WKRP – The Hamilton County Board of Elections is investigating 19 possible cases of alleged voter fraud following months of investigation after the 2012 election.
Twenty-eight subpoenas have been issued as a result of the investigation, which includes 19 Hamilton County voters and nine witnesses who still need to answer questions to satisfy the board.
The board started with 80 suspicious cases and now are down to 19. Officials say the majority of the cases turned out to be simple misunderstandings.
Melowese Richardson, a Madisonville resident, first learned of the allegations when approached by 9 On Your Side reporter Tom McKee Wednesday. Even though she admits to voting twice in the last election, she said the news came as surprise.
“I would think that something this important would come to me first and that I wouldn’t have to be enlightened about this through you,” said Richardson.
According to county documents, Richardson’s absentee ballot was accepted on Nov. 1, 2012 along with her signature. On Nov. 11, she told an official she also voted at a precinct because she was afraid her absentee ballot would not be counted in time.
“There’s absolutely no intent on my part to commit voter fraud,” said Richardson.
According to BOE records, her name appeared on an absentee ballot list prior to Election Day. The board’s report states poll workers should have updated the signature poll book by flagging “absentee voter” next to the names of those who appeared on the list. Upon investigation it was found that none of the voters who appeared on the list were flagged, which included Richardson. The staff could not locate that supplemental list when asked.
Richardson voted at the Madisonville Recreation Center where she worked as a paid worker on Election Day.
She has worked the polls since 1988. Richardson said in her youth she would accompany her mother, who also worked at the polls, even thought she wasn’t old enough to vote at the time.
“I, after registering thousands of people, certainly wanted my vote to count. So, I voted. I voted at the poll,” she said.
The board’s documents also state that Richardson was allegedly disruptive and hid things from other poll workers on Election Day after another female worker reported she was intimated by Richardson.
However, Richardson claims she was the one intimidated while doing her job.“I think I was intimidated because she’s new and wasn’t doing her job very efficiently and like I said, I’ve been working the pools for several years. I let her know how it should have been taken care of,” said Richardson.
During the investigation it was also discovered that her granddaughter, India Richardson, who was a first time voter in the 2012 election, cast two ballots in November.
Documents show when India was contacted on Jan. 17 concerning the two ballots, she denied voting absentee.
She stated, “No, my grandmother filled that out and voted my ballot because she didn’t think I would go do it, but I did. I voted provisionally at my polling place on Election Day,” according to the report.Richardson admitted to sending one of her granddaughter’s ballots in the mail.
“I did let her know that I was getting the absentee ballot for her and sending it in. I had to get her Social Security number for that. I assumed she forgot or was just excited and she went to the polls herself,” said Richardson.
Another claim is absentee ballots for Montez Richardson, Joseph Jones and Markus Barron all came from Richardson’s Whetsel Avenue address were received by the board the same time as Richardson’s and the handwriting on all four of them was similar.
“Markus Barron lives here. Joseph Jones is my brother. He’s here from time-to-time. I am Montez’s power-of-attorney. I voted for her in her absence,” said Richardson.
She said she thought all of the votes were legal. The matter may still wind up before the Hamilton County prosecutor.
“Have they never heard of a simple mistake? Have they never heard of overlooking? Mailing in a ballot or registering to vote at a precinct after you’ve forgotten that you mailed in a ballot?” said Richardson.
Two hearings will take place on Feb. 15 and Feb. 22 where those accused will have a chance to speak. Richardson’s case will be heard on Feb. 22 and she says it’s far from over.
“Absolutely. Absolutely, I’ll fight it for Mr. Obama and for Mr. Obama’s right to sit as president of the United States.”
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Stupid enough to believe herself innocent? Or lots of practice play acting to white America.
RT reports, we decide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negrophilia
These people shouldn’t be voting at all let alone twice or more!
The debate over voting being a right vs a privilege has not been settled. No one is stupid enough to ask the SCOTUS to address the matter.
……autocracy is universal and cannot be repealed, only concealed. Always and everywhere, strong minorities rule weak majorities.
I read that at Unqualified Reservations and it struck a chord with me. In a democracy a weak majority provides a strong minority group greater power. So it is in the elite’s interests to have a majority voting block of multiple cultures/races and lower socio-economic types and general dullards. A democracy where only land owners were allowed to vote would be far harder to manipulate even though it would undoubtedly be a better system.
The original proposal on the table of the Continental Congress was to only allow landed gentry to vote, AKA White Male Land Owners. I would allow now for women and minorities but I would not budge on the Land Owner part. Paying property taxes and having a stake in a community should be far and away be the defining term for which a vote finds purchase.
A perfect example of this surfaced this weekend: I was on my 3rd 5-gallon bucket of trash in my neighborhood (proximity to the bars can be problematic). As is my habit, I proceeded with a full bucket to the back of the 8-apartment building at the end of my street. As I proceeded to dump its contents, I was confronted by one of the residents. He said “You know what you’re doing is illegal.”
I looked at him for a few seconds. A couple of retorts passed through my skull but I thought better of it. It could have escalated pretty easily at that point. I said “I’m cleaning THE NEIGHBORHOOD.”
He gave me an oh well and climbed into his white Durango with the blue Obama 2012 bumper sticker on the back. And here’s the difference between the land owner and the renter, the libertarian and the democrat, the older neighbor and the young idiot: I’m doing something. I’m doing something he should be doing, because their lot normally looks like a fly’s ass. And his only concern is the legality of me dumping.
I rented for 10 years so I can say this: fuckm. Unless you have a dog in the game, you’re watching. Unless you have a dog in the game, you’re along for the ride. Shut up and sit down or you may fall out the window. I don’t think you have an obligation to vote. I think you should seriously consider the fact you might be an idiot before you ever entertain the thought of voting. Because uninformed, ignorant fools have brought to this point in time: the economy is going down the tubes, the Treasury prints more play money than Parker Brothers and Sammie Shitheel’s worried about gay marriage, global warming and gun control. Could there be a bigger disconnect between what’s happening and how they’re governing? (Pretending to govern?)
Or as that numb split-tail Hillary would say “What difference does it make?”
Indeed.