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The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party is charged with forgery and voter fraud for allegedly forging his wife’s[*] mail-in ballot from last year’s election, according to court records and sources.
Steven Curtis was the chairman of the state party from 1997 to 1999. He was charged Feb. 1 with one count of forgery of a public record, a fifth-degree felony, and an elections mail-in ballot offense, a misdemeanor.
Curtis spoke about voter fraud ahead of last year’s election.
"It seems to be, and correct me if I’m wrong here, but virtually every case of voter fraud I can remember in my lifetime was committed by Democrats,"
[* Note that she is described as his "former spouse" elsewhere, such as ...]
Also covered in more depth, and perhaps more accurately, at Salon.
1 down, 2,999,999 illegal votes to go!
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @02:43PM (4 children)
Hey look! Yet another VLM post that's all about his own twisted misogyny and nothing about the story at hand. Mod-up!
The ex-wife called the election office to get an absentee ballot at her new address and they noticed her absentee ballot had already been filled out and returned with a forged signature. Furthermore, the man's own lawyer won't go on the record saying he's innocent, just "no comment." Since when does a lawyer not take the opportunity to proclaim his client's innocence to the press?
Nah, it must be an elaborate scheme, carefully plotted with full knowledge that just dropping a hint to the right person would set off a domino chain of events leading to the public prosecution of her ex-husband for the most deliciously ironic crime. Revenge is a dish best served cold by Rube Goldberg. "I'm a scheming shitbag and so everyone else is too" — the logic of authoritarians.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @02:52PM
Also, like a true pleb, you interpret "no comment" to be some kind of admission of guilt even though that is the most standard response in the world of law enforcement.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @02:54PM (2 children)
You do realize that this line supports VLM's "elaborate" scheme, right? It's saying that revenge is something that is best implemented through careful calculation, rather than passionate rashness.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @03:03PM (1 child)
Did you take your vitamins today?
Because you are looking a little irony-deficient.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @03:38PM
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.