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Bloomingburg: “Real estate consultant pleads guilty to voter fraud scheme”
Lohud.com:
Volvy Smilowitz, also known as Zev Smilowitz, 29, of Monroe, pleaded guilty June 18 in White Plains federal court to one count of conspiracy to corrupt the Bloomingburg village electoral process by falsely registering numerous voters who don’t live… Continue reading
“10 Month Sentence For Bloomingburg Developer In Voter Fraud Case”
The latest:
It will be ten months in prison, a year of supervised released, 400 hours of community service and a $200,000 fine for Bloomingburg developer Shalom Lamm who pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to corrupt an election.
As… Continue reading
“Shalom Lamm Partner Gets 6 Months In Bloomingburg Voter Fraud Case”
The Forward:
Kenneth Nakdimen, who pled guilty to voter fraud in the small upstate New York village of Bloomingburg this year, received a six-month prison sentence on Friday.
Nakdimen’s co-defendant, developer Shalom Lamm, is still awaiting sentencing. The two… Continue reading
Bloomingburg: “Can Hasidic Village Survive Vote Fraud Scandal?”
The latest on Bloomingburg from The Forward:
Not least among the oddness is the saga of Rabiner, an early Hasidic pioneer in Bloomingburg.
A Hasidic man who moved to Bloomingburg in 2014, Rabiner won reelection to the village board in… Continue reading
Bloomingburg: “BREAKING: Jewish Developer Of Ultra-Orthodox Village Pleads Guilty To Voter Fraud”
The latest from the Forward on the Bloomingburg saga:
Shalom Lamm, the developer behind the controversial effort to build hundreds of homes for Hasidic families in the upstate New York village of Bloomingburg, pled guilty Tuesday to federal charges… Continue reading
“New York Developer Pleaded Guilty in Voter-Fraud Conspiracy”
WSJ on the latest in the Bloomingburg saga:
Prosecutors said Mr. Nakdimen and his associates falsely registered voters to overcome local opposition to their 396-unit townhouse project in the tiny Catskills village of Bloomingburg. The developers anticipated making hundreds of… Continue reading
“Shalom Lamm Voter Fraud Trial Begins This Week”
The latest in the Bloomingburg saga.
“Fresh War Over Hasidic Bloomingburg Looms as Opponents of Hasidic Development Vow Fight”
“Shalom Lamm charged with voter fraud”
The latest from Bloomingburg.
Shalom Lamm Charged with Vote Fraud in Bloomingburg Case
I’ve been watching the Bloombingburg voting saga play out for years (see this excellent VICE piece by Hella Winston).
And now comes news of what many suspected: Lamm and others have been charged in federal court with conspiracy to… Continue reading
“How Voter Fraud Allegations Tore a Tiny Village Apart”–Must Read VICE on Bloomingburg
Helen Winston on a story I’ve been fascinated by.
(Earlier coverage.)
“Sullivan elections commissioner resigning”
Times Herald-Record:
Sullivan County Board of Elections Commissioner Ann Prusinski will be resigning, she said Wednesday.
Prusiniski’s decision comes as the county Board of Elections has been thrust under the spotlight because of allegations of anti-Semitism by Hasidic voters and… Continue reading
Consent Decree in Bloomingburg Voting Rights Dispute
The Sullivan County election board has entered into this consent decree (including payment of significant attorney’s fees) in a class action arising out of voting disputes involving new Hasidic [corrected] voters in Bloomingburg NY. It is a fascinating dispute I’ve… Continue reading