September 21, 2012
Of dead voters, Haitian ballot brokers and fraud-ridden nursing homes: The Julien-Watson files
A Haitian ballot broker, known around North Miami’s Creole radio circles as “Teacher Carline,” allegedly gathered up fraudulent absentee ballots from a nursing home during the Aug. 14 primary elections, according to new court filings from Rep. John Patrick Julien, D-North Miami.
Julien filed a lawsuit earlirer this month to challenge his razor-thin loss to Rep. Barbara Watson, D-Miami Gardens, in the Democratic primary for District 107, and has alleged absentee ballot fraud almost from the day he lost the race by 13 votes.
An explosive new complaint, filed Friday, provides more details into what Julien has called a tainted election. It alleges that several dead people cast absentee ballots from one North Miami nursing home, and Carline Paul went to another to gather up absentee ballots from people who now say they never voted in the Aug. 14 primary.
Watson’s campaign paid $1,000 to an entity owned by Paul, who ran radio ads telling Haitian Creole-speaking North Miamians to “consult” with her before casting their absentee ballots, in order to “vote correctly.”
Watson’s campaign also paid a woman named Noucelie Josna, whose business card describes her as “The Queen of Absentee Ballots.”
Watson in the past has denied any fraud in her campaign. Julien has said that Josna played a role in collecting fraudulent absentee ballots.
One nursing home described in the complaint as a fraud hotspot was called “Watercrest.” At least 10 individuals requested absentee ballots all on the same day and voted on Aug. 14 in the primary. Four of those voters were either dead or no longer stationed at the nursing home and several others said that someone else filled out their ballots they did not remember who they voted for, according to the complaint.
The Miami-Dade Elections Department did not supervise the voting, the complaint states.
At the Claridge House nursing home, six people voted by absentee ballot. Julien’s complaint states that Paul’s mother was once stationed at Claridge House, and that Paul is still a “constant presence” there.
Julien’s complaint claims that several people who cast absentee ballots on from the Claridge House say they never voted in the Aug. 14 primary.
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Kind of hard to believe the dems when they claim there is no voter fraud going on in the US when One DEMOCRAT candidate accuses another DEMOCRAT candidate of voter fraud in the primaries isn't it. :roll: