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Five People Charged With Voter Fraud in Illinois:
DA’s Office


BY JACK PHILLIPS
March 10, 2021
Updated: March 10, 2021



Five people are being accused of various election fraud-related cases during the
Nov. 3 election, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office in Illinois.

The state’s attorney’s office said the charges stem from investigations into 32 cases
of alleged election fraud, adding that most of those cases have been closed without
investigation. However, the office stressed that several remain under investigation,
according to a news release on Tuesday.

Those who were charged include Colleen A. Kirchoff, 60, of Naperville;
Thomas E. Wojciechowski, 73, or Carol Stream; and Adam P. Butler, 51, officials
said in the release.

Kirchoff was charged with forgery and perjury after she allegedly attempted to cast
a ballot for someone else, officials said in a news release. Butler was charged with a
count of forgery and one count of perjury in election code, while Wojciechowski was
charged with one count of perjury in election code, officials said.

Two others—Darrick Kent, 43, and Amy Kent, 41—of Austin, Texas, were charged with
one count of perjury in the election code.

“I would like to thank County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek and her office for their fine work
in uncovering these alleged violations and bringing them to our attention,”
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in the release. “The charges filed today
are the direct result of the cooperation and professionalism displayed by the Clerk’s Office
throughout the entire investigation.”

His office did not provide any more details about the charges or the investigation.

“The very foundation of our country is built upon fair and free elections,” Berlin added.
“Elections are a sacred duty and while the five defendants charged today represent an
infinitesimal percentage of the 491,067 votes cast in the 2020 general election, it is
important that anyone suspected of attempting to interfere in any way in the election
process be investigated and charged where appropriate.”

A judge on Tuesday signed arrest warrants for the five suspects, and each person’s bail
was set for $1,000, reported WBBM.

Last week, the mayor pro tem of a Northern California city resigned from office after
pleading guilty to election fraud charges. Crescent City Mayor Pro Tem Alex Campbell
entered the plea to making a false declaration of candidacy in Del Norte County Superior Court,
local news outlet Wild Rivers Outpost reported, citing the city’s clerk’s office.

Separately, in Aberdeen, Mississippi, a judge ordered a new runoff election for a city
alderman seat after more than three-quarters of absentee ballots cast in the June 2020
Democratic runoff election were found to be invalid, while a notary involved in the election
was arrested.