{"id":8631,"date":"2023-04-19T18:53:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/?page_id=8631"},"modified":"2023-04-19T18:53:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:53:03","slug":"virginia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/voter-fraud-convictions-since-2016\/virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Voter Fraud Convictions in Virginia, 2016-2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/voter-fraud-convictions-since-2016\/#summary-chart-2016-2020-voter-fraud-convictions-by-state\">Return to the Voter Fraud Convictions Summary Chart<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table centerheader is-style-regular statestable\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th>A.<br>Conviction Details<\/th><th>B.<br>Background<\/th><th>C.<br>Potential Election Impact<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2020<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Jonathan Meade West, Sr<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Self identifies as &#8220;conservative&#8221; but no party affiliation found<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Melany Slaughter, &#8220;Voter Fraud Case Ends in District Court,&#8221; gazettejournal.net, January 27, 2021.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"> Virginia does not register voters by party affiliation, according to the Virginia Department of Elections in an email response on 7\/12\/2021<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Jonathan Meade West, Sr was convicted on 1\/14\/2021<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Gloucester General District Court, Case #: GC20004707-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> of one reduced &#8220;misdemeanor charge of obtaining services by false pretense after being charged with attempting to vote twice in the 2020 presidential election.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Melany Slaughter, &#8220;Voter Fraud Case Ends in District Court,&#8221; gazettejournal.net, January 27, 2021<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Reduced from a felony charge, West was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and a $500 fine plus associated costs.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Gloucester General District Court, Case #: GC20004707-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;Jonathan Meade West, Sr., of Hayes, was charged with a felony for attempting to cast two ballots in the 2020 general election. West first voted absentee at the Gloucester County Voter Register&#8217;s office. He then returned four days later and tried to cast a second ballot. He was stopped from casting a second ballot when the election worker checked his information using a back-up to the VERIS (Virginia Election Registration Information System) system since it was not working that day.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Heritage Foundation, &#8220;Voter Fraud Report: Jonathan Meade West Sr.,&#8221; heritage.org, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> &#8220;West \u2026 [mentioned] about &#8216;the left&#8217; cheating in the election and that he was an &#8216;unabashed conservative&#8217; and simply wanted to make sure that the process was working.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Melany Slaughter, &#8220;Voter Fraud Case Ends in District Court,&#8221; gazettejournal.net, January 27, 2021<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jonathan Meade West, Sr.<\/em><br>Case Number: GC20004707-00<br><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VA-West-Johnathan-disposition.pdf\">Arrest Warrant<\/a><\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>Presidential<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Not Found<br><br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>1 illegal vote, party unknown<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2018<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Richard Douglas Dohmen<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Party affiliation is not tracked in Virginia<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia does not register voters by party affiliation, according to the Virginia Department of Elections in an email response on 7\/12\/2021<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Richard Douglas Dohmen pleaded guilty on 6\/6\/2019 to one felony count of making a false statement on a required form, in relation to an offense committed on 10\/19\/2018.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Williamsburg\/James City County Circuit Court, Case #: CR19028448-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> One felony charge of forgery was dismissed.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Williamsburg\/James City County Circuit Court, Case #: CR19028447-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Dohmen was sentenced to one year imprisonment, suspended for one year, three years of unsupervised probation, and $458 costs.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Williamsburg\/James City County Circuit Court, Case #: CR19028448-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;After he [Richard Douglas Dohmen] tried to cast ballots for himself and his dead wife in the 2018 elections, a U.S. Army veteran has been indicted on charges of voter fraud \u2026 At 2:23 p.m. Oct. 24 [2018], the James City County Voter Registrar\u2019s office called the James City County Police Department to request an investigation into an allegedly fraudulent absentee voter application,\u2026 An officer visited Dohmen\u2019s home,\u2026 Dohmen told him he had filled out the absentee ballot in his dead wife\u2019s name to cast a second vote during the election.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"> Steve Roberts, Jr, &#8220;Court Docs: James City Man Indicted on Voter Fraud Charges,&#8221; dailypress.com, April 9, 2019<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>Commonwealth of Virginia v. Richard Douglas Dohmen<\/em><br>Case Number: CR19028448-00 (false statement)<br>Case Number: CR19028447-00 (forgery)<\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>Absentee Ballot Application before the 2018 Midterms<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Not Found<br><br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2018<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Roberta Lucia Marciano<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Campaign Staffer for a Republican Congressmember<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">13News Now Staff, &#8220;Former Scott Taylor Campaign Staffer Pleads Guilty to Election Charge,&#8221; 13newsnow.com, September 24, 2020<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Roberta Lucia Marciano pleaded guilty on 9\/24\/2020 to one misdemeanor count of neglect of election duties in relation to an offense committed on 5\/31\/2018; the charge was reduced from a felony charge of election fraud &#8211; making false statements, one further misdemeanor charge of neglect was dismissed.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR20000530-01,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022 and Virginia Judiciary,&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_14');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Marciano was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, one year of unsupervised probation, and a $1,000 fine plus $267 in costs.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR20000530-01,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022 and Virginia Judiciary,&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_15');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;Roberta Marciano pleaded guilty Thursday [9\/24\/2020] to woeful neglect of election duties, admitting to signing two election petitions that included forged names. The petitions were part of a behind-the-scenes effort by staffers from [Scott] Taylor\u2019s failed 2018 reelection bid. They aimed to get a third-party spoiler candidate on the ballot to hurt Taylor\u2019s Democratic opponent, now-Rep. Elaine Luria (D).&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[16]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Meagan Flynn, \u201cSecond Former Taylor Campaign Staffer Pleads Guilty to 2018 Election Fraud in VA.,\u201d washingtonpost.com, September 24, 2020<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> &#8220;Marciano worked on the re-election effort for the Republican in the 2nd Congressional District.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[17]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">13News Now Staff, &#8220;Former Scott Taylor Campaign Staffer Pleads Guilty to Election Charge,&#8221; 13newsnow.com, September 24, 2020<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_17', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>Commonwealth of Virginia v. Roberta Lucia Marciano<\/em><br>Case Number: CR20000530-00 and CR20000530-01<\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>Ballot Petition<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Republican Campaign Staffer<br><br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2018<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Lauren Victoria Creekmore, also known as Lauren Peabody<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Campaign Staffer for a Republican Congressmember<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[18]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Jane Harper, \u201cSecond Former Scott Taylor Campaign Staffer Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud,\u201d pilotonline.com, September 24, 2020<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Lauren Victoria Creekmore pleaded guilty on 3\/3\/2020 to one misdemeanor count of neglect of election duties in relation to an offense committed on 5\/31\/2018; the charge was reduced from a felony charge of election fraud &#8211; making false statements, one further felony charge of election fraud was dismissed.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[19]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR19001247-01,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022 and Virginia Judiciary,&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_19');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Creekmore was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, one year of unsupervised probation, and a $1,000 fine plus $257 in costs.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_20');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_20');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[20]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_20\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR19001247-01,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_20').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_20', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;A former campaign staffer for [Republican] ex-Congressman Scott Taylor pleaded guilty this morning [3\/3\/2020] to a misdemeanor election crime and was fined $1,000 for her part in a 2018 scandal that likely contributed to the congressman losing re-election that year. Lauren Creekmore Peabody pleaded guilty to willful neglect of an election duty,\u2026 Peabody was one of several members of Taylor\u2019s Virginia Beach campaign staff who collected and submitted petition signatures in an effort to get a spoiler candidate added to the 2nd Congressional District ballot in 2018. \u2026 But separate investigations by The Virginian-Pilot, WHRO Public Media and state Democrats showed that dozens of the signatures listed on the pages turned in by Taylor\u2019s staff had been forged. At least four of the people named were dead.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_21');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_21');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[21]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_21\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Jane Harper, &#8220;Campaign Staffer for Former Rep. Scott Taylor Pleads Guilty in Petition Scandal,&#8221; pilotonline.com, March 3, 2020<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_21').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_21', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>Commonwealth of Virginia v. Lauren Victoria Creekmore<\/em><br>Case Number: CR19001247-01 and CR19001247-00<\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>Ballot Petition<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Republican Campaign Staffer<br><br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2018<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Heather Danielle Guillot<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Campaign Staffer for a Republican Congressmember<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_22');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_22');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_22\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[22]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_22\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Angela Bohon, &#8220;Former Staffer With Scott Taylor\u2019s Campaign Pleads Guilty in Relation to Election Fraud,&#8221; wtkr.com, March 30, 2021<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_22').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_22', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Heather Guillot pleaded guilty on 3\/30\/2021 to one misdemeanor count of neglect of election duties in relation to an offense committed on 5\/31\/2018; the charge was reduced from a felony charge of election fraud &#8211; making false statements.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_23');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_23');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_23\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[23]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_23\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR20001198-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on June 7, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_23').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_23', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Guillot was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, one year of unsupervised probation, and a $1,000 fine plus $257 in costs.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_24');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_24');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_24\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[24]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_24\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR20001198-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on June 7, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_24').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_24', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;Heather Guillot pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of a misdemeanor of willful neglect of election duties. \u2026 Guillot is one of three staffers charged in a petition scandal during former Congressman Taylor\u2019s campaign. Members of Taylor&#8217;s staff were accused in gathering false signatures on petitions for a third party candidate, Shaun Brown. Court documents allege the signatures were part of a re-election campaign strategy to allegedly split Democratic votes against Elaine Luria. In court, Guillot admitted that she did not witness the signing of at least one of those petitions.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_25');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_25');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_25\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[25]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_25\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_25').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_25', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>Commonwealth of Virginia v. Heather Danielle Guillot<\/em><br>Case Number: CR20001198-00<\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>Ballot Petition<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Republican Campaign Staffer<br><br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2017<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Cassandra Amber-Marie Ritter<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Party affiliation is not tracked in Virginia<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_25');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_25');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_25\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[25]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_25\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia does not register voters by party affiliation, according to the Virginia Department of Elections in an email response on 7\/12\/2021<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_25').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_25', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Cassandra Amber-Marie Ritter pleaded guilty on 6\/11\/2018 to one felony count of knowingly voting while not qualified [voting after being convicted of a felony] in relation to an offense committed on 11\/07\/2017.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_26');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_26');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_26\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[26]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_26\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Frederick Circuit Court, Case #: CR18000013-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_26').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_26', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Ritter was sentenced on the same day to two years imprisonment, suspended for two years, and two years of supervised probation, plus $633 in costs.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_27');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_27');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_27\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[27]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_27\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Frederick Circuit Court, Case #: CR18000013-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_27').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_27', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;In a plea bargain Monday 6\/11\/2018 \u2026 Cassandra Amber Marie Ritter pleaded guilty to voting after being convicted of a felony. \u2026 On Oct. 20 [2017], Ritter, then known as Cassandra Amber Marie Simpson, was convicted \u2026 of heroin distribution \u2026 A little more than two weeks later, Ritter voted at the Round Hill Fire Department, according to Ross Spicer, Frederick County commonwealth\u2019s attorney. Spicer said Rick Miller, the county\u2019s general registrar of voters, then notified his office. Spicer said an investigator interviewed Ritter, who confessed.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_28');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_28');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_28\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[28]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_28\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Evan Goodenow, &#8220;Local Woman Pleads Guilty to Voter Fraud,&#8221; winchesterstar.com, June 12, 2018<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_28').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_28', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>Commonwealth of Virginia v. Cassandra Amber-Marie Ritter<\/em><br>Case Number: CR18000013-00<br><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoterFraud\/VA-Ritter-Court-Documents.pdf\">Indictment and Sentencing Order<\/a><\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>Gubernatorial<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Not Found<br><br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2016<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Andrew J. Spieles<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Former Staffer for a Political Organization Affiliated with the Democratic Party<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_29');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_29');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_29\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[29]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_29\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">United States Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Western District of Virginia, &#8220;Harrisonburg Man Pleads Guilty to Submitting Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms,&#8221; justice.gov, June 20, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_29').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_29', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Andrew J. Spieles pleaded guilty on 6\/20\/2017 to one count of &#8220;knowingly transferring false Virginia Voter Registration Forms,&#8221; in relation to offenses committed in the time leading up to the 2016 general election.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_30');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_30');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_30\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[30]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_30\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">United States Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Western District of Virginia, &#8220;Harrisonburg Man Pleads Guilty to Submitting Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms,&#8221; justice.gov, June 20, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_30').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_30', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Spieles was sentenced to 100 to 120 days imprisonment as part of a plea agreement.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_31');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_31');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_31\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[31]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_31\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">United States Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Western District of Virginia, &#8220;Harrisonburg Man Pleads Guilty to Submitting Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms,&#8221; justice.gov, June 20, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_31').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_31', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;[Andrew J. Spieles] was paid to register area voters during the weeks leading up to the 2016 National Election,\u2026 Spieles admitted that he prepared the false voter registration forms by obtaining the name, age, and address of individuals from &#8216;walk sheets&#8217; provided to him by the Virginia Democratic Party, fabricating a birth date based on the ages listed in the walk sheet, and fabricating the social security numbers. Spieles admitted that he created all 18 fraudulent forms himself and that no one else participated in the crime.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_32');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_32');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_32\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[32]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_32\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">United States Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Western District of Virginia, &#8220;Harrisonburg Man Pleads Guilty to Submitting Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms,&#8221; justice.gov, June 20, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_32').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_32', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>United States of America v. Andrew Spieles<\/em><br>Case Number: 5:17CR00017<br><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoterFraud\/VA\/VA-Spieles-Statement-of-Facts.pdf\">Statement of Facts<\/a><\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>Voter Registration prior to the 2016 Presidential Election<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Former Staffer for a Political Organization Affiliated with the Democratic Party<br> <br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2016<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Mary Patricia Taylor<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Party affiliation is not tracked in Virginia<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_33');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_33');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_33\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[33]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_33\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia does not register voters by party affiliation, according to the Virginia Department of Elections in an email response on 7\/12\/2021<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_33').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_33', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Mary Patricia Taylor was found guilty on 9\/7\/2016 at the Hampton General District Court of one misdemeanor count of communicating false information to impede voters<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_34');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_34');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_34\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[34]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_34\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Hampton General District Court, Case #: GC16016827-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_34').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_34', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> in relation to offenses committed in the run up to a local school board election.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_35');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_35');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_35\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[35]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_35\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Peter Dujardin, &#8220;Hampton Schools Critic Convicted of Election Fraud, fined $300,&#8221; dailypress.com, July 24, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_35').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_35', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Taylor was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and a fine of $1,000.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_36');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_36');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_36\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[36]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_36\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Peter Dujardin, &#8220;Hampton Schools Critic Convicted of Election Fraud, fined $300,&#8221; dailypress.com, July 24, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_36').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_36', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> After appeal, Taylor was found guilty of the same charge by a jury on 7\/17\/2017 at the Hampton Circuit Court and sentenced to a reduced fine of $300 plus $2,668 in associated costs.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_37');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_37');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_37\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[37]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_37\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Hampton Circuit Court, Case #: CR16000965-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_37').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_37', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;A Hampton woman was convicted of election fraud last week &#8211; with a Circuit Court jury finding she intentionally used an incorrect election date on a fictitious campaign website. Mary Patricia Taylor, 57,\u2026 a longtime Hampton School Board activist and critic &#8211; anonymously registered a website in the name of one of the board candidates, Ann Stephens Cherry,\u2026 The website purported to endorse another candidate, Martha Mugler, with the site&#8217;s green and white coloring reminiscent of Mugler&#8217;s campaign materials. \u2026 Though it was legal to register the site in Cherry&#8217;s name and mock Mugler, prosecutors said Taylor broke state election law by announcing a May 10 voting date &#8211; a week past the real May 3 date.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_38');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_38');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_38\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[38]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_38\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Peter Dujardin, &#8220;Hampton Schools Critic Convicted of Election Fraud, fined $300,&#8221; dailypress.com, July 24, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_38').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_38', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>Commonwealth of Virginia v. Mary Patricia Taylor<\/em><br>Case Number: GC16016827-00 [Hampton General District Court]<br>Case Number: CR16000965-00 [Hampton Circuit Court]<\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>School Board<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Not Found<br><br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9.<\/td><td><strong>Election Year:<\/strong> 2016<br><strong>Name:<\/strong> Vafalay Browne Massaquoi<br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong> Not Found, but staff member for an advocacy group aligned with the Democratic Party<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_39');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_39');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_39\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[39]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_39\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">NBC Washington, &#8220;Man Charged With Filing Fake Voter Registration Applications in Va.,&#8221; nbcwashington.com, October 28, 2016<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_39').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_39', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_40');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_40');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_40\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[40]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_40\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Virginia does not register voters by party affiliation, according to the Virginia Department of Elections in an email response on 7\/12\/2021<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_40').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_40', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Offense and Sentencing:<\/strong><br>Vafalay Browne Massaquoi pleaded guilty on 1\/12\/2017<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_41');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_41');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_41\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[41]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_41\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Rachel Weiner, &#8220;Man Admits Trying to Register Fake Voters for Virginia Progressive Group,&#8221; washingtonpost.com, January 12, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_41').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_41', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> to two felony counts of forging a public record and one felony count of election fraud,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_42');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_42');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_42\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[42]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_42\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Mary Ann Barton, &#8220;Alexandria Resident Found Guilty of Voter Registration Fraud,&#8221; patch.com, January 12, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_42').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_42', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> in relation to offenses committed in spring 2016.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_43');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_43');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_43\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[43]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_43\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">NBC Washington, &#8220;Man Charged With Filing Fake Voter Registration Applications in Va.,&#8221; nbcwashington.com, October 28, 2016<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_43').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_43', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> For each count, Massaquoi was sentenced to five years in jail, suspended for five years, to run concurrently, with 90 days credit for time served, plus 500 hours of community service.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_44');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_44');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_44\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[44]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_44\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Mary Ann Barton, &#8220;Alexandria Resident Found Guilty of Voter Registration Fraud,&#8221; patch.com, January 12, 2017<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_44').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_44', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/td><td>&#8220;In spring 2016, [Vafalay Browne] Massaquoi was registering new voters as an employee of the New Virginia Majority, an advocacy group aligned with the Democratic party. According to the Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney, Massaquoi fabricated applications and used fake names to fill out the registration forms. \u2026 The fake applications were filed with the Alexandria Office of the General Registrar, who reported the issue to Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Bryan Porter. Porter said while the false applications were filed, no illegal votes were cast in this case.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_45');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8631_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_45');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_45\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[45]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_45\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">NBC Washington, &#8220;Man Charged With Filing Fake Voter Registration Applications in Va.,&#8221; nbcwashington.com, October 28, 2016<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_45').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8631_1_45', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><br><br><strong>Case Notes:<\/strong><br><em>Commonwealth of Virginia v. Vafalay Browne Massaquoi<\/em><br>Case Number: GC16003534-00, GC16003535-00, GC16003536-00, and GC16003538-00<\/td><td><strong>Type of Election:<\/strong><br>Voter Registration<br><br><strong>Party Affiliation:<\/strong><br>Not Found, but staff member for an advocacy group aligned with the Democratic Party<br><br><strong>Theoretical Election Effect:<\/strong><br>No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/the2020election\/voter-fraud-convictions-since-2016\/#summary-chart-2016-2020-voter-fraud-convictions-by-state\">Return to the Voter Fraud Convictions Summary Chart<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_8631_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_8631_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_8631_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_8631_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Melany Slaughter, &#8220;Voter Fraud Case Ends in District Court,&#8221; gazettejournal.net, January 27, 2021.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"> Virginia does not register voters by party affiliation, according to the Virginia Department of Elections in an email response on 7\/12\/2021<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_3');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_5');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Gloucester General District Court, Case #: GC20004707-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_4');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_7\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_7');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Melany Slaughter, &#8220;Voter Fraud Case Ends in District Court,&#8221; gazettejournal.net, January 27, 2021<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_6');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_6\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Heritage Foundation, &#8220;Voter Fraud Report: Jonathan Meade West Sr.,&#8221; heritage.org, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_8\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_8');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_25\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_25');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>25,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_33\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_33');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>33,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_40\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_40');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>40<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia does not register voters by party affiliation, according to the Virginia Department of Elections in an email response on 7\/12\/2021<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_9\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_9');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_11\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_11');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Williamsburg\/James City County Circuit Court, Case #: CR19028448-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_10');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_10\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Williamsburg\/James City County Circuit Court, Case #: CR19028447-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 9, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_12');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_12\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>12<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"> Steve Roberts, Jr, &#8220;Court Docs: James City Man Indicted on Voter Fraud Charges,&#8221; dailypress.com, April 9, 2019<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_13\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_13');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>13,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_17\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_17');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>17<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">13News Now Staff, &#8220;Former Scott Taylor Campaign Staffer Pleads Guilty to Election Charge,&#8221; 13newsnow.com, September 24, 2020<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_14\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_14');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>14,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_15\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_15');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>15<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR20000530-01,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022 and Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR20000530-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_16');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_16\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>16<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Meagan Flynn, \u201cSecond Former Taylor Campaign Staffer Pleads Guilty to 2018 Election Fraud in VA.,\u201d washingtonpost.com, September 24, 2020<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_18');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_18\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>18<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Jane Harper, \u201cSecond Former Scott Taylor Campaign Staffer Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud,\u201d pilotonline.com, September 24, 2020<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_19');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_19\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>19<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR19001247-01,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022 and Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR19001247-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_20');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_20\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>20<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR19001247-01,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_21');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_21\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>21<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Jane Harper, &#8220;Campaign Staffer for Former Rep. Scott Taylor Pleads Guilty in Petition Scandal,&#8221; pilotonline.com, March 3, 2020<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_22');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_22\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>22<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Angela Bohon, &#8220;Former Staffer With Scott Taylor\u2019s Campaign Pleads Guilty in Relation to Election Fraud,&#8221; wtkr.com, March 30, 2021<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_23\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_23');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>23,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_24\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_24');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>24<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Case #: CR20001198-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on June 7, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_26\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_26');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>26,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_27\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_27');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>27<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Virginia Judiciary, Online Case Information System 2.0, &#8220;Frederick Circuit Court, Case #: CR18000013-00,&#8221; eapps.courts.state.va.us, accessed on May 10, 2022<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8631_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8631_1_28');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8631_1_28\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>28<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Evan Goodenow, &#8220;Local Woman Pleads Guilty to Voter Fraud,&#8221; 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