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Colorado woman found guilty of voter fraud for casting ballots for late ex-husband and son (apnews.com)

submitted 2 days ago by FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Elizabeth Ann Davis, 61, was convicted Wednesday of two counts of forgery and one count of impersonating an elector for submitting mail ballots for them in the 2022 general election. Voter fraud is generally rare and detectable since the nation’s election processes provide many safeguards, according to current and former election officials.

Voters are required to put their signature on ballots before returning them.

Davis, a Republican, has previously been convicted of forgery and other offenses in Florida and Colorado, a press release from the office of District Attorney George Brauchler said.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and are oblivious to when a person fakes many votes.

There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, which is why these stories of actual voter fraud only affect a handful of votes and usually get blasted out in the news.

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the person you're replying to might be trying to make the distinction between how Americans perceive voter fraud versus how they perceive election fraud.

Americans will see one case of voter fraud and believe that it's widespread. Whereas, most Americans will call you a conspiracy theorist if you suggest that an election result was altered systemically (election fraud).

Idk though, their post was poorly worded, so you could be right.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, that is what I meant, it was poorly worded