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\ , It was apparent y the defe'ndants' hope that using "real" names and addresses
would allow the fraudulent activity to go undetected.
Based on the facts uncovered during this investigation- I am charging these
individuals with the felony crime of providing false information on a voter
registration, a violation ~f RCW 9A.84.130(1), as follows:
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Clifton
Mitchell
2 Counts
64 registrations
Tina
7 Counts
Johnson
353 registrations
Jayson 7 Counts
Woods
353 registrations
Ryan Olson 2 Counts 93 registrations
Robert
Greene
1 Count
45 registrations
Kendra Thill 1 Count 36 registrations
Briana
1 felony count: accomplice to filing all
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registrations and one misdemeanor count of
Making a False Statement to a Public Official.
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The investigation also confirmed additional fraudulent registrations' submitted in
Pierce County by Jayson Woods and Tina Johnson. After consulting with the Pierce
County Prosecutor, I am charging these two individuals with an additional count '
each of providing false information on a voter registration based on their actions in ,
Pierce County. .
Under state law, providing false information on a voter registration is Class C
felony. While the maximum possible sentence is five years, the standard range is
from zero to 365 days in jail.
In the course of this investigation we also looked closely at the whether criminal
charges against ACORN as a corporate entity were appropriate.
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In the end, we have determined that there is insufficient evidence to ponclude that
the actions of ACORN's employees were intended'to benefit ACORN.
In fact, it appears that the employees of ACORN ,were not performing the work that
they were being paid for, and to some extent, ACORN is a victim of employee theft.
This does not mean, however. that ACORN was entirely blameless in this matter.
We believe that ACORN's internal quality control procedures were not just deficient
but entirely non-existent when it came to the latter stages of their operation in
Tacoma. .
ACORN's negligent oversight of the Tacoma voter registration operation subjects
them to potential. Civil liability and led to our negotiations with them to recover
damages and ensure that such negligence would not be repeated in Washington
State.
http://www.metrokc.gov/proatty/news/2007Noter%20Registration%20Statement.htm 9/23/2008