According to the Washington Times, four staff members of the Thaddeus McCotter “crew” were charged today with multiple counts of election fraud by Michigan Attorney General, Bill Schuette.

The investigation focused on the improper gathering of signatures required to put the Republican congressman on the Michigan ballot. Of the more than 1,800 signatures his campaign turned in, just a couple hundred were determined to be valid, with many forgeries and copies of previous ballot signatures presented.

Another news source, MIRS news reports,

Don YOWCHUANG, Paul SEEWALD, Mary Melissa TURNBULL and Lorianne O’BRADY are being charged with photocopying 2006 petitions and then turning them in to the Secretary of State as being legitimately collected petitions for the 2012 primary election. There is evidence that the “McCotter crew” may have done something similar as far back as 2008.

Yowchuang, 33, McCotter’s former deputy district director, is facing 17 charges, 10 counts of Election Law forgery, a five-year felony; one county of conspiracy to commit a legal act in an illegal manner, a five-year felony; and six counts of falsely signing a nominating petitions as circulator, a 93-day misdemeanor.
Sewald, 47, McCotter’s district director, is facing one five-year felony for conspiracy to commit a legal act and nine courts of falsely signing a nominating petition, a 93-day misdemeanor.
Turnbull, 58, of Howell, is being charged with one 93-day misdemeanor. O’Brady, 52, was charged with five 93-day misdemeanors of falsely signing signing a nominating petition.

Thaddeus McCotter ran for President for 2012, and as a result of this debacle, resigned in disgrace from the House of Representatives. Kerry Bentivolio won the primary on the Republican side and will face an little known Democrat in November.

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