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Colorado woman found guilty of voter fraud for casting ballots for late ex-husband and son (apnews.com)
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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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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey super sleuth, why don't you enlighten us since you're blessed with the genius.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It honestly does not take much intellect to decide if one should trust a system, that one does not understand, for ballot counting.

In most countries there is no need for experts to explain how ballots work.

But here, even specialists are locked out of the inner workings unless they are employed by the private company, and the absolute majority of them have no access to the details.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'll give you that things are written and presented often in confusing ways, done intentially too, but there is access granted to overseeing elections.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Which systems do you believe have proper oversight? There are many counting methods depending on state and counties. Some paper ballots are used without a machine.

I’m interested in what people think about specific systems