The wife of a former Republican Iowa state legislator and current county commission who ran to replace sentient fire hydrant Steve King in Congress faces more than 50 federal charges after casting 23 ballots for her husband in two elections, the Des Moines Register reports.
Kim Phuong Taylor, the wife of Woodbury County supervisor Jeremy Taylor, obtained and filled out absentee ballots fraudulently in the 2020 Republican primary, which her husband lost to current Republican Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra. After her husband lost the primary, she ran the same scheme again in the county supervisor race.
Phuong Taylor signed documents and ballots sent to other people, and she told friends that they were allowed to file ballots for relatives who opted not to vote. Phuong Taylor faces 23 counts of fraudulent voting; 26 counts of providing false information when registering or voting; and three counts of false voter registration.