Wisconsin
Wisconsin election fraud, man charged after admitting ballot request
UNION GROVE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Division of Justice on Thursday, Sept. 1 introduced that 68-year-old Harry Wait of Union Grove has been charged with election fraud.
In keeping with a prison grievance, Wait went to MyVote.wi.gov and requested absentee ballots for 2 folks to be despatched to his handle.
The grievance states that, in a number of on-line movies and different correspondence, Wait admitted requesting the ballots utilizing the opposite folks’s private figuring out info. These folks didn’t authorize Wait to make use of their info for this function.
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“Breaking the legislation to avoid wasting the republic. I’ll take the penalty any day of the week,” he instructed FOX6 Information in August concerning potential prices.
In all, Wait is charged with:
- Election fraud (2 counts)
- Unauthorized use of a person’s private figuring out info (2 counts)
The investigation was led by DOJ’s Division of Prison Investigation.