CHICAGO (CBS) — A former Republican candidate for Congress in Indiana has been charged with stealing election ballots throughout a voting machine take a look at earlier this month.
Larry Savage, who misplaced within the Republican major within the fifth Congressional District in Indiana in Could, has been charged with one felony rely of destroying or misplacing a poll, and one misdemeanor rely of theft, in response to Indiana State Police.
On Oct. 3, officers have been conducting a public take a look at of the poll card voting system in Madison County in central Indiana, utilizing 4 voting machines and 132 ballots marked for testing, police stated. Through the take a look at, two ballots have been found to be lacking after an preliminary tabulation.
Police stated surveillance video confirmed Savage, a precinct committeeman, folding these two ballots and putting them in his pocket, after being instructed they have been legitimate take a look at ballots.
A decide issued a search warrant for Savage’s dwelling, the place they discovered the lacking ballots in his automobile.
Savage turned himself in on the Madison County Jail on Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He has since been launched on $500 money bond, in response to Madison County Jail data.
