quote Originally posted by Wichita: Just another Biden Brat doing the bidding of their leftist masters.

Jason T. Schofield, the elections commissioner for Rensselaer County in upstate New York, is set to plead guilty to federal criminal charges in the New Year after being accused of leading a plot to cast votes in at least eight other people’s names without their permission.

According to the Times Union, the notice of Schofield’s change-of-plea hearing was filed on December 13—just hours before the Republican-led Rensselaer County Legislature voted 16–2 to reappoint Schofield to a second term as election commissioner. This, after Schofield had already been facing federal criminal charges since September.

In September, the FBI arrested Schofield on accusations that the county elections commissioner was fraudulently applying for absentee ballots in the names of people who didn’t request ballots or Schofield’s assistance, or didn’t know that Schofield was using their personal information. The indictment alleged that Schofield brought ballots to voters, took possession of some ballots himself, and had voters sign ballot envelopes but not actually vote—enabling him to cast votes in the voters’ names.

Schofield’s plea agreement includes his pledge to cooperate in the federal investigation that is examining the use of county resources and employees to gather absentee ballots.

The election fraudster was appointed to the county elections commission back in April 2018, after resigning from the Troy City School District Board of Education, where the Times Union reports he spent 15 years as a board member and seven years as president.

Other officials are also being targeted by the investigation, including two Rensselaer County employees—one described by insiders as a GOP operative, another an assistant for county Executive Steve McLaughlin, who was indicted last year on campaign finance felony charges. The investigation has also led to the guilty plea of former Republican Troy City Councilwoman Kimberly Ashe-McPheron, for fraudulently submitting absentee ballots in last year’s primary and general elections.

The remarkably ever-widening scale of the upstate investigation follows a wider trend of Republican officials and voters being guilty of the phantasmal voter fraud they so often fearmonger about.

Oh, I forgot to say... this is all Copy and Paste that was reported publicly at the end of 2022.

Yet Another Republican Commits Voter Fraud

quote An upstate New York elections official becomes the latest in a long line of conservatives to perpetrate the very crime they claim is being done against them.

Prem Thakker for The New Republic; December 30, 2022.
https://newrepublic.com/pos...-commits-voter-fraud

quote Originally posted by Wichita: Just another Biden Brat doing the bidding of their leftist masters.

Just another one of the many reasons that remind us of why we like to call him "Einstein."

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Obviously, Republicans need to learn the right way to stuff ballots. They are not nearly as proficient as the Dems.

Rams

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quote Originally posted by Doug85GT: Done with absentee ballots. Which party favors in person voting with photo identification and which party opposes it? Hmmm.

"Under Florida law, all registered voters are permitted to vote by mail."

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican)
Florida House of Representatives, Republican-held seats (83), Democratic-held seats (35)
Florida Senate, Republican-held seats (28), Democratic-held seats (12)

It doesn't get that much more Republican than Florida, but every registered voter in Florida is eligible to vote by mail—which kind of shoots down this rhetorical question from Doug85GT to a not inconsiderable extent.

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quote Originally posted by rinselberg: "Under Florida law, all registered voters are permitted to vote by mail." Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) Florida House of Representatives, Republican-held seats (83), Democratic-held seats (35) Florida Senate, Republican-held seats (28), Democratic-held seats (12) It doesn't get that much more Republican than Florida, but every registered voter in Florida is eligible to vote by mail—which kind of shoots down this rhetorical question from Doug85GT to a not inconsiderable extent.

Providing that example doesn't answer the question asked. Florida is one example but, as a whole, the right side of the aisle has always been in favor of showing IDs.
In Mississippi, the voter must show an ID at the polling place or if the voter wants to vote in the early vote period. The Dems here don't like that. I'll have to look into how those voters in military out of state vote.

quote All voters in Mississippi must present a valid form of identification.

quote Next and in front of the witness, the voter properly marks the ballot in secret, the voter will place it in an envelope furnished by the Circuit Clerk. After the voter has placed the ballot into the envelope and seals it, the voter must complete the voter’s affidavit on the back on the envelope and it must be witnessed as required by law.

quote The bottom part of the envelope is designated for the official authorized to administer oaths or the witness. All absentee ballot envelopes must be witnessed/signed by an official authorized to administer oath, such as a notary public, unless the voter is temporary or permanently physically disabled. Temporary or permanently physically disabled voters can have the ballot envelope witnessed by a person who is at least 18 years of age.

This only represents the state of Mississippi but, the right side of the aisle has always wanted IDs for voting. The Left side obviously does not favor that. The question is why.

Rams

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