SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The wife of a northwestern Iowa county supervisor was convicted Tuesday of a scheme to stuff the ballot box in her husband’s unsuccessful race for a Republican nomination to run for Congress in 2020.
Woodbury County election officials became aware of possible voter fraud in September 2020, when two Iowa State University students from Sioux City requested absentee ballots, only to learn ballots had already been cast in their name.
When processing absentee ballots on election night, election workers notified Gill that the handwriting on a number of them appeared to be similar.
Most voter fraud cases involve one voter casting a single ballot in another person’s name, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Evans, who helped prosecute Taylor’s case.
“Despite what’s in the media, voter fraud is extremely rare,” Evans said.
Persons:
Kim Taylor, Prosecutors, Taylor, Jeremy Taylor, Ron Timmons, Montgomery Brown, Brown didn’t, Pat Gill, Gill, Richard Evans, Taylor’s, ” Evans, “
Organizations:
SIOUX, Republican, Sioux City Journal, Iowa House, Iowa’s, of Supervisors, U.S, Associated Press, Iowa State University, Sioux
Locations:
SIOUX CITY , Iowa, Iowa, Vietnam, Woodbury County, Sioux City