Crime & Safety
Woman Illegally Voted In Both Bergen County And Philadelphia For President: Feds
A woman was charged with voter fraud for casting ballots in both Bergen County and in Philadelphia, federal prosecutors said.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A woman voted twice for president in the election last November, first in Bergen County and then later in Philadelphia, according to prosecutors.
Miya Pack, 39, of Philadelphia, was charged by indictment with one count of voting more than once in a federal election and one count of voter fraud, said the U.S. Attorney's office in Philadelphia on Friday.
The indictment says Pack had been registered to vote in Bergen County since 2004. She had also been registered in Philadelphia since 2016.
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On Oct. 26 of last year, according to the indictment, she voted in person for president at an early voting location in Teaneck.
On Election Day, she voted in Philadelphia County, Pa. for offices including president.
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She faces a maximum sentence of five years of imprisonment on each county, as well as three years of supervised release, and a $10,000 to $250,000 fine.
Philadelphia Magazine identified Pack as a chef in West Philadelphia, noting that it wasn't clear for whom she voted.
Indictments for voter fraud are rare. On Friday, along with the releasing the information on Pack, prosecutors also said Bethlehem, Pa. resident Matthew Laiss was indicted for voting twice in the 2020 presidential race, once in Bucks County and once in Frostproof, Fla.
And this past May, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said a Park Ridge resident was charged for filling out four voter forms with someone else's name between 2020 and 2024.
The most recent cases were investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the Office of the Superintendent of Elections for Bergen County, and the Office of Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein.
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