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Activist Charged for Voting After Mother's Death

10/21/2025

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Activists Charged for Voting

Grace Gato, a 44-year-old activist from Hudson, NH, was charged with wrongful voting for seeking an absentee ballot for her mother Ruby Ponce, after her death on Oct. 15, 2024.
Gato says she intended to bury the ballot to honor mother's civic engagement.
In Minnesota, Danielle Christine Miller was convicted of submitting a mail-in ballot for a deceased Trump-supporting mother.
Miller received a sentence requiring an essay on voting's importance.

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Mastriano Pressures Officials

Fulton County, Pennsylvania faces more than $1 million in fines for unauthorized access to its voting machines after the 2020 election.
Local Republican officials allowed Wake TSI, a third-party company, to inspect the equipment despite state restrictions, under pressure from state Senator Doug Mastriano.
The action has triggered ongoing legal battles and decertification of the county's voting machines.

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Activists Charged for Voting

Grace Gato, a 44-year-old activist from Hudson, NH, was charged with wrongful voting for seeking an absentee ballot for her mother Ruby Ponce, after her death on Oct. 15, 2024.
Gato says she intended to bury the ballot to honor mother's civic engagement.
In Minnesota, Danielle Christine Miller was convicted of submitting a mail-in ballot for a deceased Trump-supporting mother.
Miller received a sentence requiring an essay on voting's importance.

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