Florida Election Crime Unit arrested a Florida woman on Friday for allegedly voting in two states in multiple elections since 2014.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says that Cheryl Ann Leslie, 55, who lives in Loxahatchee, voted in both Florida and Alaska in the 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 elections.
In the 2020 federal and state primary elections, Leslie voted absentee in Alaska and cast her early vote in Palm Beach County, Florida, according to the investigation.
NBC Miami reported:
Leslie, a physician assistant at a senior care facility in Loxahatchee, told investigators that her career required extensive travel between multiple states.
“The Florida Department of State, Office of Election Crimes and Security is grateful for our partnership with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement,” Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd said in a statement. “This arrest is yet another confirmation to every eligible Florida voter that the Department of State and FDLE are working together to ensure the integrity of their vote and Florida’s elections process.”
Leslie faces two faces of casting more than one ballot in an election, both of which are third-degree felonies, authorities said.
She was booked into Palm Beach County Jail on a $1,000 bond. Attorney information was not available.
On Friday night, TGP reported that a complaint alleges Trump-hating NBC reporter Yamiche Alcindor, who resides in Washington DC, is ‘fraudulently voting’ in Broward County, Florida.
According to a complaint filed by the American Accountability Foundation, public records show Yamiche Alcindor is a registered voter in Broward County.
The AAF linked to a 2017 tweet by Yamiche Alcindor announcing her move to Washington DC.
“Some news: I moved to DC this week to cover social safety net issues and how Trump’s administration impacts everyday people’s lives,” Yamiche Alcindor posted a few days before Trump’s inauguration.
Yamiche Alcindor used vote-by-mail to cast her ballots in Florida’s 2020 primary and general elections, The Federalist noted, citing Exhibit A in the American Accountability Foundation’s complaint.
In August, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced 20 individuals across the Sunshine State have been charged with voter fraud.
“The majority of these people illegally voted in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami Dade although there are others in other parts of the state,” Governor DeSantis said.
“These folks voted illegally… They are disqualified from voting because they have been convicted of either murder or sexual assault!” DeSantis said.
DeSantis delivered the news from a courtroom in the Broward County Courthouse.
In January, another resident from The Villages was arrested for voter fraud by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, according to WFLA.
The outlet reported:
Charles Franklin Barnes, was arrested on Jan. 4 for violating the law and attempting to cast multiple ballots in the 2020 election. He’s the fourth resident of the Florida community to see charges for voter fraud in the past month.
3 from The Villages charged with voter fraud, accused of casting more than 1 ballot in 2020 election. In December 2021, Jay Ketcik, Joan Halstead and John Rider were charged for casting more than one ballot, according to local authorities.