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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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[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 95 points 8 months ago

Davis, a Republican

Always projection

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 60 points 8 months ago

When it's not in the title, it's a republican

[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)

it happens so rarely that its news.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 43 points 8 months ago

But it's seemingly always or almost always the same party. Funny that....

[–] 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.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago
[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

It's ALWAYS a Republican doing this shit

[–] 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

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Davis, a Republican

Usual suspects