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Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Voter Intimidation
James Webb Baker Jr., 58, of Seattle, pleaded guilty today to one count of voter intimidation and one count of identification fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Prior to the 2012 federal elections, Baker created and sent 200 fake voter eligibility letters to Republican Party donors across Florida that questioned the recipients’ citizenship status.
The letters looked almost identical to official county Supervisor of Elections letters, and included the county official’s name, letterhead, address and contact information.
Baker admitted that he intended the letters to look as if they were written by county elections officials and that his purpose in sending the letters was to intimidate the recipients and interfere with their right to vote.
“Protecting the right to vote is one of the department’s top priorities,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division.
“The Civil Rights Division is strongly committed to comprehensive and vigorous enforcement of laws that protect the rights of every American to vote free from intimidation, coercion, or threats.”
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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