2012 election

Two more alleged vote fraud cases sent to prosecutor

Howard Wilkinson — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:20:24 +0000

Two more persons suspected of illegal voting in the November 2012 election were referred to the Hamilton County prosecutor Monday morning by the Hamilton County Board of Elections.

Referred to the prosecutor were Lakeisha M. Watkins, a 41-year-old woman who cast a provisional ballot in Colerain precinct W on election day and then voted in her former precinct, Colerain GG. Board of Elections officials tried to contact the woman and was told that she lives in Boston.

Woman in vote fraud case seeking plea bargain

Howard Wilkinson — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:39:53 +0000

A Madisonville woman charged with eight counts of illegal voting over three elections is seeking a plea bargain with the Hamilton County prosecutor's office.

Melowese Richardson, 58, who was a poll worker at the Madisonville Recreation Center's polling place last fall, appeared in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Thursday morning, where her lawyer, William Gallagher told Judge Robert Ruehlman that he was negotiating plea agreement.

Vote fraud defendant seeks diversion program

Howard Wilkinson — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:00:28 +0000

A 75-year-old Symmes Township man charged with illegally casting an absentee ballot for his deceased wife last fall has asked a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge to place him in a diversion program, thus avoiding jail time.

Russell Glossop was charged with voter fraud after mailing in an absentee for his wife, Betty Ann Glossop, who died on Oct. 1 last year. She had requested an absentee ballot in August. The absentee ballots were not mailed out until Oct. 4, three days after her death.

Glossop is one of three persons charged with voter fraud.

Three indicted in Hamilton County voter fraud case

Ann Thompson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:55:44 +0000

A Hamilton County Grand Jury has indicted three people for allegedly casting illegal votes in this past presidential election.

Melowese Richardson, admitted to WCPO she voted twice and submitted absentee ballots for several other people as well.

Nineteen suspected "double voters" subpoenaed

Howard Wilkinson — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:10:25 +0000

The Hamilton County Board of Elections voted Tuesday to issue subpoenas to 19 voters who are suspected of voting twice in the November election, which could lead to criminal prosecutions.

The board also voted to issue nine subpoenas to people who are not suspected of voting twice but are “fact witnesses,’’ according to Tim Burke, the chairman of the Hamilton County Board of Elections.

Most of the voters being investigated are persons who allegedly voted by absentee ballot and then cast provisional ballots at polling places on election days.