Voter Fraud Convictions in North Dakota, 2016-2020
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| A. Conviction Details | B. Background | C. Potential Election Impact | |
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| 1. | Election Year: 2016 Name: Hannan Yassin Aboubaker Party Affiliation: Party Affiliation is not tracked in North Dakota[1]According to the Cass County Finance Director, in a response to emails on 3/16/2021, North Dakota is the only state in the union without voter registration, and the state does not track the party of … Continue reading Offense and Sentencing: Hannan Yassin Aboubaker pleaded guilty on 11/25/2018 to one misdemeanor count of voting twice in the 2016 election.[2]John Hageman, “Minnesota Woman Pleads Guilty in Rare North Dakota Double Voting Case,” inforum.com, September 25, 2018 Aboubaker “entered an Alford plea, meaning she contends she’s innocent of the crime but admits the prosecution has enough evidence to convict her.”[3]Deena Winter, “Shakopee Woman Pleads Guilty to Voting Twice in 2016 Election,” swnewsmedia.com, October 22, 2018 Aboubaker was placed on six months of probation.[4]Deena Winter, “Shakopee Woman Pleads Guilty to Voting Twice in 2016 Election,” swnewsmedia.com, October 22, 2018 If Aboubaker refrains from committing any crimes during her period of probation, “the guilty plea can be withdrawn, the case dismissed and file sealed under the law.”[5]Deena Winter, “Shakopee Woman Pleads Guilty to Voting Twice in 2016 Election,” swnewsmedia.com, October 22, 2018 | “A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty to voting twice during the 2016 election … According to an incident report included in the court file, [Hannan Yassin] Aboubaker submitted an absentee ballot for the 2016 general election in Minnesota’s Scott County, where Shakopee is located southwest of the Twin Cities, while living in Fargo. She had a friend witness the ballot before sending it in, but later believed that the ballot would be voided because her friend was not a U.S. citizen. Aboubaker then voted at the Fargo Public Library ‘since she believed her absentee ballot for Minnesota was null and void,’ according to the incident report.”[6]John Hageman, “Minnesota Woman Pleads Guilty in Rare North Dakota Double Voting Case,” inforum.com, September 25, 2018 Case Notes: Case Number: Not found[7]In May 2019, two months after successfully completing six months of probation, Aboubaker’s case was likely dismissed and the file sealed due to an Alford Plea agreement. Source: Deena Winter, … Continue reading | Type of Election: Presidential Party Affiliation: Not Found Theoretical Election Effect: 1 illegal vote, party unknown |
| 2. | Election Year: 2016 Name: Dale Monte Larsen Party Affiliation: Party Affiliation is not tracked in North Dakota[8]According to the Cass County Finance Director, in a response to emails on 3/16/2021, North Dakota is the only state in the union without voter registration, and the state does not track the party of … Continue reading Offense and Sentencing: Dale Monte Larsen was charged on 5/11/2017 with one misdemeanor count of voter fraud[9]North Dakota Courts Records Inquiry, “Register of Actions – Case No. 07-2017-CR-00031,” publicsearch.ndcourts.gov, accessed on June2, 2022 for voting twice in the November 2016 election.[10]John Hageman, “Diversion Agreement Reached in Rare North Dakota Voter Fraud Case,” bismarcktribune.com, September 15, 2017 As part of a deal approved by a District Judge on 9/12/2017, Larsen entered a diversion program.[11]John Hageman, “Diversion Agreement Reached in Rare North Dakota Voter Fraud Case,” bismarcktribune.com, September 15, 2017 | “Dale Monte Larsen was charged with voter fraud … for allegedly voting in Burke and Ward counties during the 2016 election. … Larsen told a Burke County deputy sheriff that he started filling out paperwork in Bowbells, the Burke County seat, ‘quite a bit before the election’ but it took too long and he left … He didn’t turn in a ballot and didn’t vote twice, he told Deputy Sheriff Samuel Mueller. But information from auditors in Ward and Burke counties showed Larsen ‘was allowed to vote in Burke County by absentee ballot and voted in person in Kenmare,’ which is in Ward County.”[12]John Hageman, “Diversion Agreement Reached in Rare North Dakota Voter Fraud Case,” bismarcktribune.com, September 15, 2017 Case Notes: State of North Dakota v. Dale Monte Larsen Case Number: 07-2017-CR-00031 Court Records | Type of Election: Presidential Party Affiliation: Not Found Theoretical Election Effect: 1 illegal vote, party unknown |
References
| ↑1, ↑8 | According to the Cass County Finance Director, in a response to emails on 3/16/2021, North Dakota is the only state in the union without voter registration, and the state does not track the party of the voter. |
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| ↑2, ↑6 | John Hageman, “Minnesota Woman Pleads Guilty in Rare North Dakota Double Voting Case,” inforum.com, September 25, 2018 |
| ↑3, ↑4, ↑5 | Deena Winter, “Shakopee Woman Pleads Guilty to Voting Twice in 2016 Election,” swnewsmedia.com, October 22, 2018 |
| ↑7 | In May 2019, two months after successfully completing six months of probation, Aboubaker’s case was likely dismissed and the file sealed due to an Alford Plea agreement. Source: Deena Winter, “Shakopee Woman Pleads Guilty to Voting Twice in 2016 Election,” swnewsmedia.com, October 22, 2018 |
| ↑9 | North Dakota Courts Records Inquiry, “Register of Actions – Case No. 07-2017-CR-00031,” publicsearch.ndcourts.gov, accessed on June2, 2022 |
| ↑10, ↑11, ↑12 | John Hageman, “Diversion Agreement Reached in Rare North Dakota Voter Fraud Case,” bismarcktribune.com, September 15, 2017 |