GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — A woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to voter fraud and was ordered to read a book and write a 10-page essay about the importance of democratic elections.

Danielle Christine Javorina, 51, of rural Nashwauk, admitted to filling out an absentee ballot in the name of her recently deceased mother ahead of the 2024 general election.

Javorina, according to court documents, later told an investigator her mother was an “avid Donald Trump supporter” who hoped to vote for the Republican presidential nominee. The fraudulent submission was flagged by election officials before it could be counted.

Under questioning from Itasca County prosecutor Courtney Beck, the defendant said she received ballots for herself and her mother in the mail just weeks after Rose Marie Javorina’s deat

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