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: The group was under investigation for fraud in 10 different states for its activities ahead of the 2008 presidential election. The following year, The Wall Street Journal reported: Nevada officials charged ACORN, its regional director and its Las Vegas field director with submitting thousands of fraudulent voter registration forms last year. Larry Lomax, the registrar of voters in Las Vegas, says he believes 48% of ACORN's forms "are clearly fraudulent." Prosecutors in Pittsburgh, Pa., also charged seven Acorn employees with filing hundreds of fraudulent voter registrations before last year's general election. In 2012, Martin, Kentucky Mayor Ruth Thomasine Robinson ran a mail-in ballot scheme that preyed on people who lived in properties she either owned or supervised. The FBI said in a press release: According to evidence at the trial, Thomasine Robinson and her co-conspirators intimidated poor and disabled citizens in order to gain their votes during Robinson’s 2012 campaign for re-election. For instance, members of the conspiracy directed residents of public housing to vote by absentee ballot under the supervision of Thomasine Robinson or another member of the conspiracy. The conspirators also targeted residents of private housing owned and leased by Thomasine Robinson.