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posted by on Tuesday March 28 2017, @12:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the Takes-One-to-Know-One dept.

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!


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by bob_super on Tuesday March 28 2017, @10:25PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday March 28 2017, @10:25PM (#485517)

    > If you can't get to the poll, you can't vote - not because you've been "disenfranchised", but because you consider other things to be more important than voting.

    Like spending hours going to and from your job(s) on a Tuesday?
    Elections on a work day are structurally disenfranchising the working poor, who are also least likely to have a current photo ID.

    At last check, they were the same "one adult, one vote" as you.

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