This Is Why I Hate Mail-in Voting and Electronic Voting

Top public officials in Clay County schemed to buy votes in several elections so they could hold on to power and enrich themselves and others, a federal grand jury has charged.

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According to the indictment, Democratic election commissioner Charles Wayne Jones and election officer William E. Stivers helped extort money from candidates. In some cases, candidates were apparently asked to pool money so votes could be bought.

Thompson, the county clerk, allegedly provided money for election officers to buy votes. Thompson also told election officers how to change votes at the machines, according to the indictment.

Some voters were bribed at the voting booths. Some officials told voters to use booths incorrectly, so that they could go back and change the tallies, the indictment says.

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Just too much potential for shenanigans. At least if I am punching holes in a card and dropping it in a locked sealed box it is a little harder to mess with.

The media was playing yet another round of name that party but at this point it's hard to tell if this is a partisan or bi-partisan scandal - one of the defendants is the Democratic election commissioner, but it took me about 12 articles to find that out, while one of the races that is mentioned in the indictment was won by a Republican. Unfortunately I don't know how much effect Clay Country has on races in the 5th Congressional District so it's possible that it was won by the Republican despite efforts at corrupting the race or that the corruption is what swung it to the winner. Just have to wait and see.