Prosecutor: Proof of election fraud in US House race in Va.
Source: Associated Press
Prosecutor: Proof of election fraud in US House race in Va.
Ben Finley, Associated Press Updated 7:52 pm CDT, Monday, May 6, 2019
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A special prosecutor in Virginia said Monday that he's presented two indictments of election fraud against someone who worked on a failed re-election campaign for a Republican congressman last year.
Special prosecutor Donald Caldwell said his investigation into Scott Taylor's 2018 campaign in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District is still ongoing.
Caldwell released a lengthy statement that offered fresh details on a months-old ballot-fraud scandal that clouded, if not doomed, Taylor's bid for a second term in the district along Virginia's coast.
The scandal started after some of Taylor's campaign staffers were accused last summer of forging voter signatures to place a third-party "spoiler candidate" on November's ballot.
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At least that's the one I read about, and it only happened in one district.
In this one, the GOP candidate's staff put a false 3rd party candidate on the ballot, in an effort to steal votes away from the Democratic challenger.
This is from the OP link:
The scandal started after some of Taylor's campaign staffers were accused last summer of forging voter signatures to place a third-party "spoiler candidate" on November's ballot. The strategy was widely viewed as an effort to draw votes away from Taylor's Democratic opponent, now a congresswoman, who had the backing of national Democrats.
Taylor was a rising political star with a seat on the House Appropriations Committee. The freshman congressman was also a former Navy SEAL in a district with the world's largest Navy base and a heavy population of veterans.
Taylor was being challenged by Elaine Luria, a former Navy commander who also had some momentum from the so-called blue wave against President Donald Trump. The third-party candidate was Shaun Brown, a former Democrat who had lost to Taylor during his first run in 2016.
A judge ultimately removed Brown from the ballot after Democrats sued. The judge overseeing the lawsuit said there was evidence of "out-and-out" fraud by Taylor's staffers. Caldwell, the Commonwealth's Attorney for the city of Roanoke, was appointed to be special counsel for a criminal investigation. The statement he released Monday did not name the person who was indicted.
Repukes will always cheat because it's the only way they can win. Election fairness is for the other people.
Thank you for your post, Duppers. 
