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 A Madison County grand jury indicted Kimberly "Baboon's ass"  Readus for voter intimidation, destroying an absentee ballot, and attempting to remove an unsealed ballot box.  Ms. Readus waived arraignment and posted a $20,000 bond.  She is represented by Ed Blackmon.


Madison Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger fined her $1,000 and issued three thirty-day sentences against her after she was convicted of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and providing false information on November 25. The indictment states:

*Ms. Readus "shouted at poll workers" and destroyed a valid absentee ballot. Her actions allegeldy caused voters to leave the precinct without voting.

*She engaged in "the use of profanity and loud boisterous bullying tactics" which casused voters to leave the precinct without voting. She did so as a member of the Canton Democratic Executive Committee.

*Ms. Readus engaged in "corrupt conduct and an illegal act or acts, while acting as a member of the Canton Democratic Executive Committee, in that she attempted to physically remove an unsealed ballot box from the Madison County Courthouse."


JJ reported previously about Ms. Readus:

Hmmm..... leaving the courthouse with unsealed ballot boxes? You don't think anything was going to happen to those boxes while in her possession, do you? The problem is she got into more trouble because she gave the police (allegedly, of course) a false identity when they were booking her. So she got some more charges added to the list. Unfortunately, this is not her first or second scrape with the law.

Court records obtained by this correspondent state Ms. Readus was convicted in Madison County of shoplifting from Northpark Mall in 1996. She was fined $500 and permanently banned from the mall. The court also sentenced her to thirty days in jail but that was suspended. She was also convicted in 1996 of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The court sentenced her to 180 days in jail but suspended the sentence. The court ordered her to pay a $250 fine and court costs. The total amount is $383 but the records state she never paid it. Never paid the fine. Can the judge reinstate the six month sentence? Just a thought.

"A member of the Canton Democratic Municipal Executive Committee was arrested late Tuesday night in the Madison County courthouse when a disagreement about vote counting led to an altercation.

Witnesses told Madison County deputies that 41-year-old Kimberly Readus was involved in an altercation with an elderly woman, when Readus and other committee members attempted to leave the courthouse with unsealed ballot boxes.

Bystanders added that Readus and the other committee members were attempting to leave the courthouse before completing the vote count.

Readus reportedly called the woman a "baboon's ass" during the altercation. She was subsequently charged with disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and providing false information to law enforcement."