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OKeefe Allies Could Face Voter Fraud Charges
Update, Jan. 11, 5:00PM: Mark Zuckerman, a federal prosecutor in the New Hampshire U.S. Attorneys Office, told TPM he recently became aware of the Project Veritas video and was reviewing it but hadnt formed any opinion on whether it presented an issue.
It was one of the few if not the only coordinated efforts to attempt in-person voter fraud, and it was pulled off by affiliates of conservative activist James OKeefe at polling places in New Hampshire Tuesday night. All of it part of an attempt to prove the need for voter ID laws that voting rights experts say have a unfair impact on minority voters.
Now election law experts tell TPM that OKeefes allies could face criminal charges on both the federal and state level for procuring ballots under false names, and that his undercover sting doesnt demonstrate a need for voter ID laws at all.
Federal law bans not only the casting of, but the procurement of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held.
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onethatcares
(16,184 posts)at Senator Landreuxs office? (i'm not certain of the spelling of the senators name, so excuse me )
malaise
(269,157 posts)Please, please send them to prison!
madokie
(51,076 posts)When I read, see or hear of him first thing that comes to mind is PUNK. and I don't like punks
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