Plea agreement reached in vote fraud case
"This (election irregularities) has been going on for years and everyone knew it," he said. "It is time for that to stop."
Holwager said an advertisement in the Plain Dealer purchased by the Democratic Party in 2010 triggered the investigation. The ad featured a photo of John Cook holding a photograph of his son, Benjamin Cook, and claiming that the Republican Party was trying to keep the younger Cook from getting an absentee ballot. Benjamin Cook later told officials he never applied for an absentee ballot.
