I Want to Believe It Is Fair and Square

For John, BLUF:  When people tell me thaat there is no election cheating I remind myself that we are dealing with human beings.  Lying, cheating, stealing human beings.  You wouldn't cheat in an election and I wouldn't, but we know there are folks who will.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Confessions of a voter fraud:  I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots

From The New York Post, by Reporter Jon Levine, 29 August 2020.

Here is the lede plus three:

A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth. And he knows this because he’s been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades.

Mail-in ballots have become the latest flashpoint in the 2020 elections. While President Trump and the GOP warn of widespread manipulation of the absentee vote that will swell with COVID polling restrictions, many Democrats and their media allies have dismissed such concerns as unfounded.

But the political insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he fears prosecution, said fraud is more the rule than the exception. His dirty work has taken him through the weeds of municipal and federal elections in Paterson, Atlantic City, Camden, Newark, Hoboken and Hudson County and his fingerprints can be found in local legislative, mayoral and congressional races across the Garden State. Some of the biggest names and highest office holders in New Jersey have benefited from his tricks, according to campaign records The Post reviewed.

“An election that is swayed by 500 votes, 1,000 votes — it can make a difference,” the tipster said. “It could be enough to flip states.”

The President is not wrong to be concerned about possible fraud with Mail In voting.  Worse, just bureaucratic incompetence, overwhelmed by a system that is unfamiliar.

This is not a good point in our history to try out a new system of voting.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff