Voter Fraud Convictions in Kansas, 2016-2020

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	A. Conviction Details	B. Background	C. Potential Election Impact
1.	Election Year: 2019 Name: Steven Charles Watkins, Jr, also known as Steven Watkins Party Affiliation: Republican[1]Ballotpedia, “Steve Watkins,” ballotpedia.org, accessed on June 2, 2022 Offense and Sentencing: Steven Charles Watkins, Jr was charged on 7/14/2020 with one felony count each of voting while not being qualified, knowingly voting or transmitting more than one advanced ballot, and interference with a law enforcement officer – providing false information, as well as one misdemeanor count of failure to provide notice of a change of address or name, in relation to offences committed during the November 2019 City Council elections in Topeka, Kansas.[2]KS Third Judicial District Court Public Access, “Public Access Case Notes – Case Number: 2020-CR-001356,” public.shawneecourt.org, accessed on May 31, 2022 As part of a plea deal,[3]Andrew Bahl, “Former Congressman Steve Watkins Agrees to Diversion Deal, Could Avoid Prosecution,” cjonline.com, March 2, 2021 on 3/1/2021 Watkins entered a diversion program and was fined $250; on 12/6/2021, after successful completion of the diversion program, the charges against Watkins were dismissed.[4]KS Third Judicial District Court Public Access, “Public Access Case Notes – Case Number: 2020-CR-001356,” public.shawneecourt.org, accessed on May 31, 2022	“Former Congressman Steve Watkins … was charged last year for allegedly voting in the wrong Topeka City Council race after listing a UPS Store as his voting address. He also was charged with interfering with law enforcement after he allegedly lied to a Shawnee County detective who was investigating the case. … As part of the deal with [Shawnee County District Attorney Mike] Kagay’s office, Watkins stipulated to the facts of the case, including an acknowledgment that he lied when he told a detective he did not vote in the city council race.”[5]Andrew Bahl, “Former Congressman Steve Watkins Agrees to Diversion Deal, Could Avoid Prosecution,” cjonline.com, March 2, 2021 Case Notes: State of Kansas v. Steven Charles Watkins, Jr Case Number: 2020-CR-001356 Court Records	Type of Election: City Council Party Affiliation: Republican Theoretical Election Effect: No effect on Congressional or Presidential elections
2.	Election Year: 2016 Name: Que J. Fullmer Party Affiliation: Republican[6]VoterRecords.com, “Que J Fullmer’s Colorado Voter Registration,” voterrecords.com, accessed June 21, 2021 Offense and Sentencing: Que J. Fullmer was charged in 2017 with “four felony charges — two counts of voting without being qualified, one count of voting more than once, and one count of ‘advance voting unlawful acts’.”[7]Kira Lerner, “Kobach Is Prosecuting This Confused Senior With Four Counts of Felony Voter Fraud,” thinkprogress.org, January 5, 2018 Fullmer was sentenced to a $1,000 fine plus $558 in court costs and lab fee.[8]Brad Cooper, “Prosecutors Drop Last Voter Fraud Case Brought By Kobach,” sunflowerstatejournal.com, April 1, 2019	“For the past few years, Que J. Fullmer has split his time between Kansas and Colorado. … In November 2016, Fullmer cast ballots in both states. He figured that because he pays taxes in both places, he was entitled to have his voice heard in local and state races in two states. He only voted for president, Donald Trump, in Kansas.”[9]Kira Lerner, “Kobach Is Prosecuting This Confused Senior With Four Counts of Felony Voter Fraud,” thinkprogress.org, January 5, 2018 Case Notes: Case Number: 2017-CR-106	Type of Election: Local and State Party Affiliation: Republican Theoretical Election Effect: 1 illegal Republican vote in Congressional elections / No effect on Presidential elections
3.	Election Year: 2016 Name: David E. Haddock Party Affiliation: Not Found[10]According to the “Kansas Voter Registration Application Form,” voters must choose a party affiliation with the options being: Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, or Not affiliated with a … Continue reading Offense and Sentencing: David E. Haddock pleaded no contest on 4/25/2018 to one misdemeanor charge of disorderly election conduct in relation to an offense committed on 10/21/2016; three further felony charges were dismissed.[11]Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, “Case Information – State of Kansas vs. David E Haddock,” prodportal.kscourts.org, accessed April 14, 2022 Haddock was sentenced to a $1,000 fine plus $558 in court costs and lab fee.[12]Brad Cooper, “Prosecutors Drop Last Voter Fraud Case Brought By Kobach,” sunflowerstatejournal.com, April 1, 2019	“Ten of the 12 cases filed by Kobach’s office have charged people with voting illegally in Kansas while voting in the same elections in other states. His office filed four felony charges earlier this month in Franklin County against David E. Haddock, alleging he voted there last year while also voting in Colorado.”[13]John Hanna, “Kansas Secretary of State Files 2 New Election Fraud Cases,” washingtontimes.com, August 31, 2017 Case Notes: State of Kansas vs. David E Haddock Case Number: 2017-CR-000243 Court Records	Type of Election: Presidential Party Affiliation: Not Found Theoretical Election Effect: 1 illegal vote, party unknown
4.	Election Year: 2016 Name: Bailey Ann McCaughey Party Affiliation: Republican Offense and Sentencing: Bailey McCaughey was charged in August 2017 with one felony count each of “election perjury” and “voting more than once,” in relation to an offense committed in 2016.[14]Allison McCann, “Kris Kobach Wanted This 20-Year-Old to Go to Jail for Accidentally Voting Twice,” vice.com, April 23, 2018 Describing the incident as “an ‘honest mistake’,” McCaughey was sentenced to a $500 fine and $158 in court costs.[15]Brad Cooper, “Prosecutors Drop Last Voter Fraud Case Brought By Kobach,” sunflowerstatejournal.com, April 1, 2019	“In 2016, McCaughey was home in Colorado for a rodeo tournament when she filled out a mail-in ballot for the presidential election. She returned to college in Kansas that fall, forgot about the ballot she’d left at home on the kitchen counter, and voted again with friends on election day. It wasn’t until her mom called a few days later to tell her she’d mailed her ballot that Bailey realized she’d voted twice — both times for Donald Trump.”[16]Allison McCann, “Kris Kobach Wanted This 20-Year-Old to Go to Jail for Accidentally Voting Twice,” vice.com, April 23, 2018 Case Notes: State of Kansas v. Bailey Ann McCaughey Case Number: 2018CR7	Type of Election: Presidential Party Affiliation: Republican Theoretical Election Effect: 1 illegal Republican vote
5.	Election Year: 2016 Name: Lee Arthur Orr Party Affiliation: Not Found[17]According to the “Kansas Voter Registration Application Form,” voters must choose a party affiliation with the options being: Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, or Not affiliated with a … Continue reading Offense and Sentencing: Lee Arthur Orr was charged in 2017 with “a class one election offense” in relation to offenses committed in 2014 and 2016.[18]Melissa Greenstein, “Man Accused of Voting in Both Wyandotte, Jackson County Elections,” kshb.com, November 8, 2017 Orr was sentenced to a $500 fine plus $200 in attorney fees.[19]Brad Cooper, “Prosecutors Drop Last Voter Fraud Case Brought By Kobach,” sunflowerstatejournal.com, April 1, 2019	“68-year-old Lee Arthur Orr… registered to vote in Wyandotte County in 2011 and later registered in Jackson County, as well. On Nov. 4, 2014, Orr allegedly cast votes in both Jackson County and Wyandotte County. He’s also accused of casting an early voter ballot in Wyandotte County on Nov. 5, 2016 and then later voting at a Jackson County polling location on Nov. 8, 2016.”[20]Melissa Greenstein, “Man Accused of Voting in Both Wyandotte, Jackson County Elections,” kshb.com, November 8, 2017 Case Notes: Case Number: Not Found	Type of Election: Presidential Party Affiliation: Not Found Theoretical Election Effect: 1 illegal vote, party unknown

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