Investigator finds poll worker misconduct, other violations in San Gabriel election

SAN GABRIEL >> A city poll worker and the City Clerk’s Office committed multiple Elections Code violations in the March 5, 2013, municipal election, according to a report from a private investigator released Wednesday.

The report is the latest in the more than yearlong saga of controversy stemming from the election, in which challengers Jason Pu and Chin Ho Liao ousted incumbents David Gutierrez and Mario De La Torre. Incumbent Kevin Sawkins, who ran as a team with De La Torre and Gutierrez, was the only incumbent to retain his seat.

The council hired CORE Investigations and Polygraph for $30,000 last July to look into six complaints filed after the election that alleged voters saw poll workers telling residents to vote for Pu and Liao in at least three polling places. The firm released a 16-page report Wednesday after nine months of investigation.

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