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Far-Left State Election official Caught in Absentee Ballot Fraud Sting, Found to Have Changed Ballots
American Tribune ^ | April 18, 2025 | Adam Stanton

Posted on 04/18/2025 8:44:25 AM PDT by Red Badger

Concluding a case that rocked the nation, a Milwaukee jury convicted former election official Kimberly Zapata of misconduct for obtaining fake absentee ballots. She was initially charged in 2022 with a count of felony misconduct and three counts of election fraud, and was found guilty of all charges. Zapata used her position at the Milwaukee Election Commission to request ballots under fake names and Social Security numbers, and then cast them for a candidate of her choice.

As background, Republicans have been sounding the alarm about voter fraud since the 2020 election, and despite the mounting evidence, the Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media have dismissed the concerns. Specifically, many critics have pointed out the risk in absentee ballots, which are filled out and then mailed to a polling place without oversight.

Such was shown when a video discussing Zapata’s sentencing was posted to X on April 2, 2025. In the post, conservative influencer Real Robert broke down the case. He said, “No election fraud in Wisconsin? ANOTHER DEMOCRAT, Wisconsin Election Commission director Kimberly Zapata found guilty on all felony counts for falsifying military ballots.”

Providing additional information, he described her unsuccessful legal defence. Real Robert declared, “Zapata told investigators she was trying to prove there is fraud in our elections. It turns out she was absolutely right. Milwaukee Assistant District Attorney Matthew Westphal said Zapata’s actions were “an attack on our electoral system,” which only works if the public can trust those administering it.”

In the comments under his post, users were incensed by the shameful crime. One such comment said, “It’s hard to trust any election that does not have safeguards in place to ensure a legitimate vote. Why is all of the election fraud found committed by the left?” Another user asked, “Well did she get caught or did she bring evidence forward…. Or did she get caught and then …..[?] oh oh oh I’m a whistleblower. I’m sure we already know the answer to that.”

Objecting to the relatively light sentence she received, some accounts were dissatisfied. One of the replies said, “She got 1 year probation, a $3000 fine and 120 hours of community service. She should have gotten 5 years of prison. Until they start putting these people in prison, the fraud will continue.” Agreeing, another said, “These people need to be made examples of… The judiciary needs to send a message loud and clear that vote fraud will not be tolerated. Ou[r] democracy will die if voter fraud continues.”

Speculating as to the security of more recent elections, one account wondered if the fraud was exclusive to Zapata. He stated, “I could be mistaken, but isn’t that the same place that had an election yesterday? That’s just so weird. I hope there weren’t any problems with yesterday’s election. I’m sure that this doesn’t make anything seem suspicious… At all. Wonder how many illegals voted.”

Watch coverage of the trial here:

VIDEO AT LINK.................

Rouding out the comments, a Wisconsin voter offered their perspective on the election fraud, saying, “Wisconsin needs to pay attention. Do you really think it is a coincidence that this comes out just at the time the corrupt “person” wins the election who the world knows has lied repeatedly and so much worse? Personally, I would call for a recall with independent sources before you lose the good of Wisconsin for good.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: cheating; electionfraud; fraud; kimberlyzapata; milwaukee; rigging; votefraud; voterfraud; wisconsin
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1 posted on 04/18/2025 8:44:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Traitorous dope needs a rope.

BTW, she should "make friends with the hangman."

2 posted on 04/18/2025 8:47:07 AM PDT by spankalib
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To: Red Badger

Wow, what punishment. Should be hanged.


3 posted on 04/18/2025 8:47:42 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Red Badger
falsifying military ballots.”

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how nostalgic.

military ballot was the dems very 1st vote fraud in 1864.

https://www.raabcollection.com/presidential-autographs/lincoln-fraud

their first tool in their vote fraud robbery tool bag, and they've been inventing more vote stealing tools since then. and they use them all. spit

4 posted on 04/18/2025 8:53:57 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: cuz1961

“Election Commission director Kimberly Zapata found guilty on all felony counts for falsifying.
..... military ballots.”


5 posted on 04/18/2025 8:56:06 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: Red Badger

Tip of a massive iceberg.


6 posted on 04/18/2025 8:58:19 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
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To: fwdude

Will she do hard time in jail?


7 posted on 04/18/2025 9:10:15 AM PDT by princess leah ( )
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin; All

Some sentence.... hockey players sit out penalties longer than THAT!


8 posted on 04/18/2025 9:39:13 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: princess leah
Will she do hard time in jail?

“She got 1 year probation, a $3000 fine and 120 hours of community service.

So she got the softest if the soft time possible. The only thing that could make it more ridiculous is if her "community service" is spent counting ballots.

9 posted on 04/18/2025 9:39:29 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (May Rachel Zegler and Disney never know profits.)
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To: Red Badger
"...our electoral system only works if the public can trust those administering it.”

It doesn't matter who votes. What matters is who counts the votes

--Old Soviet proverb

10 posted on 04/18/2025 9:42:28 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Red Badger
What's worse about Wisconsin is that the state does not have processes to centralize the counting of ballots after an election.

Each locality maintains its own counts; there is no central process for aggegating those counts for statewide auditing. Wisconsin offers no database for post-election vote statistics.

This makes it easier for each local election official to cheat in their areas.

-PJ

11 posted on 04/18/2025 9:45:30 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Red Badger

As if she was the only one.


12 posted on 04/18/2025 9:47:41 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Political Junkie Too

That’s what Florida does. Votes are counted at the precincts, not some central location where ballots can disappear and new ones put in place..............


13 posted on 04/18/2025 9:56:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Explains those 3 am ballot dumps


14 posted on 04/18/2025 9:56:31 AM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Red Badger
But Florida still sends the results to a central reporting system. There is no way for us to get statewide results from Wisconsin.

-PJ

15 posted on 04/18/2025 10:00:48 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Red Badger

Milwaukee has been changing Wisconsin elections for decades. Walker lost in the middle of the night. Trump lost in the middle of the night. Tammy Baldwin won in the middle of the night. In every case at least one network called the winner and then it got reversed by mail in ballots that showed up after 2 am in the middle of the night. Wisconsin is a red state. But Republican party leaders in Wisconsin let this voter fraud happen every election.


16 posted on 04/18/2025 10:53:14 AM PDT by poinq (thics and customs and did not take an oath to the country. And did not follow the country's traditio)
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To: Political Junkie Too

“There is no way for us to get statewide results from Wisconsin.”

Pardon my ignorance, but what does this mean?


17 posted on 04/18/2025 10:58:20 AM PDT by PermaRag (Facts, context, and more facts)
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To: Red Badger

I hate these F’n people with a passion.


18 posted on 04/18/2025 11:07:39 AM PDT by Bullish (I've never seen such morons... Have you?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

No jail time for former election official Kimberly Zapata
convicted of misconduct for obtaining fake absentee ballots.

She was initially charged in 2022 with a count of felony misconduct
and three counts of election fraud, and was found guilty of all charges.

Zapata used her position at the Milwaukee Election Commission
<><>to request ballots under fake names and Social Security numbers,
<><>and then cast them for a candidate of her choice.


19 posted on 04/18/2025 11:20:14 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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To: KarlInOhio

The Dems will learn a very important lesson from this - how to hide their fraud more “effectively..”


20 posted on 04/18/2025 11:39:18 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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