A judge has overturned a Compton City Council election decided by one vote after it was determined several ballots were illegally cast.
Results of a Compton City Council race decided by one vote have been overturned following an election rigging scandal that promptedTwo-term Councilman Isaac Galvan must be replaced by his challenger, Andre Spicer, after a judge determined that four of the votes cast in the election were submitted by people who did not live in the council district that the two men were vying to represent, according to a 10-page ruling issued Friday by Superior Court Judge Michelle Williams Court.
Dawson, Kimberly Chaouch, Toni Sanae Morris, Barry Kirk Reed and Reginald Orlando Streeter were charged with two counts each of conspiracy to commit election fraud last summer. When she ruled on Spicer’s election challenge Friday, Court found that Chaouch, Morris, Streeter and a man named Jordan Farr Jefferson all voted in the runoff between Spicer and Galvan despite not living in the Compton City Council’s second district.
“There’s a couple more that are using his personal address as well,” she said, according to the judge’s ruling. “Jace is the only person that lives there.” Chaouch has since pleaded no contest to violating election laws, court records show. The district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the terms of Chaouch’s plea or the status of the case. Galvan is due back in court June 30, records show.
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