10/6/2021- 8:13 p.m.
Phoenix— A woman from southwestern Arizona is facing felony charges after state prosecutors said she “harvested” ballots and voted for another person last year.
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office said Guillermina Fuentes from San Luis collected four voted ballots from other people during the August 2020 Primary Election and deposited them into a ballot box on Election Day.
Arizona law says only family members, household members or caregivers of the voter can collect early ballot from another person and Fuentes wasn’t any of those, investigators said.
She was also indicted for getting an early ballot from another person and filling it out herself for the primary election, the Attorney General’s Office said.
Fuentes also signed that person’s name on the ballot envelope. She faces two counts of ballot abuse, one count of conspiracy and one count of forgery.The case against the other defendant, Alma Juarez, is ongoing, prosecutors said, and didn’t release any other details.
Fuentes was indicted for the ballot harvesting in December 2020 while she was indicted for voting for another person in September, officials said
