Nine Indicted, Six Arraigned In Voter Fraud Case In Tipton County
Posted on November 6, 2009 at 1:45 pmFrom a press release:
On Monday, November 2, 2009, nine citizens of Tipton County were indicted by the Tipton County Grand Jury for the Class D Felony offenses of illegal Voter Registration and/or Illegal Voting.
The indictments result from a cooperative investigation by and between the State Coordinator of Elections from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office, the Tipton County Election Commission, and the 25th Judicial District Attorney General’s Office and charge the following people with illegally registering to vote and/or illegally voting at various times during the election cycle of 2008, after they were convicted of disqualifying felony offense.
All six defendants appeared Thursday in the Tipton County Circuit Court for arraignment on the charges, upon criminal summonses issued by the Court. Three unnamed defendants have been indicted, but have not yet been served with process or arraigned. Their identities will be released upon proper service and arraignment.
District Attorney General D. Michael Dunavant would like to thank Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett State Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins, and Tipton County Election Administrator Linda. Burnett for their diligent work and cooperation in identifying, investigating and documenting these cases of election fraud in Tipton County.
See the full release with the names of the arraigned and the full list of charges here.
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ACORN?
ACORN keyed my car. I hate them.
I wonder who dropped the ball here. With three different sets of rules regarding how and when and whether felons can register to vote, these people may not have realized they weren’t eligible. Shouldn’t the election commission or secretary of state have caught this mistake when they registered instead of waiting till after the voted to check on this?