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Showing Original Post only (View all)Republican Clackamas Co. elections employee Deanna Swenson indicted on ballot tampering charges [View all]
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http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2012/11/former_clackamas_county_electi.htmlBy Yuxing Zheng, The Oregonian- Nov 29, 2012
OREGON CITY -- A Clackamas County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Deanna Swenson, 55, on charges of ballot tampering.
Swenson, a part-time temporary elections employee and a registered Republican, allegedly filled in down-ballot races left blank to cast additional votes for Republicans.
Swenson, a Beavercreek resident, is charged with two counts each of unlawfully altering a cast ballot, unlawfully voting more than once and first-degree official misconduct.
State investigators said they believe Swenson acted alone and found no evidence others were involved.
Jeff Manning, spokesman for the state Department of Justice, declined to specify the number of ballots Swenson is suspected of altering. .....
Swenson, a part-time temporary elections employee and a registered Republican, allegedly filled in down-ballot races left blank to cast additional votes for Republicans.
Swenson, a Beavercreek resident, is charged with two counts each of unlawfully altering a cast ballot, unlawfully voting more than once and first-degree official misconduct.
State investigators said they believe Swenson acted alone and found no evidence others were involved.
Jeff Manning, spokesman for the state Department of Justice, declined to specify the number of ballots Swenson is suspected of altering. .....
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Republican Clackamas Co. elections employee Deanna Swenson indicted on ballot tampering charges [View all]
Coyotl
Dec 2012
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Willamette Week: State Indicts Clackamas County Elections Worker for Ballot Tampering
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#1
This was on local T-V broadcasts, w/a real sob story instead of a Tea Party activist story. Coached?
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#3
what? someone pulled the ballot from her hand while she was altering it & she says she
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#18
Business Journal: Clackamas County election worker indicted in ballot altering case
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#4