Two Suffolk County election workers and local Independence and Republican party leaders were charged with forging signatures on nominating petitions in an attempt to boost the chances of GOP candidates, according to a Wednesday Newsday report.
Election workers William Mann and Gregory Dickerson along with Independence party leader Patricia Mansir and Republican party leader Amos Goodman allegedly wrote false names, some belonging to dead people, on Green Party, Independence and Republican nominating petitions to try to increase the chances for the GOP candidates.
All four have pleaded not guilty.
In a bizarre twist, as reported by the Southampton Press, Goodman accused the Independence party of forging signatures last summer, the same crime he seems to have committed.
District Attorney Tom Sini said that none of the candidates for whom the accused forged signatures won their races.
I am seeing a pattern here . . .
The Goopers are right, there is rampant election fraud.
However, they were wrong in pointing their fingers at the Dems — it’s their own party that has internalized the message “if we wanna win, we gotta cheat.”
Yeah, and the GOP”s deflecting battle cry is voter fraud. In actuality, it is the GOP election officials engaging in the fraud.
They should get the same treatment as that Texas mother of four who is going to jail for something like eight years when she voted or tried to vote when not eligible.
Unsurprisingly, the only voter fraud rightwing politicians and operatives tend to rant about comes directly from them.
I think the party doth protest too much. It’s like a tell.
It is that same old projection problem again. Republicans are always telegraphing their own misdeeds by accusing others of doing them.