Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker announced charges Wednesday after a poll worker was seen inserting a USB drive into an electronic poll book after polls closed after the Tuesday, Aug. 2, statewide primary in Gaines Township near Grand Rapids.
James Holkeboer is charged with falsifying records under election law, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $1,000 fine, and using a computer to commit a crime, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine, Becker announced.
Holkeboer was an election inspector, or poll worker, at the Gaines Township 8th Precinct, where an individual witnessed Holkeboer place a USB drive into the electronic poll book, according to Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons’ office.
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