A Hudson County woman has been charged with promoting a voter bribery scheme using the US mail, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
Lizaida Camis, 55, of Hoboken, was arrested and charged with violating the Travel Act for causing the US mail to be used to aid voter bribery contrary to New Jersey state law.
According to court documents, from October 2013 through November 2013, Camis agreed to pay certain Hoboken voters $50 each if they applied for and cast mail-in ballots for the November 2013 Hoboken municipal election.
Camis provided these voters with VBM 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 went to their apartments and, in some cases, instructed the voters to vote for the candidates for whom Camis was working.
Camis 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 an office on Jefferson Street in Hoboken. Bank records show that voters living in Hoboken received $50 checks from entities associated with the campaigns that employed Camis.
Camis faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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