Voter Fraud Nun Resigns as Dean
An Ohio grand jury has charged Sister Marguerite Kloos, 54, who cast a second ballot for a deceased friend in the 2012 presidential election, with one felony count of illegal voting, according to a statement released Monday by Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph T. Deters. Kloos, who could face up to 18 months in prison, resigned last week from her position as a dean of a Cincinnati college.
Kloos was accused of casting an absentee ballot for another nun -- Sister Rose Marie Hewitt -- who died before Election Day.
Defense attorney Ralph Kohnen said Kloos was trying to fulfill her dead friend's wishes.
"This woman who died was a dear, dear friend who lived with [Kloos] for more than 25 years," Kohnen told ABCNews.com. "The woman died unexpectedly. That really left my client wracked with grief. Sister Kloos' normally impeccable judgment was impaired, and she sought to see her best friend's wishes through by casting her ballot as if she were alive."

