Authored by Mark Hemingway via RealClearPolitics.com,
Following accusations of widespread fraud, voter intimidation, and ballot theft in the May 12 municipal elections in Paterson, N.J., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Thursday he is charging four men with voter fraud – including the vice president of the City Council and a candidate for that body.
“Today’s charges send a clear message: if you try to tamper with an election in New Jersey, we will find you and we will hold you accountable,” Grewal said in a statement.
“We will not allow a small number of criminals to undermine the public’s confidence in our democratic process.”
Paterson City Councilman Michael Jackson, 48, Councilman-Elect Alex Mendez, 45, Shelim Khalique, 51, and Abu Razyen, 21, were charged with crimes including fraud in casting mail-in votes, unauthorized possession of ballots, and tampering with public records.
Paterson’s City Council members aren’t officially affiliated with a political party.
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Make an example of them, with a separate charge for each of the fraudulent or stolen ballots. Each is a crime against an individual, the federal Civil rights crime of not allowing a person to rightfully vote for the candidate(s) of their choice. Citizen voting is a basic right, and these people have denied those people that right.
ReplyDeleteDeath by hanging in the town square will deter that BS!
ReplyDeletePublic and televised death by garrote is even more appropriate.
ReplyDeleteWHAT??....The media told me that there was no corruption in mail in voting...could they have lied??...say it ain't so!
ReplyDeleteWe just cannot have this damn mail in voting.
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