROY — William A. McInerney, the Troy city clerk who has been identified as a target in a ballot fraud investigation, is considering an offer to plead guilty to a felony charge and avoid a prison sentence in exchange for his cooperation in the case, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Edward McDonough appears in court before final summations in his ballot fraud case in the Rensselaer County Courthouse in Troy, N.Y. March 2.

Attorney Brian Premo, who represents Edward McDonough presents his final summation in the ballot fraud case in the Rensselaer County Courthouse in Troy, N.Y. March 2.

At the time of the ballot fraud Ortutay was not yet chair of the Independence Party, but was at Sparaco's encouragement running to unseat longtime party queen Marsha Coopersmith, whom Sparaco accused of running the Independence Party like a «family patronage mill.»

Times Union Reporter Bob Gardinier on the job covering the ballot fraud case against Edward McDonough at the Rensselaer County Courthouse in Troy, N.Y. Dec 14, 2012.

In an exhaustive public records search, reporters from the investigative reporting projecdt News21 sent thousands of requests to elections officers in all 50 states, asking for every case of fraudulent activity including registration fraud, absentee ballot fraud, vote buying, false election counts, campaign fraud, casting an ineligible vote, voting twice, voter impersonation fraud and intimidation.