Yet another resident of the Villages (and Trump fan) got busted for voter fraud, forging the signature of his dead father. Unlike the others who got light sentences for voter fraud, this one has an extensive criminal record and will in all likelihood be going to prison. Rivernider was also a Villagers for Trump board member and worked as a field coordinator for the Republican Party of Florida in support of Trump’s campaign in 2020.
Source: Villages-News
A leader in the Villagers for Trump political group was shocked when he was found guilty of voter fraud Tuesday afternoon by a jury in Sumter County Court.
“Incredible,” Robert Rivernider Jr. said as he was leaving the courtroom in Bushnell.
The 58-year-old was convicted of forgery of a public record, uttering a forged document and fraud in connection with casting a vote. All three charges are felonies of the third degree which are punishable by up to five years in prison. When the prosecutor moved to revoke Rivernider’s bond, the prosecutor reminded the judge that Rivernider is already on federal probation for a 2013 conspiracy and wire fraud conviction. However, the judge found that Rivernider was not a flight risk and gave him a notice to appear for a future sentencing date.
Rivernider Jr., who lives at Continental Country Club in Wildwood, was charged with having signed a vote-by-mail ballot for his father, Robert Rivernider Sr., according to an elections fraud complaint from Sumter County Supervisor of Elections William Keen. The senior Rivernider reportedly died on Oct. 19, 2020. The vote-by-mail envelope was signed and dated Oct. 16, 2020, but postmarked on Oct. 23, 2020. It was received by the local elections office on Oct. 26, 2020.
