A Hoboken woman has admitted her role in a voter bribery scheme during the 2013 municipal election in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Lizaida Camis, 55, pleaded guilty to Count 2 of an indictment charging her with conspiracy to use the mail to promote a voter bribery scheme.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Camis, Dio Braxton, and others agreed to pay certain Hoboken voters $50 each if those voters applied for and cast mail-in ballots for the November 2013 Hoboken municipal election.
Camis and others provided these voters with vote-by-mail applications and then delivered the completed applications to the Hudson County Clerk’s office.
After the mail-in ballots were delivered to the voters, Camis and others went to the voters’ residences and, in some cases, instructed the voters to vote for a rent control referendum that former Hoboken City Council candidate Frank Raia supported.
Camis, Braxton, and others promised the voters that they would be paid $50 for casting their mail-in ballots and told them that they could pick up their checks after the election at Raia’s office in Hoboken.
Bank records show that voters who interacted with Camis and Braxton received $50 checks from an entity associated with Raia.
Camis’ conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Sentencing is scheduled for February 21, 2019.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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