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MagickMuffin

(15,936 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 05:28 PM Jul 2020

A Mail Carrier Took People's Absentee Ballot Requests And Switched Their Party To Republican



A West Virginia mail carrier is facing prison time after admitting he attempted election fraud by changing the party registrations of people who had requested absentee ballots for the state's June primary, officials announced Thursday.

Thomas Cooper, 47, of Dry Fork signed an agreement in which he pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to defraud the residents of West Virginia of a fair election and one count of injury to the mail.

Cooper attorney Scott Curnutte told BuzzFeed News his client had engaged in a "silly lark."

"He is deeply sorry for the implications for our democratic process," Curnutte said. "It should be remembered, however, that the mail he altered were requests for ballots, not ballots themselves."



https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/mail-carrier-election-fraud-absentee-mail-ballot-west?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&ref=bffbbuzzfeed&&fbclid=IwAR0hQ7ExXuz_5gm8L5bWH3Wf9PKhXj3iGfepUjm91gjEcvTdokKAmZDb908



NEWSFLASH: Scott Curnutte, they voters would have received ballots for the republicons. GOOBER

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A Mail Carrier Took People's Absentee Ballot Requests And Switched Their Party To Republican (Original Post) MagickMuffin Jul 2020 OP
Yeah... switch them to the party that is trying to eliminate his job... Blue Owl Jul 2020 #1

Blue Owl

(50,349 posts)
1. Yeah... switch them to the party that is trying to eliminate his job...
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 06:26 PM
Jul 2020

That'll end up well for everyone!

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