Janice Lee Hart CONVICTED: 2015 – Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots
Janice Lee Hart pleaded guilty to eight misdemeanor counts of attempted absentee ballot fraud in connection with misconduct while working on the 2013 campaign for District 2 City Commissioner Amos Newsome. Prosecutors charged that Hart was not present when absentee ballots were signed even though she was listed as a witness on the ballots. In the election, Newsome defeated his challenger by only 14 votes and received 119 out of the 124 absentee ballots cast. A judge sentenced Hart to 12 months in the county jail for each count, which he suspended to two years of probation for each count. (http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/crime_court/guilty-plea-entered-in-vote-fraudcase/article_c5d6055e-9b6a-11e4-a7da-67f4d325bbc6.html)
(H/T: Heritage)
