West Virginia mail carrier guilty of election fraud after altering ballot requests to Republican
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. West Virginia mail carrier guilty of election fraud after altering ballot requests to Republican
Thomas Cooper, 47, admitted to attempted election fraud and injury to the mail Thursday after an affidavit was filed against him in May.
Cooper held a contract with the U.S. Postal Service to pick up mail in three towns in Pendleton County.
In April, per a statement from the Department of Justice, the county clerk found absentee ballot requests from eight voters that were tampered with a black ink pen, five of which had their party affiliation switched to Republican. Three others that had their affiliation already set to Republican were altered, but did not have their political party changed. All ballots were located in Pendleton County.
Bennie Cogar, a West Virginia Attorney General's Office investigator working on behalf of the secretary of state's office, said in the affidavit filed in May that Cooper admitted to having tampered with some of the requests he delivered "as a joke." He did not know any of the voters whose requests he changed.
Despite ongoing accusations about mail-in voter fraud, including those by President Trump , cases have been minimal — and Trump himself has voted absentee. State leaders from both parties have granted more absentee ballots to residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
Contributing: The Associated Press. Follow Joshua Bote on Twitter: @joshua_bote .
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A West Virginia postal carrier pled guilty to mail and election fraud after admitting he changed the political affiliation on multiple voter ballots from Democrat to Republican.
Despite ongoing accusations about mail-in voter fraud, including those by President Trump , cases have been minimal — and Trump himself has voted absentee. State leaders from both parties have granted more absentee ballots to residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
But, but, no election fraud ever occurs according to the left. How can this be?
Good they caught him.
There will be more caught before this is over. Of course the real pros have elections worth of experience in fraud; then chances of them getting caught are slim and none.
"But, but, no election fraud ever occurs according to the left. How can this be?
Good they caught him.
There will be more caught before this is over. Of course the real pros have elections worth of experience in fraud; then chances of them getting caught are slim and none."
But, but no one ever said there was no voter/election fraud, except the republicans/gop, when they are the majority of those caught in voter fraud.
Yup, the republicans are the real pros in election fraud, thanks for the admission!
I suggest you google Sherikia Hawkins, the Sheffield city clerk in Michigan on trial for ballot fraud. She is a Democrat, so this is not a problem solely confined to one political party.
THE MAJORITY OF THESE CASES IS CONFINED SOLELY TO THE republicans.
Documentation please.
Maybe the R's will shut up about this now that it was one of theirs busted.
That'll be a long wait. Some people are just not very good at this forum thingy.
You know, give and take, back and forth, factual comment and a valid retort....and not getting personal.
As I am a Independent, I would be more than happy to see both sides do so.
Notice that I provided evidence that this is not just confined to one party and you saw what her response was. If that's not denial I don't know what is!
Not to mention zero response when I asked for documentation.
I could waste time looking up and posting instances of proven election fraud committed by the Democrats going back years....but you wouldn't accept that proof.
We use mail in ballots here in Colorado and we have had no problems with it. It's pretty tamper-proof if the system is designed correctly.
When have you ever posted proof of anything?