


March 16: Florida assistant principal, daughter arrested in homecoming queen vote scandal May 4: Florida student accused of rigging homecoming queen vote could face 16-year sentence At about the same time, the district's student council coordinator was notified Grover had allegedly commented about using her mom's FOCUS account to cast votes, according to arrest warrants.
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In October 2020, the Escambia County School District's election software application flagged hundreds of votes in the homecoming election as fraudulent, causing the district to contact the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Grover and her mother, Laura Carroll, assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, were arrested in March after authorities said the duo used Carroll's special access to the district's student data system to cast hundreds of fraudulent votes for Grover in the homecoming queen election at Tate High School. Her attorney, however, filed a waiver earlier this week and entered Grover's plea of not guilty. She was scheduled to appear in Escambia County Court on Friday. Grover, who was 17 when arrested and has since turned 18, is being tried as an adult. PENSACOLA, Fla. – Emily Grover, the Florida high school homecoming queen accused of rigging her school's election, pleaded not guilty in court this week to all four charges she faces. Watch Video: Homecoming queen election fraudster could face 16 years in prison
