Shaker Heights attorney, a Trump supporter, tells judge he voted twice in last two elections

[BeckyDem]

Shaker Heights attorney, a Trump supporter, tells judge he voted twice in last two elections by accident

Published: Jul. 13, 2023, 8:00 a.m.


By Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Shaker Heights attorney accused of illegally voting in the last two general elections should be acquitted, in part, because he cast ballots in two states by accident, his attorney argued to a judge.

James Saunders, a 56-year-old former lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service, did not mean to commit a crime when he cast ballots in both Cuyahoga County and Broward County, Florida, counties where he owns property and has been registered to vote since before 2009, his lawyer said during closing arguments Wednesday.


Scott Roger Hurley, an assistant public defender, asked Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Andrew Santoli to “come to a just result here that acknowledges that, yes, mistakes do happen, accidents do happen” and find Saunders not guilty of two felony counts of voter fraud.

Andrew Rogalski, an assistant county prosecutor, said the argument would have been more credible if Saunders had done it just once.

https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2023/07/shaker-heights-attorney-a-trump-supporter-tells-judge-he-voted-twice-in-last-two-elections-by-accident.html


( Yea, he was too stupid to know what he was doing. Leave it to a con whose party is always screaming election fraud. lol)

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Not only is this illegal

it’s an insult to the intelligence of any person reading only the headline.

[BeckyDem]

2. Exactly. n/t

[Tanuki]

3. He's guilty of perjury on top of the original voter fraud.

[stopdiggin]

9. +1. because - as a person trained in the law

and a former sworn officer of the government ...

The 'complexity' of voting regulations (and the maxim: One man, one vote) had the poor man completely turned around.

I'd really like to see something more than a fine and some probation levied here.

[mn9driver]

4. If a GOPer accuses others of doing something illegal...

You can bet they are doing it themselves. The GOP is the very embodiment of hypocrisy and projection.

[Backseat Driver]

5. Jury case, no doubt, and what the H is wrong with that judge!

[efhmc]

6. Love it. Thank you.

[iscooterliberally]

7. But he's so patriotic and really really loves voting so much.

He just can't get enough of it.

[dembotoz]

8. always wondered how hard it would be for a dishonest snowbird to double vote

2 homes 2 tax papers 2 sets of id, utility bills etc
vote absentee site 1 vote in person site 2

i doubt rolls are cross checked

[liberal N proud]

10. This is how republicans know there is election fraud

Because they are the ones committing it!

I volunteered for voter protection on a couple of elections while living in Cleveland. It involved sitting in the poll all day. Each time I did it, the republican on the voting staff would be ugly and try stopping my efforts.
Every time they failed to have me removed.

The republicans never offered provisional ballots to anyone who had problems with their registration.

[Botany]

11. You can not vote twice in the same election "by accident."

Last edited Fri Jul 14, 2023, 05:35 PM - Edit history (1)

Throw the book at this guy. He is a freaking attorney and he damn well knows that he is voting
twice in 2 different states. Will either Florida or Ohio go after him? Please!