United States v. Davis Cole, Also Known as Cozy Cole

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge.

Davis Cole was convicted by a jury of one count of conspiracy to commit election fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and one count of multiple voting in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1973i(e) and (c). 1 He was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment. We affirm the conviction and the sentence.

BACKGROUND

Cole was a deputy voter registrar in Springfield, Illinois, and, as such, he was authorized to register voters and to assist qualified voters in obtaining absentee ballots. In March 1990 he was a candidate in the Democratic primary élection for Democratic precinct committeeman…