- Democrats coordinated illegal ballot collection scheme in Arizona, say prosecutors
- Sentencing for 2 women who have pleaded guilty, including the former mayor of San Luis, is scheduled for September
Prosecutors say Guillermina Fuentes, a school board member and former mayor in the border city of San Luis, Arizona, used her influential position in local Democrat politics to run a “sophisticated” election ballot crime ring in 2020. She has pleaded guilty in the case, along with an accompilce: Alma Juarez.
Former San Luis, AZ mayor, Guillermina Fuentes, pleaded guilty to voter ballot fraud
Fuentes convinced voters to let her illegally gather and, in some cases fill out their ballots in the 2020 primary, according to prosecutors. Under state law, it’s illegal for anybody except a family member or caregiver to deliver early ballots on behalf of another voter.
Prosecutors gathered evidence that Fuentes was part of a well organized illegal ballot ring, allegedly paying people to give her their ballots in 2016, in addition to the 2020 fraud. Prosecutors allowed Fuentes and Juarez to each plead guilty to far lesser crimes: a single charge of ballot abuse in the 2020 matter.
An ex-employee of Fuentes reportedly told investigators Fuentes paid approximately 50 people for their ballots in the 2016 election. In 2020, video shows Fuentes allegedly giving multiple ballots to...
Fuentes convinced voters to let her illegally gather and, in some cases fill out their ballots in the 2020 primary, according to prosecutors. Under state law, it’s illegal for anybody except a family member or caregiver to deliver early ballots on behalf of another voter.
Prosecutors gathered evidence that Fuentes was part of a well organized illegal ballot ring, allegedly paying people to give her their ballots in 2016, in addition to the 2020 fraud. Prosecutors allowed Fuentes and Juarez to each plead guilty to far lesser crimes: a single charge of ballot abuse in the 2020 matter.
An ex-employee of Fuentes reportedly told investigators Fuentes paid approximately 50 people for their ballots in the 2016 election. In 2020, video shows Fuentes allegedly giving multiple ballots to...