WaPo
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.