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Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud
Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud An Atlantic City councilman who was accused last year of assaulting his wife and endangering his daughter was busted by federal authorities for voter and unemployment fraud. MD Hossain Morshed, 49, a Democrat who represents the city’s Fourth Ward, was charged in a complaint unsealed Friday, March 17, in U.S. District Court in Camden. Morshed falsified voter registrations, lied to the FBI and filed bogus unemployment benefit claims with the state, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. According to Sellinger, Morshed gave a prospective voter in the June 2019 primary a pre-filled voter regi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Voter Fraud Charges For 2 Pennsylvanian Women Accused Of Voting As Their Dead Moms Voter Fraud Charges For 2 Pennsylvanian Women Accused Of Voting As Their Dead Moms
Voter Fraud Charges For 2 Pennsylvanian Women Accused Of Voting As Their Dead Moms Two women from the Philadelphia area are facing voter fraud charges after allegedly voting as their deceased mothers on mail-in ballots in the 2020 general election, according to officials. Danielle Elaine Dooner, 56 of Furlong, and Melissa Ann Fisher, 51 of Quakertown, were charged via summons after an in-depth investigation into potential election fraud in Bucks County, according to authorities. Dooner’s mother died Sep. 29 and Fisher’s mother died Sep. 21 but they completed their mothers' mail-in ballots for the 2020 General Election--foraging their mothers’ signatures--on Oct. 7, accor…

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by Jillian Pikora
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NJ Man Charged With Voter Fraud NJ Man Charged With Voter Fraud
NJ Man Charged With Voter Fraud A Hunterdon County man was arrested for pretending to be someone else on a mail-in ballot, authorities said Saturday. Brian C. Shilling, 53, of Stockton, "falsely completed the ballot, forging the signature of another certifying the ballot and sending in the fraudulent ballot to the Hunterdon County Board of Elections purporting that it was cast by another," Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael J. Williams said alongside Chief of Detectives Frank R. Crisologo. Shilling was arrested Nov. 5 and charged with third degree fraud in casting a mail-in vote, third degree tamper…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Federal Monitors Stationed At Polling Stations In 2 NJ Counties Federal Monitors Stationed At Polling Stations In 2 NJ Counties
Federal Monitors Stationed At Polling Stations In 2 NJ Counties Federal monitors were stationed in two New Jersey counties to protect voting rights on Election Day. U.S. Justice Department officials on Monday notified officials in Bergen and Middlesex counties that they would be among 44 jurisdictions in 18 states being monitored by representatives of its civil rights division. The monitors focused on compliance with federal voting rights laws, NorthJersey.com reports. National complaints regarding possible violations of federal voting rights were being accepted through the Justice Department's call center at 800-253-3931. Voter fraud was being w…

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by Cecilia Levine