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Anonymous ID: 8c3d1b Oak Park guardian accused of voter fraud involving multiple incapacitated individuals Oct. 11, 2021, 5:07 p.m. No.14768194   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8807 >>8846

LANSING — A woman whose company handles legal guardianships faces multiple charges of forgery and voter fraud after allegedly attempting to obtain at least 14 absentee ballots — and possibly as many as 26 — for Michigan residents deemed incapacitated.

 

Nancy Juanita Williams, 55, of Detroit, is charged in five jurisdictions in Wayne and Oakland counties, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in a Monday news release.

 

Reached at her Oak Park office Monday, Williams denied the allegations and said she has no knowledge of the charges.

 

State election officials became concerned and contacted the Michigan State Police last October after several local election officials advised them about absentee ballot applications signed with an "X" and requesting that ballots be sent to Guardian & Associates, an Oak Park business, according to the news release.

 

Investigators determined Williams "developed and implemented a plan to obtain and control absentee ballots for legally incapacitated persons under her care by fraudulently submitting 26 absentee ballot applications to nine identified city and township clerks, seeking to have absentee ballots for those individuals mailed directly to her," the release said.

 

"She also submitted separate voter registration applications for each person — all without knowledge, consent or understanding of the person under her care."

 

No fraudulent ballots were ever cast or counted, said Lynsey Mukomel, a spokeswoman for Nessel.

 

Charges Williams faces appear to involve 14 separate cases of alleged forgery involving absentee ballot applications. They include:

 

  • In 46th District Court in Southfield, six counts of election law forgery, six counts of forging a signature on an absentee ballot application, and six counts of making a false statement in an absentee ballot application. The forgery charges are five-year felonies.

  • In 28th District Court in Southgate, one count of forging a signature on an absentee ballot application, one count of election law forgery, and one count of making a false statement on an absentee ballot application.

  • In 17th District Court in Redford Township, two counts of election law forgery, two counts of forging a signature on an absentee ballot application, and two counts of making false statements in absentee ballot applications.

  • In 18th District Court in Westland, three counts of election law forgery, three counts of forging a signature on an absentee ballot application, and three counts of making a false statement on an absentee ballot application.

  • In 29th District Court in the city of Wayne, two counts of election law forgery, two counts of forging a signature on an absentee ballot application, and two counts of making a false statement on an absentee ballot application.

 

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/10/11/oak-park-guardian-nancy-williams-voter-fraud-guardian-incapacitated/6092006001/