Following the discovery of voting irregularities, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott is considering holding a new election in Harris County. An inquiry revealed that the problem of absent ballots was more common than initially believed.
“An analysis of equipment and voter turnout records conducted by local news outlet KHOU 11 found that 121 voting centers lacked sufficient ballot paper needed to cover voter turnout—more than double the number of centers that Harris County estimated to be affected. The county had previously said 46 to 68 centers ran out of their allotted ballot paper,” Newsweek reported.
“In a statement sent to Newsweek, the Texas secretary of state’s office said that it was first notified of the alleged improprieties in Harris County shortly after Election Day in 2022 and that the information was referred to the Texas attorney general’s office and the Harris County district attorney’s office for investigation,” the outlet added.
The secretary of state’s office said that “we have been collecting even more information to ultimately provide the public with greater clarity on the root causes of the issues witnessed in Harris County during the 2022 General Election.”
“Harris Co. election ballot paper shortage far bigger than initially estimated. It’s so big it may have altered the outcome of elections. It may necessitate new elections. It WILL necessitate new LAWS that prevent Harris Co. from ever doing this again,” the governor said on Twitter.
Harris Co. election ballot paper shortage far bigger than initially estimated.
It’s so big it may have altered the outcome of elections.
It may necessitate new elections.
It WILL necessitate new LAWS that prevent Harris Co. from ever doing this again.https://t.co/Bc3YE3ix5E
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 1, 2023
“Last month, a former county elections commissioner in New York pleaded guilty to applying for absentee ballots in the names of other registered voters,” Carmine Sabia reported for Conservative Brief, adding:
“Jason Schofield, age 43, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully using the names and dates of birth of voters to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots for elections held in Rensselaer County in 2021. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Schofield was an Elections Commissioner at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections (“RCBOE”) until late last month when he resigned in anticipation of today’s guilty plea,” JD Supra reported.
“In pleading guilty to a 12-count indictment, Schofield admitted that in 2021, he unlawfully possessed and used the names and dates of birth of voters in connection with 12 absentee ballot applications he electronically submitted in the voters’ names to the New York State Voter Absentee Ballot Application Request Portal. Schofield admitted that for each application, he falsely certified that he was the voter requesting the ballot. He also admitted that he took personal possession of 9 of these ballots while knowing and intending that RCBOE records would falsely reflect that the ballots had been mailed to the voters,” the outlet added.
“Sentencing is scheduled for May 12, 2023, before United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino. On each count, Schofield faces up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of up to 3 years. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors. Schofield’s plea agreement required that he immediately resign from the RCBOE,” the outlet continued.
Earlier this year, the FBI arrested Schofield over allegations of an absentee ballot fraud scheme and he was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart.
He was charged with unlawfully using voters’ names and dates of birth to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots for elections held in Rensselaer County in 2021.
Schofield, a Republican, was released on his own recognizance until his trial scheduled before U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino.
“He is accused of unlawfully possessing and using voters’ names and dates of birth in connection with absentee ballot applications that he submitted to a New York State Board of Elections website in 2021. The indictment alleges that Schofield applied for absentee ballots in the names of people who had no interest in voting in 2021 and did not request absentee ballots or Schofield’s assistance in obtaining absentee ballots,” Fox News reported.
“In some of these instances, the indictment explained, Schofield also took possession of the absentee ballots issued to these voters, brought them to voters, and had them sign absentee ballot envelopes without actually voting. This allegedly allowed Schofield or another person to cast votes in these voters’ names in Rensselaer County’s 2021 primary and general elections,” the outlet added.
“If convicted, Schofield would face up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of up to 3 years on each of the 12 counts,” the report continued.
Alex Shepherd responded to Abbott’s tweet with a video broadcast of his coverage of the 2022 election and added more details about what he discovered by interviewing Lt. Governor Candidate Aaron Sorrells, who talked about the problems with election day voting for Republicans when they ran out of ballots for Republicans, which started with problematic polling in the Texas election:
I covered the rigged Texas Primaries when the steal happenedhttps://t.co/evhO11X6lB
— Alex Sheppard
(@NotAlexSheppard) February 2, 2023
Heard that before, still waiting???
Fraudulent voting falls in the general category of TREASON! Those found guilty deserve the maximum punishment of hanging. This spanking the hand of the guilty only encourages more fraud, but holding a public hanging would correct a great deal of this behavior.
We All know there was Voter Fraud all over the nation.Biden discussed it w/ his party leaders…
it continued in 2022 Midterm.
Why would anyone screw with an election and risk time in jail. Boggles my mind. But again they get a slap on the wrist. How about minimum jail of 1 yr per ballot they mess with. How about CCTV in every area of voting and counting and a dem gop indepdendent must be present at each state of verification and counting.
How about go back to the old absentee ballot rules, disabled or out of town and you must show photo ID. No photo ID tough shite you most likely are to damn dumb to vote anyway. No more college kids voting in our counties nor paying taxes just temporary “residents” they must vote in their home counties not ours. And damn it no friggin ILLEGAL ALIENS voting.
Return every damn E Voting system. Never had this issue till these companies came around. All ballots shall be bar coded to the county and number of eligible voters in that county. They must add up. All paper ballots will have on both sides seals of the state/commonwealth and seal of the county. Also embedded will be if the ballot is hijacked and copied the ballot will turn gray with the words VOIDED COPIED throughout the ballot.
This will stop this BS.
It seems to be happening in a lot of major cities. Election fraud is rampant ever since the dems changed the election laws during Covid.
My son and his family live in Harris County and he would be delighted to hear this happen. Especially if they can get rid of County Attorney Hidalgo. The woman is not qualified for the job but keeps getting re-elected even though most don’t like her.
Oops, I mean County Judge Lina Hidalgo. Mistakenly called her an “attorney”. She has absolutely no credentials whatsoever for the job she is doing. She only won the first time because the election was so pro-Democrat in the hope of limiting the powers of President Trump. Harris County lost an amazing County Judge in Ed Emmett. He should have been the winner not Hidalgo but the Democrats convinced the voters that Trump was bad for the country and they fell for it.
So now when this story gets out we will be flooded with “not sufficient evidence to have changed the outcome” again. Yet we are supposed to believe that the loosers in office now were the legitimate winners of the 2020 and 2022 elections.