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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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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And when it does, it's almost always a republican...

Because they're convinced "everyone on the left is doing it" and assume it's not incredibly easy to get caught.

They view it as jaywalking and not something like not doing your taxes at all. There might not be immediate consequences, but one of them will eventually be discovered and you're fucked.

[–] dmention7@midwest.social 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I honestly think a lot of them firmly believe the gasbags on Fox News (and more recently in the white house) who are always yammering about rigged elections, and see fighting fire with fire as fair game.

Which is not entirely different than what you said; but I see it as an outcome of malicious lies, and not just passive ignorance or belief that it's harmless.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, were talking two different groups...

The people doing it, do it out of ignorance and a false belief it's common.

The people spreading it on TV, are doing so intentionally to get that reaction. They want people committing voter fraud, even knowing they'll get arrested for it.

American History X does a good job of highlighting the difference between what leaders of these movements think and what they say.

Not Edward Norton, the old guy who was pulling the strings and saw him as disposable. That's basically who Steve Bannon is in real life.

[–] dmention7@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I don't disagree with you, just clarifying that I don't think the false beliefs come about organically out of ignorance.