A southwestern Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to illegally collecting four early voting ballots in the 2020 primary election was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years probation.
" law that makes it illegal to possess someone else’s mail ballots unless they are a family member, housemate or caregiver to the voter.
Fuentes collected the four early voting ballots from acquaintances in San Luis, and gave them to co-defendant Alma Juarez while working a table outside a polling place where she was urging people to vote for a slate of city council candidates. Juarez carried them inside and put them in a ballot drop-off bin.Juarez pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a plea agreement with prosecutors that called for her to get probation.
Nelson noted the small-town politics in the case and years of rumors that people like Fuentes collected ballots from voters and delivered them to the polls.
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