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In case you're as lazy as I usually am and wanted to know - yes, Republican.
In several cases, Schofield allegedly brought the ballots to those registered voters and had them sign absentee ballot envelopes without actually voting. That allowed Schofield or another person to cast votes in these voters’ names, according to the indictment.

For 12 votes. Were the elections that close? I'm thinking probably not. What an absolute moronic shitbag. I hope he gets the maximum penalty on every count. >

It depends on where in Rensselaer county, NY. Some of the urban areas are quite purple and the scales could tilt either way in local elections just by a few votes. Outside suburban areas, it gets conservative pretty quickly to the point that there are confederate flags waving in some houses and lawns - if you catch my drift. >

Yeah, drive 10 minutes north of Troy and the flags are all over the place. >

Kidding me, 10 minutes east of East Greenbush and you can start seeing them or Trump 2024 flags.
Let's never forget that obnoxious asshole on Route 4 with all of those signs and flags on his lawn either. I am not surprised someone got pissed enough to beat the shit out of that wooden sign he had - it's like being an actual asshole and inflammatory troll has consequences.
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Oh bonus, that dude on Route 4 looks like Tom Anderson from Beavis and Butthead. Came into Starbucks one day, several years back wearing literally the same shirt, shorts, and socks pulled up with similar glasses. >

Bah I forgot about that dude. Had the Obama in a wife beater sign, fuck that dude. Did you say he did get beat up or you are surprised he hasn't? >

He got one of his signs destroyed that was very inflammatory. >


Republican - 12 absentee ballot applications he submitted electronically to the New York State Voter Absentee Ballot Application Request Portal, - falsely certified that he was the voter requesting each of the absentee ballots. When Schofield was originally arraigned in September, his attorney said Schofield maintained he was innocent of the charges in the 12-count indictment.

I get lost after a while. Some of the offenders in these stories say, I was just testing the system this one just says not guilty. >

He lost his career because he wanted to add 12 ballot applications. 12. >

He got caught on 12. How many did he not get caught on? >

Yeah. It's frightening. He had no problems falsely submitting the first 11 of them... >

Oh yes, the "both sides" argument. Except one side hasn't consistently tried to subvert democracy at every turn because they aren't getting their way. Fake electors. Voter suppression. Insane gerrymandering and flagrant disregard for court orders. Floating laws to simply override the electorate if they "suspect" fraud. >

Yes, one of them is objectively "less bad" than the other. It's hard to get along with people who actively want to drag society back to the previous century. >

Make an example of this guy: maximum penalty 
It really is difficult to accept this asshat getting a slap o the wrist while a black woman mistakrnly voted and she gets 6 yrs for election fraud >

A former Republican county elections commissioner...
Sad. >

Imagine blowing an opportunity that you wanted as a kid because you wanted to change the voting results.
Yikes. >

Imagine what he would've thought of the adult version of him >

I'd really like to think that he'd be very disappointed. Maybe not though. >

I don't know, the only kids I knew that were into politics at a young age didn't exactly have the best morals. Anecdotal, obviously, but they generally were in love with the idea of power/influence, much less so the "helping people/improving things" part. >

Yeah you're right. He'd probably just be mad at his future self for being caught. >

"He faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and supervised released of up to three years for each count."
For reference, Crystal Mason, a black woman in Texas, got 5 years in real prison for simply casting a provisional ballot that was never counted. She wasn't sure if she was eligible, the poll workers said cast a provisional ballot. She did, and now she's in prison.
This guy better get at least 5 years. It should be 60 years. >

That the Texas justice system has harsher penalties than NY’s isn’t a surprise, though.  It’s kind of comparing apples and oranges here. >

Apples and oranges is right. She had no intention of committing voter fraud, and asked the poll workers what to do.
He *was* a poll worker, and used his position to intentionally try to fake a dozen votes.
He should get far more than she did. >

Yes, the “crimes” aren’t comparable, nor are the penalties.  Texas law is often more punitive and it’s juries less forgiving. >

Do you think it she was a white male republican she'd have gotten the same sentence?  (Hint:  she wouldn't have) >

No, nor do I think she’d have gotten the same sentence in NY.  That’s my point. >

I wonder if the tough-on-crime Republicans will push for the maximum sentence, 60 years and $3,000,000 fine, plus 36 years of supervised released. /s >

We should have a new mantra that if the charged person declares they are innocent and goes on a PR campaign then this should be considered at sentencing. 
If you did the crime and plead guilty straight away. You saved the govt’ expense and time and should get a break.   
These soft society crimes are without long term consequences. 
 Don’t get me started on businesses that accept no fault fines for their misdeeds.. >

Uh no let’s not get rid of the presumption of innocence or use a plea of “not guilty” (standard in the initial appearance in every single criminal case) against a defendant.  That would be batshit.
Defendants who plead guilty and spare the expense of trial already get lesser sentences.  That’s like, the whole point of plea bargaining. >

They didn't argue against the presumption of innocence. They argued for taking into consideration how hard you worked to lie at sentencing, which only takes place after you have been found guilty. >

A “not guilty” plea is not a “lie.”
Treating it as such effectively takes some of the burden away from the government to prove your guilt and thus undermines the presumption of innocence.  
In any event the whole point of a plea deal is a lesser sentence to avoid the cost of trial, “acceptance of responsibility” is already a factor in sentencing, and defendants who go to trial already face longer sentences.
In sum this idea is completely fucking stupid and the suggestion of someone without the slightest idea what they’re talking about. >

There is a difference between pleading not-guilty and running a months long PR campaign to use massive financial resources to place additional burden on an overloaded system and there is a difference between taking this into account before conviction and after pleading guilty and getting convicted.
A person who was ultimately found guilty through due process who ran a large PR campaign didn't just plead not-guilty, they plead not-guilty and additionally worked HARD to undermine the justice. It's not fucking stupid to say that the amount of effort they put into subverting justice should be taken into account for someone found guilty.
Your username checks out. >

Lol my username hasn’t checked out in almost a decade, homie.  It’s kinda fun because it prompts r/confidentlyincorrect comments like this one.
As I said at least twice already, everything you just described would already be taken into consideration at sentencing. >

My apologies for misinterpreting. If you were trying to be helpfully informative it was lost in the deep layers of your dismissively insulting words while being additionally obscured by the argumentative tone of your writing style.
I can appreciate that I was incorrect about your username. My deepest sympathies on having ended up in such a profession. If I'd considered for even a moment it should have been painfully apparent by the level of condescension achieved by each and every one of your messages and I am properly shamed for missing it. You're a credit to your field. Are you independent or do you work with a firm? >

Take a wild guess which party he's a member of? >

The one that always does foul play >

It's Interesting how all these fraud cases are perpetrated by Republicans who are screaming about voter fraud....cunts. >

Wouldn’t this be further evidence of their claims of voter fraud, regardless of party? >

From the Hunter Biden Laptop Party. Shocking. Click your heels and say Benghazi three times and Raygun will return from the dead. >

He’s too busy spinning in his grave as his party licks Russia’s balls. He’d come back just to be labeled a RINO. >

Considering that he had gay friends (although he did treat them like shit for political reasons, see Rock Hudson), and signed an actual amnesty for illegal immigrants, and signed gun control bills into law, they probably wouldn’t call him a RINO, they’d call him a woke communist or some shit like that. >

Look at Fucking Woke Reagan over here!
We wanted him Woke from the dead, not some mamby-pamby-touchy-feely empathetic Woke. >

I firmly believe that many GOP officials think that Dems MUST be cheating in elections because the GOP has been so good at it for years.  Surely, the Dems must be doing all the illegal stuff ‘we’ are doing? >

That is Trump's belief, that everyone cheats so he feels justified in doing so as well. (in this case while playing golf) >

I’d say that it’s the reverse: Trump cheats so much and so severely that he’s convinced that everybody else must be cheating as much as he is. >

If there's one thing you can always count on with Republicans, it's the projection. EVERYTHING they accuse others of, THEY DO. Every. Fucking. Time.
Knew this was a Republican before I even clicked. >

Well naturally. They call Dems gay and pedos, but Repubs are also gay and have many more pedos than the left >

Oh a republican, how shocking. >

Shocked, shocked I tell you to discover it was a Republican. They're just entirely projection at this point. >

Just like their need to see the laptop for the dick pics on there. No joke, when it was found that Hunter Biden's dick pics were on the laptop, the republican attention to the laptop increased >

The reason republicans assume democrats cheat at elections. Because republicans cheat at elections. >

No, because everyone does it. We need more secure voting. Paper ballots and in person voter ID, at a minimum. >

Found the voter fraudster >

Republicans and election fraud, name a more iconic duo. >

How did I know it would be a Republican >

So...once again we found voter fraud and once again it was a republican. >

I assumed it was a Republican based on headline alone. Immediately confirmed by comments when I opened the thread. sigh >

With Republicans and election fraud it’s always been a he who smelt it dealt it sort of situation. Every single time. >



Republicans constantly doing this shit in current year


Democrats doing it 60 years ago


Yeah totally dude I get how you don't see the difference >

IF this was a D it would be on every wrongwing news outlet 12x a day.... >

The Republicans are projecting these election fraud claims. They’ve been cheating at elections for years. >

These folks are always republicans aren’t they? >

I'm not sure why I bother clicking these links.  They're nearly ALWAYS Republicans.  Not sure why that isn't just right in the title.  It always is when it's a Democrat. >

Republicans know there is election fraud because they are the ones committing it. >

Do you see the perpetrator?
…Yeah I’m right here. >

The GOP keeps saying there is ballot fraud.  It is because they were the ones committing the fraud. >

Another Republican commiting actually election fraud. Projection is real. >

I'm sure this will be the first of many. >

yup. every instance of voter fraud is caused by a republican. their projection knows no bounds. >

Once again only proving there's voting fraud by committing it themselves. >

Don't know why I even bothered clicking the article to see what party he was a part of. >

Congratulations GOP! You've found an exciting, innovative, and reliable approach to proving ballot fraud. >

I assume he's white, so it will be a hand slap. >

Voter fraud in 2020 and 2021 is being proven! >

The first sentence is 100% not a surprise. >

No surprise here. Many politicians are guilty of fraud, some just don't get caught.
What is wrong with people? You throw your whole career/reputation out the window to "own" the Democrats? Just pathetic. >

I’m taking a wild guess and saying there’s an “R” after his name.  Ammirite? >

How do you admit to a crime and still claim innocence? >

It’s written weird but it sounds to me like he pled innocent at arraignment, then later admitted to it at a later date.  Because they don’t say it’s going to trial to determine guilt, but instead that the next step in sentencing in March.