A ballot drop box in Pittsylvania, Pennsylvania malfunctioned, leaving the internal collection bin open and potentially damaging the two ballots contained inside. The exposure is the latest example of the complications of universal mail-in balloting and was reported on Monday, October 14th. Initially, voting officials believed “there’s more to it,” but later concluded, “the drop box itself shows no signs of tampering.” “The box is now fully functional. Our building and grounds crew has fixed the mechanism that was causing issues,” the official continued. VOTER SAFETY?đź—łA viewer sent us this video. He went to drop off his ballot late this
A United States Postal Service worker was accused of throwing away a mail-in ballot and political advertisements in the swing state of Pennsylvania. The worker has been placed on leave and follows a host of ballots failing to end up with their rightful owners. According to local reports: “The discarded mail was found in a garbage can at Persad Center on Butler Street in Lawrenceville — the same place the postal worker delivers mail to. “We needed to call the postal office to let them know,” said Carlos Torres, the interim executive director of the Persad Center.” READ MORE HERE.
Several mail-in ballots were found discarded in garbage bags in Sammamish, Washington. According to local reporting: “Sammamish Police are investigating potential mail theft after two garbage bags of mail, which included ballots, were found on the side of the road and several unopened ballots were found in incorrect mail boxes. The City of Sammamish says USPS delivered about 90% of ballots to Sammamish residents on Thursday. Mail carriers were out delivering Amazon packages early Friday morning when they found two garbage bags of mail on the side of the road. There were several unopened ballots inside the bags of mail.”
The Trump campaign legal team successfully invalidated nearly 70,000 mail-in ballot requests that were delivered to Iowans already filled out with the necessary information required to vote. According to the Associated Press: “The court rejected a Democratic challenge that argued the directive issued by Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate was unconstitutional. Pate instructed county elections commissioners in July that all absentee ballot request forms they mailed to voters must be blank in order to ensure uniformity statewide. Auditors in three counties defied Pate’s guidance and mailed forms to thousands of voters with their names, addresses, dates of birth and
A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was arrested for discarding nearly 100 general election ballots in New Jersey. The ballots were thrown away along with 627 pieces of first-class, 873 pieces of standard-class, two pieces of certified mail, and 276 campaign flyers from local candidates. The carrier, 26-year-old Nicholas Beauchene is charged with one count of delay, secretion, or detention of mail and one count of obstruction of mail, crimes punishable by a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine and a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a $5,000 fine, respectively. While Beauchene’s intentions
The Trump campaign has successfully sued to invalidate over 100,000 mail-in ballot requests which were shipped to voters with all relevant information required to vote already printed on the ballots: date of birth, voting ID numbers, and more. According to The Intercept: “More than 100,000 absentee ballot requests have already been invalidated in several Iowa counties. In late August, judges ordered two Iowa counties to invalidate at least 64,000 ballot requests, siding with a challenge brought by President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the GOP, which have been filing similar lawsuits nationwide. About 50,000 voters in Linn County and at
A County Board of Election in Maryland has identified “someone [or a] group that is unlawfully going door to door and trying to collect completely filled out Presidential General Election Ballots.” The release from the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections states: “Please be advised, it has come to the attention of Anne Arundel County Board of Elections that someone/group is unlawfully going door to door and trying to collect completely filled out Presidential General Election Ballots. The Anne Arundel County Board of Elections would never send anyone, be they an Election Judge (volunteers), Election Officials(employees), or Voter Registration Volunteers
A laptop and several memory sticks used to program voting machines in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania were stolen. The news, confirmed Wednesday by Philadelphia officials, is the latest testament to the questionable integrity of the upcoming presidential election. According to The Inquirer: “Many details surrounding the incident remained unclear Wednesday afternoon including exactly how the equipment was taken, whether there are any suspects, and details on how the missing technology might be used. Officials said there are multiple levels of security to prevent the equipment from being used maliciously, and a police investigation is ongoing The equipment is believed