Arizona Democrat Gets 30 Days in Jail for Harvesting a Total of Four Ballots in ‘Sole Case’ Ever Prosecuted in State – By Aaron Keller (Law & Crime) / Oct 15, 2022
A former Arizona mayor and current school board member has been sentenced to spend 30 days in a county jail — and then another two years on probation — after she admitted to harvesting a sum total of four ballots during an August 2020 primary election.
Guillermina Fuentes (D), the former mayor of San Luis and a resident of that city, admitted to a “ballot harvesting” scheme “where early ballots from other voters were collected and deposited into a ballot box on primary Election Day,” according to a press release from the office of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R).
The specific crime alleged and admitted was one count of ballot abuse, which is a class 6 felony — the lowest felony level in the Grand Canyon State. Generally, under Arizona law, class 6 felonies are punishable by probation or a sentence of between four months and 5.75 years. Prosecutors can also charge class 6 felonies as misdemeanors if they so choose.
