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Colorado woman found guilty of voter fraud for casting ballots for late ex-husband and son (apnews.com)

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Elizabeth Ann Davis, 61, was convicted Wednesday of two counts of forgery and one count of impersonating an elector for submitting mail ballots for them in the 2022 general election. Voter fraud is generally rare and detectable since the nation’s election processes provide many safeguards, according to current and former election officials.

Voters are required to put their signature on ballots before returning them.

Davis, a Republican, has previously been convicted of forgery and other offenses in Florida and Colorado, a press release from the office of District Attorney George Brauchler said.

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell from the wording if her son is dead or alive. If he is alive, doesn't that mean at some point he would have had to confirm his mom forged his vote?

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 8 months ago

Not necessarily... He might have voted elsewhere, they might have done handwriting analysis, they might have just asked him where he voted with no context, or they might have just assumed if it happened once it happened twice and charged her for it

But the headline reads as if he's dead, although it is ambiguous