Walker County man convicted of voter fraud, sentenced to 25 years, DA says
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — A 62-year-old Walker County man is facing 25 years in prison after being convicted of voter fraud, according to District Attorney Chris Arnt.
The DA says William Chase filled out another Walker County resident’s absentee ballot in the January 2021 runoff election after it was sent ton a PO box at an old address by mistake.
When the husband of the original owner of the ballot got his and she did not, the DA says she called the Walker County Elections Office to inquire about it.
The Elections Office found out that it has already been accepted, but not yet counted, and that it appeared to have her signature, the DA says.
The resident went to the Elections Office and pointed out that it was not her signature.
The DA says the Elections Office cancelled the forged ballot and had a new ballot sent to the resident’s current address.
The Elections Office then requested the Secretary of State Office investigate the forged ballot.
The DA says they learned that Chase was the current owner of the PO box, but he had already submitted a ballot for the election.
The DA says they matched fingerprints on the forged ballot with Chase’s.
Since party affiliation is not mentioned, I assume Democrat.
Radical ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ Could Spell End of Religious Tax Exemptions
Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah (left), and Marco Rubio, R-Fla.—seen here March 4, 2015, on Capitol Hill—are offering amendments to the radical Respect for Marriage Act to mitigate its potential adverse impact on religious individuals and institutions. Will a dozen of their fellow Senate Republicans heed their warnings?
Republicans have long been sounding the alarm that religious liberty is under attack in the United States. It seems that many people, especially in the infamous Gen Z category, have grown deaf to many of the religious liberty concerns latent in legal debates surrounding same-sex marriage, gender, and more.
Nonetheless, the import of today’s vote on the Respect for Marriage Act cannot be overstated. If the bill passes as it currently reads, the United States is looking at a fundamental shift in its religious liberty protections. This bill could impact not only how religious institutions function, but whether they’ll even be able to afford to do so.
The perfect example of this is the current bill text of the Respect for Marriage Act. With the amendment by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Tammy Baldwin, R-Wis., the act seemingly provides protections for religious individuals and institutions who still believe that marriage is between one man and one woman.
The only problem? It doesn’t do that at all.
Instead, the bill simply says that it protects an individual’s or organization’s right to believe in traditional marriage. It says nothing about their right to act in accordance with those beliefs.
Moreover, the current text of the Respect for Marriage Act only provides negative protections for religious liberty.
In short, if you believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, then you have the right to believe and act in accordance with those beliefs. Lee’s amendment explicitly protects the tax-exempt status of religious individuals and institutions, their eligibility for government contracts, grants, or accreditation, and licenses for adoption, foster care, or counseling services.
But, without Lee’s amendment, the Respect for Marriage Act would make same-sex marriage the de facto “law of the land” and make anti-discrimination cases against religious schools and nonprofits the norm.
It’s refreshing to know that someone has finally been convicted of voter fraud.
There needs to be much, much more of this.