A Saginaw city councilwoman could face a felony charge after local election officials allege she was caught on video “appearing to falsify signatures on the nominating petition forms” for another candidate.

Video from cameras at Saginaw City Hall released by the city captured the incident that occurred about an hour before the 4 p.m. deadline on July 23 to submit petition forms to appear on the ballot for the city council, MLive reports.

The video shows Youth Development Corporation founder Eric Eggleston and Saginaw City Councilwoman Monique Lamar-Silvia at city hall, where Eggleston was informed he was six signatures shy of the 50 needed to appear on the ballot for city council.

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The footage shows Eggleston pick up two more petition sheets from city officials before heading back outside the building to collect the additional signatures. The video shows Eggleston secured a signature from Carly Hammond, a candidate for a partial two-year term on the council, while Lamar-Silvia also attempted to help.

“I was there. I signed the petition,” Hammond told WJRT. “I was trying to help them as they were rushing to get signatures.”

During those efforts, the city finance director called Saginaw Clerk Kristine Bolzman to inquire about whether the two could collect signatures on a handicap ramp to city hall. Video shows a city worker asked Lamar-Silvia to move off a handicap ramp to the public sidewalk.

“Moments later I received another call from the Finance Director,” Bolzman wrote in an email to state election officials. “Ms. Silvia had moved near the office window of the Finance Director and appeared to be writing for a length of time on the petition sheet.”

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Eggleston turned in six signatures on the petition sheets two minutes before the deadline.

Bolzman wrote that “upon verification of the signatures, it was evident that the voters on page 8 had not signed the sheets themselves.

“There were misspellings in the print and signature of the two names, and … none of the three signatures match the QVF file,” she wrote, referring to the qualified voter file.

City officials reviewed the camera footage, which showed Lamar-Silvia hunched over one sheet on a concrete wall, “proceeding to fill in the columns across the page, while checking her phone repeatedly,” Bolzman wrote.

“I find this to be a violation of MCL 168.544c (8 & 10) and request your thorough review,” the email read.

That law states “an individual shall not sign a petition with multiple names,” and warns violators are “guilty of a felony.”

The Secretary of State confirmed to WJRT last week that Lamar-Silvia, who did qualify for the November ballot, is now under investigation.

Eggleston ultimately did not qualify to appear on the ballot, and he declined to comment about the situation.

“I stand by my councilwoman,” he told MLive.

Lamar-Silvia also declined to comment when contacted by WJRT.

She’s one of 11 vying for five city council seats that come with four-year terms.

Lamar-Silvia was among city council members who voted to send $1.3 million in federal stimulus funds to Eggleston’s Youth Development Corporation, a nonprofit he founded to connect at-risk youth with employable skills.

Council members later reversed the allocation when they realized Youth Development Corporation was dealing with unresolved financial issues from a 2020 federal audit, MLive reports.