Iowa Official’s Wife Found Guilty of Voter Fraud

The wife of a Woodbury County, Iowa, supervisor was convicted Tuesday of all 52 counts related to a voter fraud scheme during the 2020 primary and general elections in Iowa.

Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City, is married to Jeremy Taylor, who unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District to replace Rep. Steve King in 2020.

She was found guilty of perpetrating a scheme to generate votes for her husband during the 4th Congressional District election and again later when he ran for Woodbury County supervisor in 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a press release.
The DOJ states that Ms. Taylor had submitted or caused others to submit voter registrations, absentee ballot request forms, and absentee ballots containing false information. She was arrested in January.
The DOJ said that the jury convicted Ms. Taylor of 26 counts of providing false information in registering and voting, three counts of fraudulent registration, and 23 counts of fraudulent voting. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each count.

According to the press release, Ms. Taylor allegedly "completed and signed voter forms without voters’ permission and told others that they could sign on behalf of relatives who were not present."

Her husband has not faced any charges so far but has been named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the case.

Mr. Taylor finished in third place after garnering just over 6,400 votes in the GOP primary for Iowa's 4th Congressional District. However, he was successful in the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors race and currently serves as the board's vice chairperson.