Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Letter carrier in West Virginia charged with attempted election fraud

  1. In the past days, President Trump and other Republican lawmakers have taken to twitter to espouse the view that increased absentee ballot voting will lead to more instances of voter fraud across the nation.
  2. Thomas Cooper, who is responsible for mail delivery from the three towns of Onego, Franklin and Riverton, from which the altered requests were sent, admitted to changing the requests, saying his actions were intended as a joke.
  3. Federal prosecutors say a West Virginia letter carrier committed election fraud by altering party affiliations on requests for absentee ballots.
  4. The expansion of the mail-in ballot system has been cause for debate in D.C., as lawmakers contemplate how to proceed with the November election in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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