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Former Oakland County Democratic party official Jason Bauer pleaded no contest on November 21, 2011 to five felony charges related to an alleged 2010 plan to place “fake” tea party candidates on multiple election ballots in Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Under the alleged scheme, dummy third-party tea party candidates would help siphon conservative votes away from Republican candidates.
The resulting split in the conservative vote would, according to the plan, boost the candidate on the Democratic ballot.