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		<title>State Prosecutor Charges ex-County Election Official with 5 Criminal Counts in Handling of Danielle Hornberger Campaign Filings; Court Case Testimony Cited</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2021/06/state-prosecutor-charges-ex-county-election-official-with-5-criminal-counts-in-handling-of-danielle-hornberger-campaign-filings-court-case-testimony-cited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 23:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of the State Prosecutor (OSP) has filed five criminal charges against the former deputy director of the Cecil County Board of Elections for perjury, misconduct in office and allegedly falsifying required documents for the candidacy of Danielle Hornberger in her 2020 County Executive campaign. The prosecutor cited Hornberger’s candidacy and finance report irregularities but no charges were filed against her. Lora Walters, 57, of North East, the former deputy director of the Cecil County Board of Elections, was charged with five misdemeanor counts stemming from her role in the handling of financial disclosure statements filed by Danielle Hornberger in her candidacy in the Republican primary for County Executive. The existence of an OSP investigation was disclosed in the county Circuit Court during trial of a civil case filed last year by former Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy, a Republican, who challenged the legitimacy of Hornberger’s candidacy due to false document filings in her campaign. The most serious charge filed against Walters—perjury, with a possible ten-year prison term&#8211; stems from her testimony in that civil court case, in which she denied falsifying the financial disclosure records for Hornberger. The charges against Walters were filed in Cecil County Circuit Court [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Rules Danielle Hornberger Stays on Cecil Co Exec Ballot, Despite “Troubling” Irregularities in Campaign Filings; Says McCarthy Should Have Sued Sooner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A visiting Circuit Court judge ruled late Tuesday (8/18/2020) that Danielle Hornberger can remain on the Republican ballot line in the election for Cecil County Executive, saying that current Executive Alan McCarthy should have filed his challenge to the validity of her candidacy sooner. Judge Thomas G. Ross, a retired Queen Anne’s County judge handling the case here on “senior status” in the state court system, cited “troubling” irregularities in Hornberger’s filing of required candidacy documents But he concluded there was no proof that Hornberger conspired in the apparent falsification and forgery of several official documents required for a candidate to qualify for the ballot. He also held that there was no proof that McCarthy, a distant second place finisher to Hornberger in the primary, would have won the election if her candidacy had been filed properly. McCarthy had asked the court to void the June 2 primary, and declare him the winner or, alternatively, turn the decision on who should appear on the November general election ballot for the Republicans over to the Cecil County Republican Central Committee. Hornberger testified in the Thursday 8/13/2020 court hearing in the case that she was uncertain if she had filed a required [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>State Prosecutor Opens Criminal Probe in Hornberger Campaign Case, Court Told; Ex-Election Aide Denies Forgery; Judge to Rule Next Week</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2020/08/state-prosecutor-opens-criminal-probe-in-hornberger-campaign-case-court-told-ex-election-aide-denies-forgery-judge-to-rule-next-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day-long hearing in a Cecil County Circuit Court case seeking to void Danielle Hornberger’s apparently winning campaign for County Executive in the Republican primary election brought new allegations of potential document forgeries and additional revelations of behind-the-scenes contacts between Hornberger and a local elections board official. In addition, it was disclosed for the first time that the Office of the State Prosecutor (OSP) has officially launched a criminal investigation into the matter. Judge Thomas G. Ross, formerly a Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court judge now on senior status and who is hearing the case here, said he would consider the testimony and evidence and render a decision in five days, or Tuesday 8/18/2020. A surprise witness, Lora Walters, the now ousted former deputy director of the local BOE, testified, despite warnings that she could face legal jeopardy if she waived her Fifth Amendment rights. She said she “wanted to tell my story” and denied forging any documents. She had been summoned to appear as a witness, but had avoided being served with the summons, yet she showed up at the hearing without a lawyer. An amended complaint also named Walters as a defendant in the case, which was filed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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