Former County Council candidate indicted on voter fraud charge
A Hawaii island grand jury has indicted a former County Council candidate on a charge of voter fraud, the county prosecutor’s office said today.
Tiffany Edwards Hunt, who unsuccessfully ran for office in 2014, when the allegations first surfaced, was indicted on a charge she voted in a district in which she did not reside during the primary and general elections in 2012, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Hunt, 39, is a former legislative aide to Puna Councilwoman Emily Naeole and once worked as a staff reporter with West Hawaii Today.
In November 2014, a group of Hawaii island residents held a news media conference calling in question Hunt’s residency because she claimed in a homeowner tax exemption in Hilo and vvoted in 2010 and 2012 in District 5 in Puna.
Hunt’s attorney Brian De Lima today said Hunt was registered as a voter in the place where she resided and planned to plead not guilty to the charge.
He said Hunt resided with her husband Jeff and two children in an attached dwelling in the back of his surf shop in Puna prior to 2013.
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Tough spot for her: either she committed election fraud by running in a district in which she did not live, or real property tax fraud because she claimed a homeowner’s exemption for a home in which she did not live.
Wait, Brickhead Cafeteria did the same thing here on Oahu and didn’t get charged with either crime.
How come?
Hawaii easy scam