Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Friday that her company had filed criminal charges against three assistant staff and four Michigan residents who supposedly facilitated the unlawful election.
Four St. Clair Shores voters ( Frank Prezzato, Stacy Kramer, Douglas Kempkins Jr., and Geneva O’Day ) face one felony count of double-voting and one count of” Offering to Vote More than Once” after allegedly casting a vote both in person and via absentee, according to Nessel’s office.
According to Nessel’s office, two St. Clair Shores assistant clerks, Patricia Guciardo and Emily McClintock, are “each charged with one count of falsifying election returns or one count of offering to vote more than once,” while another, Molly Brasure, is “affilirated with two counts of falsifying election returns or records and two counts each of offering to vote more than once”
The four voters allegedly made an attempt to cast an absentee ballot in person during the August primary election but were “informed by local poll volunteers that their absentee ballots had already been received,” according to Nessel’s office. Additionally, the Electronic Poll Book revealed that each of the four had already cast an absentee ballot. But Guciardo, McClintock, and Brasure allegedly told the election workers to “override the system warnings and issue in-person ballots”, according to Nessel’s office. Guciardo, McClintock, and Brasure allegedly took steps to mark the “previously issued, voted, and returned absentee ballots as rejected, rather than received”.
Each voter had the opportunity to cast a ballot in person. Nessel’s office says both the in-person and absentee ballots were counted, “resulting in double votes”.
After St. Clair Shores Clerk Abrial Barret brought the alleged fraud to the attention of the Macomb County Clerk, the police department, and the state bureau of elections, the alleged fraud was discovered. The Macomb County prosecutor decided not to file criminal charges in August, but Nessel’s office claims that its investigation gave rise to probable cause to do so.
Nessel claimed that the incident” spreads significant concerns and is unheard of.”
” Doppel voting in Michigan is extremely rare, despite common talking points by those who seek to instill doubt in our electoral process,” Nessel said. There are steps in place to prevent this from occurring, which is why it so rarely happens. These four people were given the opportunity to double vote after a series of events and decisions.
Nationwide, the issue of double-voting is n’t a new phenomenon. Between July 1, 2023 and September 12, the Wisconsin Elections Commission was informed of 30 potential voter fraud cases, according to The Associated Press. Of the 30 referrals, 18 include voters allegedly voting twice, using one absentee in-person ballot and one absentee mail-in ballot. According to the report, eight of the alleged elections took place in Milwaukee County during the spring of 2024 and the spring of 2023. In Kenosha and Douglas counties, additional instances of alleged double-voting were reported.
Additionally, the state reported that felons had registered to cast ballots.
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Brianna Lyman is a correspondent for The Federalist on elections. With a degree in international political economy, Brianna received her degree from Fordham University. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
