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Never Mind: Admitted Vote Fraudster Withdraws Consideration For City Job In NY Never Mind: Admitted Vote Fraudster Withdraws Consideration For City Job In NY
Never Mind: Admitted Vote Fraudster Withdraws Consideration For City Job In NY Plans to appoint an admitted vote fraudster to a city job in Upstate New York have been scrapped following public outcry. In Rensselaer County, the Troy City Council’s Republican majority had chosen former Elections Commissioner Jason Schofield as their pick for Assistant City Clerk. The plan, first reported by Albany station CBS6, sparked criticism given that Schofield previously pleaded guilty to 12 federal counts of voter fraud in January 2023. Earlier Report: Voter Fraud: Rensselaer County Employees Cast Illegal Ballots During Election, Feds Say Democrat Sue Steele, the council…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Voter Fraud: NY County Employees Cast Illegal Ballots During Election, Feds Say Voter Fraud: NY County Employees Cast Illegal Ballots During Election, Feds Say
Voter Fraud: NY County Employees Cast Illegal Ballots During Election, Feds Say Three county employees in New York are facing federal charges after allegedly casting fraudulent ballots during the 2021 election. Rensselaer County employees Richard Crist, age 55; James Gordon, age 42; and Leslie Wallace, age 35 were each arrested Thursday, April 27, on an indictment charging them with conspiring to violate the rights of voters, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District. Related Report: Rensselaer County Elections Commissioner Accused Of Voter Fraud Resigns Crist is the county’s director of operations, Gordon is the director of the Bureau for Ce…

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by Michael Mashburn
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NY County Elections Commissioner Accused Of Voter Fraud Resigns NY County Elections Commissioner Accused Of Voter Fraud Resigns
NY County Elections Commissioner Accused Of Voter Fraud Resigns One of two men tasked with overseeing elections in a New York county has resigned months after being accused of voter fraud. In a one-sentence statement on Facebook Wednesday night, Dec. 28, the Rensselaer County Legislature said it had accepted the resignation of Republican Board of Elections Commissioner Jason Schofield. Earlier Report: Rensselaer County Elections Commissioner Committed Voter Fraud, Feds Say The move comes months after Schofield, age 42, was led into a federal courtroom in Albany wearing handcuffs in September 2022 on a 12-count indictment charging him with using other…

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by Michael Mashburn
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County Elections Commissioner In NY Committed Voter Fraud, Feds Say County Elections Commissioner In NY Committed Voter Fraud, Feds Say
County Elections Commissioner In NY Committed Voter Fraud, Feds Say One of two men tasked with overseeing elections in a New York county was led into a federal courtroom in Albany wearing handcuffs Tuesday, Sept 13, accused of voter fraud. Rensselaer County’s Republican Elections Commissioner, Jason Schofield, age 42, of Troy, was indicted on 12 counts charging him with using other people’s names and dates of birth to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots. Schofield submitted the applications on the New York State Board of Elections website for elections held in Rensselaer County in 2021, prosecutors said. Earlier Report: Troy City Council Member A…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Trump Supporters Chant 'Lock Her Up!' Near Clintons' Westchester Home Trump Supporters Chant 'Lock Her Up!' Near Clintons' Westchester Home
Trump Supporters Chant 'Lock Her Up!' Near Clintons' Westchester Home Supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump were back in the Hudson Valley making waves, this time outside the Northern Westchester home of Hillary and Bill Clinton. A week after Trump supporters stopped traffic on the new Tappan Zee Bridge and caused other disturbances in the area, they were back on Sunday, Nov. 15, chanting and marching outside the Clintons’ Chappaqua home. Related story - Trump Supporters Exit Vehicles, Stop Traffic On New Tappan Zee Bridge The incident came a day after Trump first acknowledged that he lost the election, though he continues to claim voter fraud.&…

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by Zak Failla
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Hudson Valley Real Estate Consultant Admits To Federal Voter Fraud Hudson Valley Real Estate Consultant Admits To Federal Voter Fraud
Hudson Valley Real Estate Consultant Admits To Federal Voter Fraud A Hudson Valley man is facing time behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring to corrupt the electoral process in connection to a New York election. Orange County resident Volvy “Zev” Smilowitz, 29, has pleaded guilty to “the biggest federal voter fraud cause in the modern era,” according to Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who announced the guilty plea on Tuesday. According to the indictment that Smilowitz, of Monroe, pleaded guilty to, beginning in 2006, while serving as a consultant, he, Shalom Lamm and Kenneth Nakdimen, real estate …

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by Zak Failla