Judge upholds dismissal of charges against two St. Clair Shores election workers
A Macomb County judge has upheld a district court judge’s dismissal of criminal charges against two temporary election employees in St. Clair Shores on allegations they help voters cast multiple ballots in the same election.
Circuit Judge Joseph Toia issued an order and opinion Monday maintaining the dismissal of charges against Patricia Guciardo and Emily McClintock after Judge Joseph Oster of 40th District Court in St. Clair Shores threw out the charges against them last December.
The two women were among seven people charged for double voting that nearly occurred in the August 2024 primary in the city.
McClintock and Guciardo were charged with falsifying election records, voting absentee and in-person and offering to vote more than once, under aiding and abetting, for allowing two voters to vote absentee and in person last Aug. 6.
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