Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick Pays First Voter Fraud 'Bounty'

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The Dallas Morning News reports that “instead of going to an informant who smoked out fraud by Democrats, Patrick’s five-figure payout went to a progressive poll worker in Pennsylvania whose tip led to a single conviction of illegal voting by a registered Republican.”
 

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The Dallas Morning News reports that “instead of going to an informant who smoked out fraud by Democrats, Patrick’s five-figure payout went to a progressive poll worker in Pennsylvania whose tip led to a single conviction of illegal voting by a registered Republican.”

But...but...but...stuff and things!
 
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The Dallas Morning News reports that “instead of going to an informant who smoked out fraud by Democrats, Patrick’s five-figure payout went to a progressive poll worker in Pennsylvania whose tip led to a single conviction of illegal voting by a registered Republican.”
Just how much was the five-figure 'bounty'?
 
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Now, nearly a year later, Patrick has given out his first reward — but not to a member of his party, the Dallas Morning News reported this week. Patrick’s campaign sent a $25,000 check to Eric Frank, a Democratic poll worker from Pennsylvania whose tip led to the recent conviction of a 72-year-old registered Republican who cast a second vote in his son’s name last November, the Morning News reported.

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On Election Day, [voter fraudster] Thurman, a registered Republican, cast his own ballot and then asked [reward winner] Frank, a poll worker, if he could vote on behalf of his son, the Daily Local News reported. Frank told Thurman that would be illegal, but Thurman showed up later wearing sunglasses and proceeded to vote again. When Frank noticed, he alerted his father, an elections judge. Thurman quickly fled the building as the father and son tried to speak with him, the paper reported.

Frank and his father provided statements to law enforcement, and prosecutors charged Thurman later that month.

When Frank did [apply for the reward after Thurman's conviction], “Texans for Dan Patrick” sent Frank a $25,000 check, which Frank previously told the Morning News he might put toward buying a house.

Blakemore confirmed to WBAP that Frank’s reward has been the only one so far, although Frank received the minimum amount. A top-dollar reward could go to “somebody who uncovers a ring of people, or somebody who is involved in multiple ballots being cast,” Blakemore told WBAP.
 
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Here is my takeaway from this story. Not being a cheerleader for one particular political team I am glad to see that at least one miscreant has been punished. Seems to me that there are a lot of cheerleaders here who are gleeful that the miscreant was part of the other team. The point of voting integrity ought not be to harm someone from the other team but to assure that the process is as fool proof as possible. Fraud is fraud no matter who is committing it. Obviously the system is flawed if such a fraud is a possibility. Perhaps we ought to tighten up the system to make this kind of thing impossible?
 
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Here is my takeaway from this story. Not being a cheerleader for one particular political team I am glad to see that at least one miscreant has been punished. Seems to me that there are a lot of cheerleaders here who are gleeful that the miscreant was part of the other team. The point of voting integrity ought not be to harm someone from the other team but to assure that the process is as fool proof as possible. Fraud is fraud no matter who is committing it. Obviously the system is flawed if such a fraud is a possibility. Perhaps we ought to tighten up the system to make this kind of thing impossible?

How would you prevent someone from trying to commit fraud?
 
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How would you prevent someone from trying to commit fraud?

Silly question, of course we can't prevent someone from trying. I don't propose that we prevent people from trying only that we be assured that they won't be able to succeed even if the poll worker isn't a judge's son and paying close attention to someone that is fairly incompetent at committing fraud.
 
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Here is my takeaway from this story.

Here is mine. Voter fraud is rare and does not determine the outcomes of elections. Election laws, election workers, official audits and other checks keep our system quite safe.

Pandering stunts, such as the Maricopa County investigation and Dan Patrick's bounty, have not uncovered any evidence of widespread fraud.
 
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Four other Pennsylvania residents have been charged with similar crimes in connection with voting in the 2020 election. Marple Township resident Bruce Bartman pleaded guilty in April to casting an absentee ballot for Donald Trump on behalf of his dead mother. Robert Richard Lynn, of Luzerne County, entered a guilty plea to similar charges in August.

Two Bucks County women — Melissa Ann Fisher and Deborah Elaine Doonerhave pending criminal cases, also for casting ballots in the names of their recently deceased mothers.

A Chester County man admitted he voted illegally in his son’s name in the 2020 election

Prosecutors said Dooner’s mother died Sept. 29 but they allege her daughter completed the mail-in ballot for the 2020 General Election for her mother, signing the declaration purporting to be her mother on Oct. 7. Prosecutors cited handwriting analysis in alleging that both application and ballot were signed by Dooner, not by her mother.

Prosecutors also cited handwriting analysis in alleging that Fisher signed the application and ballot for the 2020 General Election for her mother, who died Sept. 21, and on Oct. 7 signed the declaration purporting to be her mother.

District Attorney Matt Weintraub said detectives spent months investigating 22 voter complaints and ultimately found no “widespread or systematic election fraud” in the county. “In each of these cases, the system caught the fraud first, as it was designed to do,” he said.


2 women charged with trying to vote for deceased mothers
 
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Four other Pennsylvania residents have been charged with similar crimes in connection with voting in the 2020 election. Marple Township resident Bruce Bartman pleaded guilty in April to casting an absentee ballot for Donald Trump on behalf of his dead mother. Robert Richard Lynn, of Luzerne County, entered a guilty plea to similar charges in August.

Two Bucks County women — Melissa Ann Fisher and Deborah Elaine Doonerhave pending criminal cases, also for casting ballots in the names of their recently deceased mothers.

A Chester County man admitted he voted illegally in his son’s name in the 2020 election

Prosecutors said Dooner’s mother died Sept. 29 but they allege her daughter completed the mail-in ballot for the 2020 General Election for her mother, signing the declaration purporting to be her mother on Oct. 7. Prosecutors cited handwriting analysis in alleging that both application and ballot were signed by Dooner, not by her mother.

Prosecutors also cited handwriting analysis in alleging that Fisher signed the application and ballot for the 2020 General Election for her mother, who died Sept. 21, and on Oct. 7 signed the declaration purporting to be her mother.

District Attorney Matt Weintraub said detectives spent months investigating 22 voter complaints and ultimately found no “widespread or systematic election fraud” in the county. “In each of these cases, the system caught the fraud first, as it was designed to do,” he said.


2 women charged with trying to vote for deceased mothers

After all the stolen election hooey it's more than a bit ironic that the majority of actual fraud was committed in favour of Trump. When it seems like all the bizarre has been squeezed out of the tube, there's always just a bit more in reserve.
 
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