Posted on 05/27/2020 8:12:14 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Federal and state prosecutors in West Virginia announced Tuesday that it they had charged a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier with attempted fraud for allegedly tampering with requests for vote-by-mail absentee ballots.
A joint statement by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, and Secretary of State Mac Warner said:
Thomas Cooper, 47, of Dry Fork, stands charged with attempting to defraud the residents of West Virginia of a fair election. An affidavit accompanying the criminal complaint states Cooper fraudulently altered eight absentee ballot requests in Pendleton County, of which the complaint states he fraudulently changed the party affiliation on five from Democrat to Republican.
“Manipulating one’s absentee ballot or application is not a laughing matter – it’s a federal offense,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “We must protect the integrity of the ballot box, and this demonstrates the aggressive action we will take to do so. It is more important now than ever for voters to watch for unexplained or suspicious marks and/or any other irregularity with their ballot. If something looks suspicious, let us know right away.”
The affidavit states
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Oh. Wait. She's probably all over this already. Locked and loaded for some stupid reporter who asks a stupid question about President Dr. Trump's concern about vote fraud.
Reading the affidavit; I suspect the whole thing could be a setup. Pay this mail carrier enough to retire so he could carefully mess up a few Democrat ballot requests, be “discovered,” investigated and confess. The propaganda value of such an event is worth a lot to Democrats.
come on...what could possibly go wrong?
-sarc-
Because he changed the party affiliations from D to R let’s see how fast the Trump haters walk back their demands that Pres Trump’s tweets be fact checked
Some paid op ed writer will get the credit for what just said and what I've said at least twice on FR:
I sorted and delivered hundreds of pieces of university mail daily when I was a student employee. We were a large staff but all of us knew a lot such as who was in the John Birch Society, GOP, Dems, Socialist Workers Party, CPUSA and much more. We knew who got Playboy at his campus office and who got thank you mail from political candidates.
The regular US Postal Service carrier for your home and office addresses knows plenty about you, even without post cards to read.
Since around 90% of them are strongly anti-Trump and anti-GOP, they could all decide to dump those nasty ballots in the big mail cannisters or the vacant lot behind Costco. And deliver those Dem ones right on time. Note: remember the Newt Gingrich shutdown over the budget? Placard carrying angry federal workers in photos said "We will remember you at election time." Many were letter carriers or sorters.
Your scenario is unlikely as the Democrats have been making the argument that ballot tampering DOES NOT OCCUR AT ALL.
I know a (conservative) postal employee, who tells me that their union and its leaders are WAAAAAAY far Left.
that’s a given. I work for the local county in IT and the union (CSEA) is totally leftist.
Wanna stop this crap? Grab a rope...
He speaks much wisdom Mr.McFrog.
I sorted and delivered hundreds of pieces of university mail daily when I was a student employee. We were a large staff but all of us knew a lot such as who was in the John Birch Society, GOP, Dems, Socialist Workers Party, CPUSA and much more. We knew who got Playboy at his campus office and who got thank you mail from political candidates.
The regular US Postal Service carrier for your home and office addresses knows plenty about you, even without post cards to read.
Since around 90% of them are strongly anti-Trump and anti-GOP, they could all decide to dump those nasty ballots in the big mail cannisters or the vacant lot behind Costco. And deliver those Dem ones right on time. Note: remember the Newt Gingrich shutdown over the budget? Placard carrying angry federal workers in photos said "We will remember you at election time." Many were letter carriers or sorters.
A most informative post, my FRiend.
It should be required reading for those in Congress as well as those in the alleged "news" media.
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LOL!!! ONE Bad Republican caught, and THOUSANDS of BAD DEMOCRATS go Scot Free because they don’t want to hurt their own cheats!
True story...my daughter works for the P.O....it is obvious in ALL of the propaganda they spew (my daughter is Conservative, btw, and can spot the Rats a mile away!).
What gives you cause to believe this guy is Republican? He is likely a Demon Party member looking to 1. besmirch the R party and 2. Send fraudulent votes to support weak R candidates.
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