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Tue Mar 27, 2018, 04:29 AM Mar 2018

Dallas County DA candidate says voter fraud cost her Democratic primary, sues winner and election

Dallas County DA candidate says voter fraud cost her Democratic primary, sues winner and election officials

Dallas County district attorney hopeful Elizabeth Frizell has filed a lawsuit alleging that voter fraud cost her the win and that the Democratic primary be declared void, which would trigger a special election.

Frizell filed the civil suit Monday in Dallas County against her winning opponent in the Democratic primary, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson, the elections administrator and the Dallas County Democratic Party chair.

The suit says that "ineligible, illegal and fraudulent mail-in ballots were included in the vote total" in the March 6 primary election.

Frizell lost by 589 votes to former state district judge John Creuzot.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/03/26/losing-da-candidate-says-voter-fraud-cost-democratic-primary-win-sues-winner-elections-officials
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