{"id":126418,"date":"2022-06-03T14:46:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=126418"},"modified":"2022-06-03T14:46:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:46:28","slug":"guilty-plea-entered-in-arizona-related-to-ballot-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=126418","title":{"rendered":"Guilty plea entered in Arizona related to ballot scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Guillermina Fuentes of Arizona pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of illegally collecting early ballots. She was facing a more serious charge of forgery and conspiracy, which were dropped as a result of her plea agreement for what she ultimately pleaded guilty to.<\/p>\n

From Newsmax: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Fuentes and a second woman were indicted in December 2020 on one count of ballot abuse, a practice commonly known as “ballot harvesting” that was made illegal under a 2016 state law. The conspiracy, forgery and an additional ballot abuse charge against Fuentes were added last October.<\/p>\n

Fuentes said little during a change of plea hearing in southwestern Arizona’s Yuma County on Thursday, just acknowledging the judge’s questions with “yes” as he asked whether she had read and understood the plea agreement.<\/p>\n

Fuentes, a former San Luis mayor who is an elected board member of the Gadsden Elementary School District in San Luis, could be sentenced to up to two years in prison, but that would require a judge to find aggravating circumstances. The plea agreement leaves the sentence up to a judge, who could give her probation, home confinement, and a hefty fine for her admission to illegally collecting and returning four voted ballots.<\/p>\n

Sentencing was set for June 30. She will lose her voting rights and must give up elected office.<\/p>\n

Attorney Anne Chapman said in an email Thursday that she had no comment on the charges against her client.<\/p>\n

But she slammed Arizona’s ballot collection law, saying it impedes minority voters who have historically relied on others to help them vote. She said “this prosecution shows that the law is part of ongoing antidemocratic, statewide, and national voter suppression efforts.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Newsmax has the rest of the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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