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The former campaign manager for West Covina Councilman Roger Hernandez was convicted last week of voter fraud.

Paz Oliverez pleaded no contest to one count of voter registration fraud. She received 24 months of probation, $100 resistituition, and 200 hours of community service.

According to deputy District Attorney Gary Nielsen, Oliverez said that she changed her voter registration from her Los Angeles home to West Covina because she intended to move into the home of her employer, Hernandez. But, Oliverez never moved.

The issue originally came to light last year during the election. West Covina Councilman Mike Touhey said that he submitted a complaint to the District Attorney’s office after he picked up on a couple of comments that Oliverez made about her residence.

She will still be able to vote during this election.

Here is the story that ran last year, written by Frank Girardot in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on Nov. 4:

WEST COVINA – Paz Oliverez resigned as Roger Hernandez’s campaign manager Saturday, saying she made a mistake registering to vote at the city councilman’s home for Tuesday’s election.

In a resignation letter dated Saturday, Oliverez blamed West Covina Mayor Mike Touhey and Hernandez’s election opponent City Councilman Steve Herfert for “going to great lengths to attack, defame and discredit Hernandez.

“They could not attack Councilman Hernandez on his voting record, which is solid and always on the side of the residents,” Oliverez wrote. “In an effort to repair whatever damage I may have caused to the reputations of Councilman Hernandez, his running mate Fred Sykes, and their numerous supporters, I hereby tender my resignation.”

Touhey on Saturday questioned Oliverez’s qualifications as a campaign consultant and said he felt bad for Hernandez.

“She charged $6,000 to Hernandez’s campaign, claiming to be a political expert.” Touhey said. “If she’s not, maybe she owes council member Hernandez a refund.”

On Friday, Touhey accused Oliverez of voter fraud for registering to vote out of Hernandez’s West Covina home while living in Los Angeles.

Oliverez acknowledged Friday changing her voter registration to West Covina from her actual home address in Hollywood.

She called Touhey’s accusation “just one more dirty trick” to try to damage Hernandez’s reputation before Tuesday’s election.

Registering at a location other than one’s place of residence is illegal under federal election laws, said Marcia Ventura, a spokeswoman for the registrar’s office.

Oliverez, who is listed on Hernandez’s campaign disclosure forms as a consultant, gave police her Leland Avenue address in Los Angeles when officers responded Oct. 26 to a neighbor’s call of possible domestic violence at the councilman’s Kauai Street condominium.

Hernandez was hostile and threatening to officers responding to the nonemergency call, police said.

One officer reached for his Taser when the councilman attempted to close a garage door on the officer, according to the police report.

Hernandez and Oliverez have denied any argument occurred in the residence. They have filed complaints with West Covina police, claiming the officers’ actions were politically motivated and driven by Touhey.

West Covina police forwarded their complaints to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for independent investigation.

Touhey said he requested the voter registration status after reading in Oliverez’s formal complaint to police that she was “home alone” at Hernandez’s condominium before officers arrived to investigate last week’s complaint.

“She told police she did not live there,” Touhey said Saturday. “I still don’t understand how that had anything to do with me.”