明尼苏达州一名女性因投票舞弊而认罪, 提交了她死去母亲的选票, A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty to voting fraud by submitting her dead mother’s ballot, citing grief after losing both parents in 2024.

一名51岁的明尼苏达州妇女Danielle Christine Javorina对选民欺诈表示认罪,因为她母亲于2024年8月去世后,以其已故母亲的名字提交了缺席选票。 A 51-year-old Minnesota woman, Danielle Christine Javorina, pleaded guilty to voter fraud for submitting an absentee ballot in her deceased mother’s name after her mother died in August 2024. 选举官员在对选民名册和死亡记录进行交叉核对之后发现了欺诈行为,披露选票是9月份邮寄的。 Election officials detected the fraud after cross-checking voter rolls with death records, revealing the ballot was mailed in September. Javorina承认自己是她母亲选票上的证人,而她母亲是她自己的证人,她被判处最多三年的监护缓刑、885美元的罚款、补偿、心理评估,并被要求阅读一本关于投票的书和写一篇10页的关于民主的文章。 Javorina, who admitted to listing herself as the witness on her mother’s ballot and her mother as the witness on her own, was sentenced to up to three years of supervised probation, an $885 fine, restitution, a psychological evaluation, and required to read a book on voting and write a 10-page essay on democracy. 根据认罪求情协议取消了另外两项指控。 Two additional charges were dropped under a plea agreement. 她的辩护在2024年失去双亲后援引了精神痛苦,专家指出这类案件极为罕见,没有证据表明普遍存在选民欺诈行为。 Her defense cited emotional distress after losing both parents in 2024, and experts note such cases are extremely rare, with no evidence of widespread voter fraud.