Mobile woman accused of election fraud, forging signature of incapacitated man
DA Keith Blackwood says anyone caught breaking election laws will be prosecuted.
Ariel Mallory | Oct. 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM EDTMOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile woman has been indicted for allegedly committing election fraud in Mobile County.
Michele Toomey, 54, is facing
two felonies and a misdemeanor.
According to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office, Toomey forged the signature of a man who was incapacitated.
The alleged crime happened at a nursing home she’s employed at, officials say.
DA Keith Blackwood says anyone caught breaking election laws will be prosecuted.
“The idea someone can just fill out paperwork for somebody else who can’t even consent to that and then try to vote for them, that’s not free and fair,” Blackwood said. “In a case where we think election laws were broken, we’re gonna pursue that. We’re gonna prosecute it. I think most people in Mobile County want to have a free and fair election.”
Blackwood says this is the first possible case of election fraud in Mobile County.
According to the indictment, on September 26, Toomey tried to obtain an absentee ballot by filling out a ballot application form.
Blackwood says the form was for a resident at the nursing home, who could not give consent.
“Ms. Toomey filled out the voter application form and then used the victim’s hand, with a pen in it, to draw an x on the signature line. And then submitted that to probate court in an effort to receive a ballot, an absentee ballot, for this incapacitated victim,” Blackwood explained.
Blackwood says the victim was ruled ineligible to vote by probate court because of his incapacity. . . .
https://www.fox10tv.com/2024/10/28/mobile-woman-accused-election-fraud-forging-signature-incapacitated-man/
