Friday, October 26th, 2007
The penalty for voter fraud
According to the State of Washington, voter registration fraud is a felony with severe penalties.
If you knowingly provide false information on this voter registration form or knowingly make a false declaration about your qualifications for voter registration you will have committed a class C felony that is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years, or by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars or both imprisonment and fine. (RCW 29A.08.210)
However, if you commit voter registration fraud in Seattle, here’s what happens, according to the AP (via Northwest Cable News).
SEATTLE - A man who submitted phony voter registration forms in Seattle pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to providing false information and was sentenced to 30 days of detention.
Thirty days of "detention". Does that mean he has to stay after school with the bullies and the kids caught smoking in the boy’s room?

