Arizona Republicans have defined vote buying as an instance in which someone receives compensation to complete a mail-in ballot in front of the vote buyer and hand over both the ballot and signed return envelope
- In response to claims of illegitimate ballots in the 2020 presidential election, Arizona Republicans enacted reforms to secure statewide elections and prosecuted ballot harvesters
Pennsylvania won't certify primary election results in three counties
Jul 21, 2022
Pennsylvania has not certified the results of its May 17 primary election in three counties due to lingering legal disputes over the counting of mail-in ballots. The state sued the three counties last week, aiming to force them to count ballots without handwritten dates, the Associated Press reported.
The Pennsylvania Department of State has said it will certify the three counties' results when the litigation concludes.
- Judges in both Commonwealth Court and the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously rule that ballots lacking handwritten dates are valid, though the appellate court's ruling awaits a hearing before the Supreme Court.
Perfect election, not! Ex-police chief, city councilman admit to buying votes in Louisiana
Louisiana
- A former police chief and current city council member in Louisiana have both pleaded guilty to federal charges in what prosecutors say was a vote buying scheme in the 2016 and 2020 elections.
- Jerry Trabona, 72, the former Amite City police chief, and City Councilman Kristian "Kris" Hart, 49, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to pay and offering to pay voters in Tangipahoa Parish for voting in the2016 primary and general elections.
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