Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Huh..so it appears that this guy, in his zeal to prove Democratic election fraud..himself committed election fraud and identity fraud.
Now how stupid is that?
I would point out that the test worked, I guess, in that it proved that if you try to indulge in election fraud, you will get caught...which most of us knew already~

Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud

Investigating voter fraud claims, Harry Wait requested the ballots of Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

www.nbcnews.com

A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

Jurors in Racine County on Tuesday found Harry Wait guilty of two misdemeanor election fraud charges and one felony identity theft charge following a two-day trial. He was acquitted of a second count of identity theft.

Wait leads a group that makes false election claims, including that Wisconsin’s elections are riddled with fraud and that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Trump lost Wisconsin in 2020 by about 21,000 votes.

Wait admitted in 2022 that he requested Vos’ and Mason’s ballots to try to prove that the state’s voter registration system is vulnerable to fraud. Wait told The Associated Press at the time that he wasn’t surprised he was charged.

A sentencing date has not been set. Wait’s attorney Joe Bugni did not respond to an email Wednesday asking whether he would appeal.

Wait, 71, faces up to six years in prison on the felony conviction and up to a year in jail on each of the misdemeanor convictions.

His conviction comes after a jury in 2024 found a former Milwaukee election official guilty of misconduct in office after she obtained three military absentee ballots using fake names and Social Security numbers in 2022. Like Wait, Kimberly Zapata argued that she was trying to expose vulnerabilities in the state’s election system.

Zapata was fined $3,000 and sentenced to a year of probation.

 

[Crepitus]

Huh..so it appears that this guy, in his zeal to prove Democratic election fraud..himself committed election fraud and identity fraud.
Now how stupid is that?
I would point out that the test worked, I guess, in that it proved that if you try to indulge in election fraud, you will get caught...which most of us knew already~

Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud

Investigating voter fraud claims, Harry Wait requested the ballots of Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

www.nbcnews.com

A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

Jurors in Racine County on Tuesday found Harry Wait guilty of two misdemeanor election fraud charges and one felony identity theft charge following a two-day trial. He was acquitted of a second count of identity theft.

Wait leads a group that makes false election claims, including that Wisconsin’s elections are riddled with fraud and that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Trump lost Wisconsin in 2020 by about 21,000 votes.

Wait admitted in 2022 that he requested Vos’ and Mason’s ballots to try to prove that the state’s voter registration system is vulnerable to fraud. Wait told The Associated Press at the time that he wasn’t surprised he was charged.

A sentencing date has not been set. Wait’s attorney Joe Bugni did not respond to an email Wednesday asking whether he would appeal.

Wait, 71, faces up to six years in prison on the felony conviction and up to a year in jail on each of the misdemeanor convictions.

His conviction comes after a jury in 2024 found a former Milwaukee election official guilty of misconduct in office after she obtained three military absentee ballots using fake names and Social Security numbers in 2022. Like Wait, Kimberly Zapata argued that she was trying to expose vulnerabilities in the state’s election system.

Zapata was fined $3,000 and sentenced to a year of probation.

Seems like they proved how resistant the system is to fraud.

 

[pknopp]

He should have had his voting rights removed as should anyone convicted of election fraud.

 

[ColonelAngus]

He requested ballots on behalf of a Dem and a Pub.

Weird.

Certainly fraud, but not a 3am dump of tens of thousands of Biden only votes in only swing states.

I guess this would have swayed 2 votes.

Better voter ID laws could have prevented this.

 

[pknopp]

He requested ballots on behalf of a Dem and a Pub.

Weird.

Certainly fraud, but not a 3am dump of tens of thousands of Biden only votes in only swing states.

I guess this would have swayed 2 votes.

Better voter ID laws could have prevented this.

It was prevented.

 

[ColonelAngus]

You guys are hilarious.

He was convicted of requesting a ballot on behalf of one Dem and One Pub.

Voter ID laws are good.

 

[Hellokitty]

Should have said he was a journalist...

 

[mudwhistle]

Huh..so it appears that this guy, in his zeal to prove Democratic election fraud..himself committed election fraud and identity fraud.
Now how stupid is that?
I would point out that the test worked, I guess, in that it proved that if you try to indulge in election fraud, you will get caught...which most of us knew already~

Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud

Investigating voter fraud claims, Harry Wait requested the ballots of Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

www.nbcnews.com

A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

Jurors in Racine County on Tuesday found Harry Wait guilty of two misdemeanor election fraud charges and one felony identity theft charge following a two-day trial. He was acquitted of a second count of identity theft.

Wait leads a group that makes false election claims, including that Wisconsin’s elections are riddled with fraud and that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Trump lost Wisconsin in 2020 by about 21,000 votes.

Wait admitted in 2022 that he requested Vos’ and Mason’s ballots to try to prove that the state’s voter registration system is vulnerable to fraud. Wait told The Associated Press at the time that he wasn’t surprised he was charged.

A sentencing date has not been set. Wait’s attorney Joe Bugni did not respond to an email Wednesday asking whether he would appeal.

Wait, 71, faces up to six years in prison on the felony conviction and up to a year in jail on each of the misdemeanor convictions.

His conviction comes after a jury in 2024 found a former Milwaukee election official guilty of misconduct in office after she obtained three military absentee ballots using fake names and Social Security numbers in 2022. Like Wait, Kimberly Zapata argued that she was trying to expose vulnerabilities in the state’s election system.

Zapata was fined $3,000 and sentenced to a year of probation.

 

[ColonelAngus]

How this FAKE NEWS? He requested ballots for one Pub and one Dem. What did I miss?

A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

 

[Nostra]

Huh..so it appears that this guy, in his zeal to prove Democratic election fraud..himself committed election fraud and identity fraud.
Now how stupid is that?
I would point out that the test worked, I guess, in that it proved that if you try to indulge in election fraud, you will get caught...which most of us knew already~

Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud

Investigating voter fraud claims, Harry Wait requested the ballots of Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

www.nbcnews.com

A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.

Jurors in Racine County on Tuesday found Harry Wait guilty of two misdemeanor election fraud charges and one felony identity theft charge following a two-day trial. He was acquitted of a second count of identity theft.

Wait leads a group that makes false election claims, including that Wisconsin’s elections are riddled with fraud and that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Trump lost Wisconsin in 2020 by about 21,000 votes.

Wait admitted in 2022 that he requested Vos’ and Mason’s ballots to try to prove that the state’s voter registration system is vulnerable to fraud. Wait told The Associated Press at the time that he wasn’t surprised he was charged.

A sentencing date has not been set. Wait’s attorney Joe Bugni did not respond to an email Wednesday asking whether he would appeal.

Wait, 71, faces up to six years in prison on the felony conviction and up to a year in jail on each of the misdemeanor convictions.

His conviction comes after a jury in 2024 found a former Milwaukee election official guilty of misconduct in office after she obtained three military absentee ballots using fake names and Social Security numbers in 2022. Like Wait, Kimberly Zapata argued that she was trying to expose vulnerabilities in the state’s election system.

Zapata was fined $3,000 and sentenced to a year of probation.

Lies.

No such thing as election fraud, just ask Dimwingers.

 

[Nostra]

He should have had his voting rights removed as should anyone convicted of election fraud.

Non existent problem..

 

[MarcATL]

This is good news OP, as it shows that our system of checks and balances work.

Take a bow.

 

[pknopp]

Non existent problem..

Then chill.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Seems like they proved how resistant the system is to fraud.

Based on that logic, we really don’t need that much security. If a cyber attack is detected in a critical infrastructure, why enhance security. It’s working. If a person is stopped trying to climb the White House or Capitol Hill fences, then a fence or gate is all you need. Or, why is it necessary to provide ID to enter the Democrat National Convention if nothing has ever happened? People who are not authorized to be there know they are not allowed to be there. No need for ID check.

Few detections does not mean many threats and vulnerabilities exist. Providing state issued ID and other forms of authentication mitigate risk.

 

[berg80]

Based on that logic, we really don’t need that much security. If a cyber attack is detected in a critical infrastructure, why enhance security. It’s working. If a person is stopped trying to climb the White House or Capitol Hill fences, then a fence or gate is all you need. Or, why is it necessary to provide ID to enter the Democrat National Convention if nothing has ever happened? People who are not authorized to be there know they are not allowed to be there. No need for ID check.

Few detections does not mean many threats and vulnerabilities exist. Providing state issued ID and other forms of authentication mitigate risk.

Why do you anticipate an increase in voter fraud attempts since voter fraud is already a felony and this country has no history of anything more than anecdotal attempts at fraud?................many of which are found out by the system currently in place.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Why do you anticipate an increase in voter fraud attempts since voter fraud is already a felony and this country has no history of anything more than anecdotal attempts at fraud?................many of which are found out by the system currently in place.

I just laid it out based on risk management principles. The Mail-In voting as opposed to Absentee Voting is riskier and more vulnerable even though Absentee Voting accomplishes everything Mail In Voting does. The key difference is that Absentee Voting has the voter initiating the request for the ballot whereas Mail In sends a ballot to the voter based on a register whether the voter requests it or not. In either case, further authentication as proposed by SAVES mitigates the risk of fraud.

The only attempts that have been stopped are those that were detected. What about the attempts that are going undetected? What are the security standards for voting registers across the US? If someone is taking care of a relative in cognitive decline and the person in decline receives a ballot without requesting one, the caretaker can cast a vote without the patient having never indicated awareness of the ballot. How about jurisdictions that automatically register people to vote or they even let non citizens vote in local elections. What are the guardrails to prevent them from ending up on Federal registers?

Detection is not a sole or holistic measure of risk.

 

[pknopp]

I just laid it out based on risk management principles. The Mail-In voting as opposed to Absentee Voting is riskier and more vulnerable even though Absentee Voting accomplishes everything Mail In Voting does. The key difference is that Absentee Voting has the voter initiating the request for the ballot whereas Mail In sends a ballot to the voter based on a register whether the voter requests it or not. In either case, further authentication as proposed by SAVES mitigates the risk of fraud.

The only attempts that have been stopped are those that were detected. What about the attempts that are going undetected? What are the security standards for voting registers across the US? If someone is taking care of a relative in cognitive decline and the person in decline receives a ballot without requesting one, the caretaker can cast a vote without the patient having never indicated awareness of the ballot. How about jurisdictions that automatically register people to vote or they even let non citizens vote in local elections. What are the guardrails to prevent them from ending up on Federal registers?

Detection is not a sole or holistic measure of risk.

Investigation after investigation. Audit after audit. Lawsuit after lawsuit.....next to nothing.

You keep on insisting there is this cheating but can find next to none.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Investigation after investigation. Audit after audit. Lawsuit after lawsuit.....next to nothing.

You keep on insisting there is this cheating but can find next to none.

I insist there are vulnerabilities. I insist that detection does not negate unknown attempts. I insist that further enhancements to authenticate the voter mitigates vulnerabilities. If you had any sense of risk management, you would know the difference between detecting an actual attempt and identifying vulnerabilities.

 

[pknopp]

I insist there are vulnerabilities. I insist that detection does not negate unknown attempts. I insist that further enhancements to authenticate the voter mitigates vulnerabilities. If you had any sense of risk management, you would know the difference between detecting an actual attempt and identifying vulnerabilities.

voting is a right. I am 100% against you orange god worshippers trying to make it harder for people to vote.

 

[LeftofLeft]

voting is a right. I am 100% against you orange god worshippers trying to make it harder for people to vote.

Voting is a right. Here are some other rights:

• Being on a payroll
• Having access to Government buildings
• Being able to fly on an airplane
• Purchasing a prescription
• Accessing the Democrat National Convention.

All of those require personal identification for authentication. Where is your concern for these rights?