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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
Complaint of Aleeta Looker
Cheshire

File No. 2008- I 25

AGREEMENT CONTAINING CONSENT ORDER AND PAYMENT OF A CIVIL
PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF GENERAL STATUTES §§ 9-140(a) & 9-359a
This agreement by and between Lillian Cummings Stevenson of Paris, France, hereinafter
referred to as the Respondent, and the authorized representative of the State Elections
Enforcement Commission, is entered into in accordance with Section 9-7b-54 of Regulations of
the General Statutes of
Connecticut. In
Connecticut State Agencies and Section 4-1 n(c) of
accordance herewith, the paries agree that:

i. Complainant is the Town of Cheshire Democratic Registrar of Voters.
2. On or about September i7'h and i 8th, 2008, Complainant received three Registration and

the

Absentee Ballot Request - Federal Post Card Application (hereinafter FPCA). Two of

FPCAs contained the application data for Gregoire Stevenson and one of the FPCAs
contained the application data for Henry Stevenson.

3. Henry Stevenson presently resides near Paris, France. Gregoire Stevenson presently resides
in Rome, Italy. They are brothers.

4. Respondent is the mother of both Gregoire Stevenson and Henry Stevenson. Prior to
September 17,2008, the Respondent completed and submitted FPCAs for Gregoire
Stevenson and for Henry Stevenson. Respondent completed all of

the data fields on both of

the FPCAs, including the signature data field on both FPCAs.

5. Gregoire Stevenson completed and submitted his own FPCA to the Complaiant separate and
apart from the FPCA that the Respondent had completed and submitted on his behalf.
6. General Statutes §9-140 provides, in pertinent part:

the
municipality in which the applicant is eligible to vote or has applied for such
eligibility. Any person who assists another person in the completion of an
application shall, in the space provided, sign the application and print or type his
name, residence address and telephone number. Such signature shall be made
under the penalties of false statement in absentee balloting... The application
shall be signed by the applicant under penalties of false statement in absentee
balloting ... (Emphasis added.)
(a) Application for an absentee ballot shall be made to the clerk of

7. General Statutes § 9-359a provides, in pertinent part:
(a) A person is guilty of

false statement in absentee balloting when he

intentionally makes a false written statement in or on or signs the name of

 another person to the application for an absentee ballot or the inner envelope

accompanying any such ballot, which he does not believe to be true and which
statement or signature is intended to mislead a public servant in the performance of
his otlcial function. (Emphasis added.)

(b) False statement in absentee balloting is a class D felony.

8. The Respondent acknowledges that she completed and signed the names of her sons to the
FPCAs that she submitted to the Cheshire Registrars of Voters Otlce for both her sons,
Gregoire and Henry Stevenson.

her

9. Accordingly, the Commission concludes that the Respondent, by signing the names of
two sons to the FPCAs that she submitted for them, committed violations of

Gen. Stats. §§9-

359a and 9-140(a).

i O. Respondent maintains that she did not intend to mislead a public servant in the performance
of

his offcial function. Respondent does not agree with the Commission's conclusions in

this matter but nevertheless, enters into this agreement to avoid further litigation in this
matter.
i i. The Commission has taken into consideration the fact that the electors are the sons of the
the civil penalty assessed in this
Respondent and that fact is figured into the amount of
matter.
i 2. Respondent admits all jurisdictional facts and agrees that this agreement and Order shall have
the same force and effect as a final decision and Order entered after a full hearing and shall
become final when adopted by the Commission. Respondent shall receive a copy hereof as
provided in Section 9-7b-56 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

13. It is understood and agreed that this agreement will be submitted to the Commission at its
the Commission does not accept it, it is withdrawn by the Respondent
next meeting and if
the same becomes
and may not be used as an admission in any subsequent hearing, if
necessary.
14. Respondent waives:
(a) any further procedural steps;
(b) the requirement that the Commission's decision contain a statement of

findings offact

and conclusions of law, separately stated; and
(c) all rights to seek

judicial review or otherwise to challenge or contest the validity of

the

Order entered into pursuant to this agreement.
i 5. Upon the Respondent's compliance with the Order hereinafter stated, the Commission shall

not initiate any further proceedings against the Respondent pertaining to this matter.

2

 ORDER
IT is HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent shall pay a civil penalty to the State Elections
two hundred dollars ($200.00) on or before February 18,
2009.
Enforcement Commission in the sum of

IT is FURTHER ORDERED that the Respondent shall henceforth comply with §§9-140(a) and
9-359a, General Statutes.

The Respondent:

forcem íf Commission:

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BY:

! Il~ ú. S t-f'iie V\V\L

10 n M. Andrews, Esq.

'-illian Stevenson

Director of Legal A ffairs and
Enforcement and Authorized
Representative of the State Elections

Paris, France

Enforcement Commission
20 Trinity Street, Suite 101

Hartford, Connecticut

Dated: Jëb 101 ZOO;

Dated: F.Q" ,3+( oj.

Adopted this st" day of ffø.rch

of 2009 at Hartford, Connecticut.

Stephen . Cashman, Chairman
By Order of

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the Commission