West Virginia

TexasTowelie

(116,799 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:48 PM Jul 2020

West Virginia mail carrier admits attempted election fraud

ELKINS, W.Va. — A West Virginia postal carrier pleaded guilty Thursday to altering mail-in requests for absentee voter ballots.

Thomas Cooper entered the plea in federal court in Elkins to attempted election fraud and injury to the mail, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell said in a statement.

Cooper was charged in May after eight mail-in requests for absentee voter ballots had their party affiliations altered.

Cooper, 47, of Dry Fork, held a postal contract to pick up mail in the three towns in which the voters live and delivered the forms in April to the Pendleton County clerk, according to a federal affidavit.

An investigation by the secretary of state’s office found five of the ballot requests were changed from Democrat to Republican with a black ink pen, the affidavit said.

Read more: https://triblive.com/news/world/west-virginia-mail-carrier-admits-attempted-election-fraud/
(Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

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West Virginia mail carrier admits attempted election fraud (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2020 OP

Crude trump like technique. Remember the trump revised weather forecast map for Florida? empedocles Jul 2020 #1

It wouldn't even matter in the next election coming up. Maraya1969 Jul 2020 #2

The logic behind this always trips me up bluedye33139 Jul 2020 #3

Republicans are always screaming about voter fraud... dixiechiken1 Jul 2020 #4

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

1. Crude trump like technique. Remember the trump revised weather forecast map for Florida?

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Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:56 PM

Jul 2020

Maraya1969

(22,997 posts)

2. It wouldn't even matter in the next election coming up.

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Thu Jul 9, 2020, 08:11 PM

Jul 2020

bluedye33139

(1,474 posts)

3. The logic behind this always trips me up

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 08:12 PM

Jul 2020

Making a change like this is guaranteed to be detected. If I received a ballot for the Republican primary, I would object. It would immediately come to the attention of my local election board.

It sounds like an extremely stupid attempt to screw up voting, but, now that I think about it, there is no limit to stupidity in this world.

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)

4. Republicans are always screaming about voter fraud...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:20 PM

Jul 2020

And they're usually the ones committing voter fraud.

Projection much?

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