BUFFALO, N.Y. — A former polling place worker pleaded guilty on Monday to stamping ballots during Buffalo's mayoral election.
Luz Pena, 59, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to commit a crime against the elective franchise (unclassified misdemeanor under New York Election Law).
Pena was sentenced to an unconditional discharge and ordered to pay a $100 fine.
According to the Erie County District Attorney's Office, on Nov. 2 between 6 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Pena allegedly used a stamp to put "Byron W. Brown" as a write-in mayoral candidate on numerous ballots. The crime took place while Pena was working at a polling place in the City of Buffalo inside the Belle Center on Maryland Street.
