The Minnesota Star Tribune
OCTOBER 28, 2024 AT 2:51PM

Duluth, Minnesota

A northern Minnesota woman who signed her late mother’s signature on two absentee ballots faces three felony charges for illegal voting in Itasca County, according to court documents.

Danielle Christine Miller, 50, told authorities that her mother, who had died in August, was an “avid Donald Trump supporter” who wanted to vote for him in the 2024 Presidential Election — but she died before she received her ballot in the mail. Miller, of Nashwauk, Minn., faces two charges of submitting intentionally false certificates and another for casting an illegal vote or aiding another.

Her first appearance is via Zoom Dec. 4 in Itasca County Court, which is based in Grand Rapids.

Neither of the ballots were counted and are now in evidence. It’s likely Miller would be allowed to re-cast her vote, because she doesn’t fall under any of the categories that would make her ineligible, though the final decision would be the county attorney’s, according to Austin Rohling, Itasca’s auditor/treasurer.

According to the complaint, the ballots were still sealed when they were flagged by the Itasca County Auditor because one envelope had the signature of Rose Marie Javorina, who had died. An officer from the sheriff’s department who reviewed the ballots found that Javorina’s name was signed on the witness section for Miller’s ballot; Miller was listed as the witness for Javorina. The signatures, according to the lieutenant who reviewed them, were similar and done in the same ink.

Miller admitted that she had filled out her mother’s ballot and signed her name on the signature envelope, in addition to signing her mother’s name as a witness to her own ballot.
Absentee ballots were mailed to residents of Itasca County on Sept. 20. Javorina died August 31, according to court documents.

Miller could not immediately be reached for comment. Rohling said about 30,000 ballots will come through during this year’s election. It’s common to see small mistakes, he said. But this is the first time he has seen something that resulted in felony charges.



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Not too many folk in Itasca country in the first place, and most are likely MAGA.

They DO tend to vote in favor of their favorite daughter, tho - Senator Amy K!

“avid Donald Trump supporter”

The Republicans are demanding the governor call a special session of the legislature to address this fraudulent voting. Just kidding, I think.

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An honest mistake.



Every voter knows you can’t vote in the name of dead people. If there was a voter somewhere who was dumber than a brick and didn’t know this, they shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

Unfortunately, there’s gonna be a bigger number of these this cycle. They just know the Dems cheat, so they’re just getting even.

I hope they all get caught and get jail time, regardless of which candidate/party they cast a fraudulent vote for.

It's Trump signs all over here in 10k Lakes.

Outside the Chop Shop too?

Outside the Chop Shop too?


I don't care what anyone says, that was damn funny!

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Yeah, I see a lot of trump signs here (PA). But there is always that one guy on the block with 20 signs and three huge banners packed into their yard to skew the average.



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