McCandless Pleads Guilty
The former chairman of the Cattaraugus County Democratic Committee has pleaded guilty to election law fraud.
Daniel McCandless of Franklinville deliberately included forged signatures on nominating petitions for candidates, including District Attorney Ed Sharkey.
McCandless resigned from his political party post before pleading guilty. He had been chairman for about 10 years.
McCandless faces a jail term of up to three years when he's sentenced on November 24.
Neither Sharkey nor the voters whose names were forged onto the nominating petitions or other candidates for town board and judicial delegate posts covered by the petitions were aware of what McCandless had done.
Daniel McCandless of Franklinville deliberately included forged signatures on nominating petitions for candidates, including District Attorney Ed Sharkey.
McCandless resigned from his political party post before pleading guilty. He had been chairman for about 10 years.
McCandless faces a jail term of up to three years when he's sentenced on November 24.
Neither Sharkey nor the voters whose names were forged onto the nominating petitions or other candidates for town board and judicial delegate posts covered by the petitions were aware of what McCandless had done.
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