Trump Proved Right: Democrats Charged with Mail-In Voter Fraud
Democratic New Jersey officials arrested over election fraud scheme
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Authorities have arrested and charged Democrat officials over mail-in election fraud scheme in New Jersey, proving President Donald Trump's concerns over vote-by-mail to be right.
Criminal charges against four individuals have been filed by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal for allegedly engaging in voter fraud with mail-in ballots.
Two Paterson, NJ, councilmen, along with two men linked to a councilmen’s campaign, have been charged with mail-in voting fraud, election fraud, and illegal possession of mail-in ballots.
Grewal announced the charges at a press conference, warning that “if you try to tamper with an election in New Jersey, we will find you and we will hold you accountable.
"We will not allow a small number of criminals to undermine the public’s confidence in our democratic process,” he added.
The investigation was launched after hundreds of mail-in ballots were found bundled together in a mailbox in Paterson.
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Late last week, New Jersey AG Grewal announced election fraud charges against Paterson City Councilman Michael Jackson (D), Councilman-elect Alex Mendez (D), Shelim Khalique, and Abu Razyen.
Shelim Khalique is the brother of Paterson City Councilman Shahin Khalique — the elected official behind the city allowing an Islamic call to prayer — and Abu Razyen is linked to Khalique’s re-election campaign, according to Grewal.
The charges allege that Jackson violated state election laws when he collected mail-in ballots from voters in recent city council elections and delivered them to the Passaic County Board of Elections.
Jackson, according to the charges, did not identify who he was when he dropped off the ballots and in one case took an unsealed ballot that had not been filled out and delivered it sealed to the Board of Elections.
48-year-old Jackson has been charged with third-degree fraud in casting a mail-in vote, third-degree unauthorized possession of ballots, third-degree tampering with public records, and fourth-degree falsifying or tampering with records.
Mendez, the charges allege, violated state election laws when he too collected ballots from voters and delivered them to election officials without ever identifying who he was.
The charges claim Mendez delivered mail-in ballots that he knew were fraudulent, in that they were filled out by an ineligible voter.
Mendez, 45-years-old, has been charged with second-degree election fraud, third-degree fraud in casting mail-in votes, third-degree unauthorized possession of ballots, third-degree false registration or transfer, third-degree tampering with public records, and fourth-degree falsifying or tampering with records.
Khalique, likewise, has been charged with third-degree fraud in casting mail-in votes, third-degree unauthorized possession of ballots, third-degree tampering with public records, and fourth-degree falsifying or tampering with records.
According to prosecutors, Khalique did not identify himself when delivering mail-in ballots to election officials.
Razyen has been charged with third-degree fraud in casting mail-in votes and third-degree unauthorized possession of ballots for allegedly procuring and possessing more than three official mail-in ballots that were not his and for which he was not authorized to deliver.
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Each of the men faces three to five years in prison for third-degree crimes, up to 18 months in prison for fourth-degree crimes, and five to 10 years in prison for second-degree crimes.
Altogether, the men could be asked to pay more than $250,000 in fines.
The charges come as Paterson’s all mail-in ballot election was allegedly rife with fraud.
Grewal confirmed that almost 20 percent of the mail-in votes cast were thrown out by the Board of Elections.
Recent data has not shown a compelling public health justification for mail-in voting.
In Wisconsin’s April election, only 52 of more than 400,000 voters and poll workers were confirmed to have contracted the Chinese coronavirus.
None of those cases were fatal.
This equals an infection rate below two-hundredths of one percent.
Just last week, President Trump reiterated his warning about widespread fraud if voters cast ballots by mail in November.
He recalled that the country made it to the polls during the two world wars last century.
Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history - unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2020
“Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations [sic] history – unless this stupidity is ended,” he said in a post on Monday.
“We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!”
