Wisconsin Woman Charged With Voter Fraud for Submitting Dead Woman’s Ballot

Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee election commission, collects the count from absentee ballots from a voting machine in Milwaukee, Wis., on Nov. 20, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images

A Wisconsin woman was charged with voter fraud after prosecutors alleged she submitted an absentee ballot for her life partner who died earlier this year.

Christine Daikawa, 48, of Cedarburg, faces charges of making a false statement to obtain or vote an absentee ballot and felony election fraud by impersonating an elector, officials said, according to JSOnline.