Mail Carrier in West Virginia Pleads Guilty to Attempted Election Fraud

[Zorro]

Talk of election fraud may conjure images of high-tech operations, ones that rely on hacked emails and a network of fake social media accounts.

A recent case in West Virginia, however, was decidedly less sophisticated. According to federal prosecutors, it involved just one mail carrier and a little bit of black ink.

The mail carrier, Thomas Cooper, 47, of Dry Fork, W.Va., pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of attempted election fraud and one count of “injury to the mail,” according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of West Virginia.

Prosecutors said that Mr. Cooper admitted to altering eight primary ballot request forms with black ink. On five of those forms, the political party was changed from Democrat to Republican, officials said, and they would have resulted in Democratic voters receiving ballots featuring Republican primary candidates.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/politics/west-Virginia-election-fraud.html

[Ilsa]

1. The article doesn't state what his prison sentence is, OR IF TRUMP WILL PARDON HIM.

When interviewed, he said he did it "as a joke." Isn't that special? Of course it's no big deal IRDI (if republicans do it).

The article doesn't state what his prison sentence is, or if trump will pardon him.

[jacksonian]

2. You commit fraud with eight ballots --- in a primary?

And get caught - sheesh, how stupid is this guy?

[Zambero]

3. Double suicide mission

First off, his job. And secondly, given that the party of Trump wishes to deep-six the U.S. Postal Service, any professed Republican mail carrier these days must be out of his/her friggin' mind!

[Blue Owl]

4. Another Republican mail carrier, doing all he can for the party that wants to eliminate his job