Iowa woman guilty of 52 counts of voter fraud for the benefit of…

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…her Republican husband; husband election not challenged.

The office of the US attorney for the northern district of Iowa said Taylor “perpetrated a scheme to fraudulently generate votes for her husband in the primary election for Iowa’s fourth US congressional district in June 2020.

“After Taylor’s husband lost in the primary, he ran for Woodbury county supervisor … and Taylor again engaged in ballot fraud, causing absentee ballots to be fraudulently requested and cast.

“Taylor submitted or caused others to submit dozens of voter registrations, absentee ballot request forms, and absentee ballots containing false information. Taylor completed and signed voter forms without voters’ permission and told others that they could sign on behalf of relatives who were not present.”

Mr. Taylor won, and was seated (and is still on!) the supervisory board.

Each count carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison – or 260 years in all.

So, what did she get, considering this was an intentional scheme, and Texas gave a 5 year prison sentence to a (Black) woman who cast one, uncounted, provisional ballot because she thought she was eligible and the poll workers she consulted weren’t sure?

Kim Taylor, of Woodbury county, will serve four months in prison and four in home confinement, KTIV, a Sioux City TV station, reported. Subject to two years’ supervised release, Taylor will also pay $5,200.

During sentencing on Monday, Leonard Strand, the judge, said a vastly lighter punishment was correct because of factors including Taylor’s caretaking role for her children and good community standing.

Crystal Mason was a mom too, but Texas didn’t cut her any slack. Anyway, this Iowa woman’s scheme was probably an honest mistake, you know? :RollingEyesSmiley5:

INSBIYAR (It’s not so bad if you’re a Republican).

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But, she's probably a "christian" and has "god on her side" and you can do no wrong when you're doing god's work.

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I'm certain that race could not possibly play any factor in the difference in sentencing between one woman casting a single ballot she was told by authorities was legitimate at the time, versus the other woman willfully casting many multiple illegitimate ballots that direct benefit her. No, not at all an explanation.