Ex-Atlantic City council president admits to 2022 election fraud scheme

A former Atlantic City council president and longtime political organizer in New Jersey admitted he was involved in a fraudulent mail-in ballot scheme during the 2022 general election, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Craig Callaway, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of depriving, defrauding, and attempting to deprive and defraud the residents of the state of New Jersey of a fair and impartially conducted election process.

About a month before the Nov. 8, 2022 election, Callaway and an undisclosed number of subordinates promised to pay between $30 and $50 to “numerous” Atlantic City residents “to act as purported authorized messengers” for voters who wished to vote by mail, prosecutors said.

Those messengers then took up to four completed vote-by-mail applications to the Atlantic County Clerk’s Office, showed proof of identification, signed the applications and handed them to the clerk’s office.




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