With just one month left until election day, a major voter fraud case has emerged in the key swing state of Michigan. Three election officials and four voters have been indicted on serious charges of casting multiple votes and encouraging others to do the same during the August primary, as announced by the state’s attorney general last Friday.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel stated that initially, the four voters are accused of casting multiple votes during the primary on August 6th, while three assistant clerks are charged with knowingly facilitating the acts and tampering with election records to cover it up. All seven suspects reside in St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, a suburb of Detroit.
According to Nessel, instances of multiple voting are extremely rare, and the three election officials are alleged to have knowingly allowed such misconduct, potentially altering the state’s list of eligible voters to conceal the truth. The four voters are individually facing felony charges of multiple voting. They first voted by mail-in ballot and then falsely claimed at the polling stations on election day that they had not received their absentee ballots, successfully allowing them to vote again.
Nessel further stated that the offenses the seven defendants are charged with are felonies, each carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison. It remains unclear whether the defendants acted independently or were instructed by others, as well as the motive behind the crimes. The attorney general’s office has identified two of the seven defendants as registered Democrats.
The indicted assistant clerks, 73-year-old Patricia Guciardo and 42-year-old Emily McClintock, are each facing charges of falsifying election results or records, falsifying absentee voting and personal voting, and falsifying multiple voting.
Another assistant clerk, 31-year-old Molly Brasure, is facing two charges of falsifying election statement forms or records, two charges of falsifying absentee voting and personal voting, and a charge of facilitating multiple voting by voters.
In addition, the four indicted voters are: 68-year-old Frank Prezzato, 56-year-old Stacy Kramer, 44-year-old Douglas Kempkins Jr., and 62-year-old Geneva O’Day, each facing a felony charge of multiple voting.
The investigation of this case was initially conducted by Peter Lucido, the county prosecutor of Macomb County, who chose not to file criminal charges. However, the attorney general’s office took over the case, reviewing voting records, police reports, conducting interviews with election inspectors in the area, and analyzing the timeframe during which the list of eligible voters was altered.
According to the average of polling data from RealClearPolitics, the support rates for Trump and Harris in Michigan are within 1 or 2 percentage points in most polls.