From a small school district race:
According to the Village of Catskill Police Department blotter for the week of May 27, Benjamen Hodzic, 18, of Catskill, was arrested and charged on May 21, the day after the election, with one count of second degree forgery, in which the person falsely makes, completes, or alters a written instrument which is calculated to become or to represent a public record filed, or required by law to be filed, in or with a public office or public servant, and which is a class D felony.
Hodzic was also charged with one count of second degree criminal impersonation of another person with intent to obtain a benefit, a class A misdemeanor.
He was arraigned in Catskill Village Court and released on his own recognizance. He is scheduled to make a future court appearance.
School officials have largely declined comment, but according to public discussion, Hodzic allegedly signed in as his brother on the registration roll, cast the votes, and was later recognized and verified as not being on the registration roll.
Catskill Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kathleen Farrell said Wednesday the district reported the matter to village police immediately.
Of the election results, Farrell said, “To the best of our knowledge there was only one inappropriate voting action.”
“There are no other reported incidents of voter fraud or other voting irregularities observed by the district clerk,” she said.
MORE on the general point of impersonation stupidity.