A federal judge late last week denied a motion by Kim Taylor to throw out her election fraud conviction. Taylor is the wife of Woodbury County Supervisor Jeremy Taylor. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24367330/kim-taylor-11824-aquittal-denied.pdf
In his ruling, Chief Judge Leonard Strand for the Northern District of the Iowa Western Division said he would not overrule the jury’s verdict in November.
Taylor was convicted on more than 50 counts of election fraud. The government alleged she urged Vietnamese parents to vote for family members or otherwise vote illegally. Jeremy Taylor was not charged in the case.
Kim Taylor argued that, viewing the evidence in the most favorable light to the Government, it still “failed to submit sufficient evidence that could convince a rational trier of fact that the Government has proved each and every element of the offenses.”
However, Strand said Taylor must have known that ““false information in registering or voting,” “fraudulent registration” and/or “fraudulent voting” offenses (as defined in the Court’s jury instructions) were being committed or going to be committed.”
No sentencing date has been set.
