Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Andrew Santoli called 56-year-old James Saunders’ actions “purposeful, intentional and cavalier” in handing down the sentence.
Records showed that Saunders also illegally voted twice in the 2014 and 2016 general elections, but prosecutors said they could not charge him for those votes because the statute of limitations had passed.
Saunders told Sweeney during the hearing that he earned a salary of about $135,000 per year in the eight years he worked for the IRS, before leaving the workforce in 2018 and living off the trust fund. Martin argued that the U.S. Constitution has said that each state governs and holds its own elections, so elections in Ohio and Florida are not “the same election.” He pointed to Florida’s election law, which says that no person can “vote two ballots in any election in Florida or any other state” and that, because Ohio’s lawmakers were not as specific, the law only applied to Ohio’s election.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Sentencing for Shaker Heights attorney guilty of election fraudJames Saunders voted several times in the 2020 and 2022 general elections.
Read more »
EF2 tornado touched down in Warrensville Heights and Bedford Heightshe National Weather Service has now confirmed that at least nine tornados have touched down in Northeast Ohio since late Thursday night.
Read more »
Man, 20, arrested for throwing rocks at his parents Porsche, Mercedes vehicles: Shaker Hts.A Shaker Heights woman, 25, called police when her live-in boyfriend threw items at her, pulled her hair, and punched her as the couple argued over a video he was watching.
Read more »
Compromise proposed to keep Shaker Citizens for Fair Ticketing charter changes off the November ballotThe deal is already in the pipeline for City Council consideration on Monday (Aug. 26).
Read more »
Tens of thousands still without power Sunday afternoon in Greater ClevelandJust in Cuyahoga County, more than 12,000 FirstEnergy customers remained without power Sunday
Read more »