Title: A Brief History of Mail-In Vote Fraud | News/Talk 1130 WISN | Dan O'Donnell
Headings: A Brief History of Mail-In Vote Fraud
A Brief History of Mail-In Vote Fraud
Content: Trial testimony established that the conspirators completed absentee ballots, marking their choice of candidates, and instructing the voters to sign the pre-marked ballots. Voters who complied by voting for Thomasine Robinson received promises of better living arrangements and other considerations. Voters who did not comply faced eviction or the loss of priority for public housing. In addition, the evidence established that the defendants offered to pay several voters to vote for Thomasine Robinson. She was convicted on vote fraud and civil rights violation charges and sentenced to 90 months in federal prison. In 2017, investigators found widespread mail-in fraud in Dallas City Council elections. Dallas Magazine explained the "harvesting operation" in a lengthy profile of the man who discovered it: It starts with a knock. Someone in your family opens the door, because you’re old, most likely over 80, certainly poor, possibly infirm, probably a minority. You see a familiar face.