Milwaukee elections worker fired over false ballot requests (spoiler - More repug voter fraud)

[Ohio Joe]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top Milwaukee elections official has been fired after sending falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of a Republican state lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of how the 2020 election was administered, the city's mayor said Thursday.

Kimberly Zapata, deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, requested military ballots for fictitious voters from clerks in nearby municipalities using the state's MyVote Wisconsin website, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said just days before the midterm election.

“This has every appearance of being an egregious, blatant violation of trust, and this matter is now in the hands of law enforcement,” said Johnson.

As part of her job, Zapata oversaw the counting of absentee ballots in Milwaukee. The mayor said the city is investigating whether she might have committed any other offenses.

The ballots were sent to the home of Republican state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who chairs the Assembly elections committee and has voiced support for overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state and promoted conspiracy theories about the same. Earlier this week, Brandtjen's office said she had received three ballots for military voters she believed to be fictitious. Brandtjen said then she thought someone was trying to show how easy it is to get military ballots in Wisconsin.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/milwaukee-elections-worker-fired-over-false-ballot-requests/ar-AA13HHuH?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b6fd623c5fb84560b880ceab356522bd

Committing voter fraud to try and prove voter fraud... And all they end up proving is that repugs commit voter fraud

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Just because you can GET these ballots doesn't mean they'll be ACCEPTED

Duh.

Not to mention you can go to jail for requesting them falsely as this dipshit did.

Duh.

[Hassler]

2. One more example of the QOP believing it takes two people two people to

Pull a robbery: the Republican with a gun and the victim with a wallet.

[gratuitous]

3. Sure it's easy enough to get your hands on a ballot

Especially if you're in cahoots with a crooked election commission member. The tricky thing is getting it through all the safeguards to have the ballot counted. And when you've cleared all those hurdles (or think you have), you've cast exactly one fraudulent ballot out of millions of ballots. Then, when you're caught - and you almost certainly will be - the penalties might relieve you of the burden of voting ever again.

Why don't you try counterfeiting pennies, instead? At least with that, you might run into a judge who's more amused than angered that you would pull such a stupid stunt.

[yourout]

4. Lock her up... lock her up.... lock her up

[pansypoo53219]

5. ooh. 3 votes. shirley johnson is gonna win.