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The former chairman of the Oakland County Democratic Party will be sentenced in December after entering a no contest plea to charges related to allegations of voter fraud. Michael McGuinness was charged earlier this year with three counts of uttering and publishing, and three counts of perjury. He and Jason Bauer, the former political director of the county’s Democratic Party, were accused of fraudulently entering the names of three people as candidates for a group calling itself The Tea Party for county commission or state Senate seats to appear on the November 2010 ballot. ...... Oakland County Executive L. Brooks...

Two charged with election fraud for fake Tea Party filings by CHARLES CRUMM and DAVE PHILLIPS March 16,2011 Two former Oakland County Democratic Party workers face felony charges from a six-month grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud. Jason Bauer, the former political director for the county party, and Mike McGuinness, the former county party chairman, were arraigned Wednesday in Oakland County Circuit Court before Judge James Alexander. They were each charged with three counts of uttering and publishing and perjury, while Bauer also faces three counts of a violation of the Michigan Notary Act. The charges range from...