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The United States of America v Lizaida Camis filed on September 17, 2018, rocked Hoboken's vote farming community.
One can only imagine how Hoboken's vote farmers are feeling this morning. Because yesterday, Lizadia Camis was indicted by a Newark grand jury on two counts:
- COUNT 1 (Use of the Mails to Promote a Voter Bribery Scheme)
- COUNT 2 (Conspiracy to Use the Mails to Promote a Voter Bribery Scheme)
Not only does the Indictment lay out the government's case regarding alleged voter fraud in Hoboken's 2013 mayoral election, there are new elements to the case. One is a conspiracy charge, which widens the scope of alleged crimes to include involvement of, and coordination with, others.
The other: "Entity 1" (named in the complaint) is gone from the Indictment. Remember, the complaint alleged that "Entity 1" had issued the $50 check to "Voter 1", and "purportedly provided payroll services to campaigns in Hoboken."
New in yesterday's Indictment: the entry of "Candidate 1."
In fact, "Candidate 1" is prominently featured. The Introduction to Count 1 reads (and same paragraph is incorporated into Count 2):
1. At all times relevant to Count 1 of this Indictment:
a. Defendant LIZAIDA CAMIS ("CAMIS") was a resident of Hoboken, New Jersey.
b'. Voter 1, Voter 2, Voter 3, Voter 4, Voter 5, and Voter 6 (collectively the "Voters") all resided in Hoboken and were registered to vote in Hoboken.
c. Candidate 1 was a candidate for the Hoboken City Council who was on the ballot for the November 5, 2013 municipal election in Hoboken (the "November 5 Election").
d. Candidate 1 was running as part of a slate that included other candidates for Hoboken City Council and a candidate for Hoboken Mayor (the "Slate").
WHAT HAPPENED TO 'ENTITY 1'?
Where did it go? Isn't the alleged 'payroll service' a key player in the alleged vote-buying conspiracy in the 2013 campaign? But, now... gone?
Unless... could 'Entity 1' have flipped on 'Candidate 1'? Did 'Entity 1' cut a deal?
If that really happened then a lot of Hoboken candidates- even some elected officials- have a lot to worry about. In my opinion! Ruh-roh.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LIZAIDA CAMIS
slow and steady wins the race. this has been a long time coming, can't wait until see THIS perp walk.
ReplyDeleteThe conspiracy count is a bit weird in that it doesn't describe the role played by any of the supposed to conspirators, so we have to fill in that blank ourselves.
ReplyDeleteAt a minimum, someone hired Camis for this task, and someone gave Entity 1 a list of workers to pay. If the feds can prove that this person or persons knew the "workers" Camis "hired" didn't work and were simply paid to vote then that person or persons are co-conspirators and will be in serious trouble. The big question is whether they can prove that.
It seems to me like the feds need Camis's cooperation to make that connection so the added count is designed to ratchet up the pressure on Camis to flip, and to have an existing indictment co-conspirators can simply be added to.