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Cheating


The topic of election fraud just continues to surface. Today I read about two separate situations where election deviousness (cheating) was instrumental in determining the outcome of an election. One in Florida, and one in Michigan.

The first story is  from the New York Times … the headline reads:

Florida Finds Election Fraud

A student and her mother were arrested after the authorities found more than 100 votes suspiciously cast from a single school login. In Escambia County Florida a seventeen year old girl and her mother were accused of vote tampering (cheating).

The report about vote tampering reached the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in early November: Someone had gained access to electronic accounts without authorization. At least 117 votes had been suspiciously cast

Department agents arrested Laura Carroll, 50, and her daughter, Emily Grover, 17, on Monday and charged them with conspiracy to use Ms. Carroll’s school district login to help Ms. Grover get elected homecoming queen.

Ms. Grover was expelled, according to police records, a decision that the family contested, but the expulsion was upheld. Ms. Carroll was suspended from her job,

Ms. Carroll was taken into custody on Monday and released on $8,500 bail. Ms. Grover was sent to juvenile detention for an evaluation, according to the Department of Law Enforcement.

To me the key parts of this story include “arrested,” “taken into custody,” “expelled,” and “suspended from her job.” It appears that Florida does not take cheating lightly especially when in reference to voting.

With the severity of this punishment, I doubt that another teenager will try this stunt again.

The second story is from Michigan where the courts ruled that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson overstepped her authority (cheated) when she issued unilateral changes for absentee ballots in the state. It all centered on voter signature verification. If she wanted to do that, she was going to have to get the state legislature’s approval. 

A Michigan judge ruled last week Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) broke state law when she unilaterally issued rules related to absentee balloting, legitimizing a key claim made by the Trump campaign in its legal challenges to the 2020 election.

Benson issued several unilateral orders during the 2020 election including sending absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. She also issued “guidance” on how to evaluate absentee ballots, a move Michigan Court of Claims Chief Judge Christopher Murray held violated the state’s Administrative Procedures Act.

Signature validation rules created without the approval of a legislature is more than just cheating. . . . It is a crime. BTW: it was one of the issues the Trump campaign and Republicans claimed was done illegally in the 2020 election.

What I didn’t see in this Michigan story that confirmed Ms Benson’s breaking of state law was “suspended,” “fired,” “fined,” “jailed,” “dis-barred,” etc. it will be interesting to see what kind of sentence is handed down to Ms. Benson. I sincerely hope that her punishment is very severe so as to deter any similar shenanigans (cheating) in the future. I hope that the judge throws the book at Ms. Benson (D).

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