Iron Ridge Woman Accused of Voting Twice – Twin Cities

GRAND RAPIDS, Minnesota. An Itasca County woman faces three felony charges after she allegedly tried to vote twice in the general election.

The criminal complaint says Danielle Christine Miller, 40, of rural Nashwauk, Minn., admitted to filling out and submitting an absentee ticket for her mother, who died in August. The falsified submission was flagged by election officials before it could be counted.

“Defendant admitted that her deceased mother was an avid supporter of Donald Trump and wanted to vote for Trump in this election, but missed shortly before absentee ballots were received,” the complaint, filed last week in state district court, reads.

The Itasca County Auditor’s Office said it received sealed ballot envelopes with the signatures of Miller and her mother, Rose Marie Javorina, on Oct. 7. But Javorina died on Aug. 31, according to the Minnesota Vital Statistics death report, so the case was transferred. to the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office.

The complaint states that the envelopes have sections for the voter and witness to fill out. The voter must certify that they “meet all legal requirements to vote” as of election day, and a witness must provide their name and address and certify that the ballot was completed by the voter.

Authorities said Miller was listed as a witness on Yavorina’s ballot, and Yavorina was listed as a witness on Miller’s ballot. Both listed their address as County Road 54, just north of Nashwauk.

The sheriff’s office reviewed the signatures and determined they were similar and matched the signature on Miller’s driver’s license.

The absentee vouchers were sent on September 20, about three weeks after Yavorina’s death.

In the interview, Miller allegedly admitted to filling out both ballots and tampering with the witness sections, citing her late mother’s desire to vote for the Republican presidential candidate.

Miller is charged with two counts of signing a false affidavit and one count of illegal voting. She was sent a summons to appear in court on December 4.

Trump has made false and misleading claims of widespread voter fraud since he first ran for office in 2016, especially after losing the 2020 election. However, experts say the cases are extremely rare and there is no evidence of systematic fraud.

After the 2020 election, the Associated Press found fewer than 475 possible cases among 25.5 million ballots cast in six swing states. The conservative Heritage Foundation maintains a database of just 1,561 “proven cases of voter fraud” across the country over several decades, including 138 cases in Minnesota from 2004 to 22.