Florida man arrested for Kansas election fraud connected to 'No Labels' party
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A man arrested in Florida is at the center of an election fraud case involving a newly approved political party in the state of Kansas.
The office of the Kansas Attorney General issued a press release on Monday, Feb. 19 regarding the arrest of a 30-year-old man hailing from Dade City, Florida. This man was arrested on Feb. 10 allegedly for forging signatures on petitions to make the political party No Labels official in the Sunflower State.
“The arrested individual was part of a scheme to defraud Kansas voters by placing their forged signatures on petitions," Kobach said. "In Kansas, we take election fraud seriously, and we will prosecute every case where the evidence indicates a crime has been committed beyond a reasonable doubt."
No Labels was officially recognized as a new political party in Kansas on Jan. 18, 2024 by the Secretary of State's (SOS) Office. No Labels Kansas sent in a petition with the signatures of 2% of the total votes case in the 2022 statewide gubernatorial general election, becoming a new party on par with the Libertarian Party in terms of size.
Kobach's office said the arrest came after a lengthy investigation. The man is charged with two counts of election perjury and 28 counts of election forgery. Once he has been extradited to Kansas, he will appear in the Johnson County District Court.
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