Judge reverses Schererville town judge primary results
NWI Times
Sep 5, 2003
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CROWN POINT -- A Lake County Superior Court judge toppled the results of Schererville's democratic primary town judge election Friday, dubbing as fraudulent at least 23 absentee ballots cast for incumbent Deborah Riga.
The ruling means challenger Kenneth Anderson captures the party nomination after contesting the results of the May 6 election, which was decided by 11 votes.
In her 45-page written ruling, Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura chastised Riga campaign worker, Robert Grkinich, for "illegal, deliberate actions" to either forge or fabricate 23 absentee votes on behalf of his candidate.
Grkinich's tactics included arranging for at least three absentee votes to be cast by people no longer living in Schererville and by filling in the ballots for others, who later testified they did not actually vote in the election cycle, the judge ruled.
Bonaventura also stated she did not believe that Riga "initiated, orchestrated, condoned ratified or participated" in Grkinich's scheme.
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