Feds: Already accused of VMB fraud, Hoboken woman now charged with conspiracy

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A Hoboken woman that was charged with vote-by-mail fraud last month, stemming from the 2013 mayoral race, has also been accused of conspiracy in the bribery scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. 

A screenshot of a New Jersey vote-by-mail ballot.

By John Heinis/Hudson County View

Lizaida Camis, 55, of Hoboken, is charged with a violation of the Travel Act for causing the mails to be used to aid voter bribery contrary to New Jersey state law.

She was scheduled to have her initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Falk in Newark federal court.

Under New Jersey law, registered voters are permitted to cast a ballot by mail rather than in person. To receive a mail-in ballot, voters must complete and submit to their county clerk’s office an Application for Vote By Mail Ballot (VBM Application).

After the application is processed, voters receive a mail-in ballot.

From October 2013 through November 2013, Camis agreed to pay certain Hoboken voters $50 each if those voters applied for and cast mail-in ballots for the November 2013 Hoboken municipal election, authorities said.

Camis provided these voters with VBM Applications and then delivered the completed applications to the Hudson County Clerk’s office.

After the mail-in ballots were delivered to the voters, Camis went to their apartments and, in some cases, instructed the voters to vote for the candidates for whom Camis was working, according to court documents.

Camis promised the voters that they would be paid $50 for casting their mail-in ballots and told them that they could pick up their checks after the election at an office on Jefferson Street in Hoboken, officials said.

According to federal authorities, Bank records show that voters living in Hoboken received $50 checks from entities associated with the campaigns that employed Camis.

Camis faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

As Hudson County View first reported last month, Camis was paid by a Political Action Committee that sought to loosen Hoboken’s rent control laws, Let the People Decide, back in late 2013, as well as that politico Frank “Pupie” Raia has ties to the PAC.


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