Current Events > Republican official in Ohio faces charge for voting twice in November election

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Republican lawmakers in Ohio pushing for more safety and security at the ballot box can now point to a clear example of voter fraud in the November 2020 presidential election.
Unfortunately for them, it involves another Republican.
Edward Snodgrass, who is a Porter Township trustee, has admitted to forging his dead fathers signature on an absentee ballot and then voting again as himself, court records and other sources revealed.
Snodgrass was busted after a Delaware County election worker questioned the signature on his fathers ballot. A subsequent investigation revealed the ballot had been mailed to H. Edward Snodgrass on Oct. 6 a day after the 78-year-old retired businessman died.
In an interview with NBC News, Snodgrass said he made an honest error while struggling to take care of his dying father, who had advanced Parkinsons disease. He said he had power of attorney for several years and because his dad had broken his right arm hed already been signing for him. He said his dad had requested the absentee ballot.
It was there with a pile of other paperwork, Snodgrass said. I was sleep-deprived and not thinking clearly. But Im not going to run away from it.
Snodgrass, 57, declined to say who he voted for but said it would not be accurate to characterize what he did as just Trump voter fraud.
I was simply trying to execute a dying mans wishes, he said.
The veteran Ohio prosecutor assigned to the Snodgrass case said this was a career first for him.
Ive been doing this since the 1980s, and this is the first one Ive seen like this, said Morrow County Assistant Prosecutor David Homer, who is also a special prosecutor for Delaware County.
Snodgrass is due back in court July 9 where, according to a plea agreement, he is expected to plead guilty to a reduced charge of falsification and receive a sentence of three days in jail and a $500 fine.
Initially charged with illegal voting, which is a fourth-degree felony, Snodgrass could have faced a prison sentence of six or more months along with a $5,000 fine had he not agreed to a deal.
It aint over till the guy pleads guilty and thats July the 9th, Homer said.
Snodgrass, who owns a business in Delaware County, is paid a little less than $9,000 annually to serve as a trustee in Porter Township, which is about 30 miles north of Columbus, records show.
His father's absentee ballot arrived at the local board of elections on Oct. 15, and he cast his own ballot eight days later, according to the records.
Donald Trump, who has refused to concede that he lost the presidential election to Joe Biden and continues to push the lie that there was widespread voter fraud even though there is zero evidence to back that claim up, actually won the state of Ohio in November.
But GOP lawmakers there as they have in other states have been pushing safety and security bills that Democrats say are aimed at making it harder for their constituents to vote.
In the aftermath of the presidential election, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose released an audit that he said showed a 99.98 percent accuracy rate. NBC News reached out to his spokesman to find out how many allegations of voter fraud have been reported to his office. So far there has been no reply.
Christopher Devine, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Dayton, said it's not likely there are many.
In fact, what is typical about this crime is that it is so at odds with the typical claims of voter fraud that we hear from Donald Trump and other (usually Republican) politicians, he said in an email. The fact is, very few people commit voter fraud and when they do it usually looks like this: one person casting an additional vote through a strange series of circumstances that gave him an opportunity he shouldnt have taken. And he got caught.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/republican-official-ohio-faces-charge-voting-twice-november-election-n1271985

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"I was simply trying to execute a dying mans wishes," Ed Snodgrass said.

So... When Republicans complain about dead people voting, they're actually talking about themselves casting ballots for dead people, correct? That guy in Pennsylvania also tried to cast a ballot for his dead mother.

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See voter fraud is real!!!

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Does anyone have the numbers on the voter fraud from the right?

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investigation revealed the ballot had been mailed to H. Edward Snodgrass on Oct. 6 a day after the 78-year-old retired businessman died.

So the guy didn't even get his dad's ballot until after the dude was already dead. Pretty open and shut case that he lied and tried to vote twice.

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UnlikedMonkey posted...

It was there with a pile of other paperwork, Snodgrass said. I was sleep-deprived and not thinking clearly.

Just signing it, sure, whatever. Didn't it need to get mailed or dropped off? Placed into an envelope? Nah, he was hoping to simply not get caught.
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Well damn. I guess Ill admit i was wrong. Voter fraud does exist.

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Cemith posted...

Does anyone have the numbers on the voter fraud from the right?

100%

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Pay the price

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TheVipaGTS posted...

Well damn. I guess Ill admit i was wrong. Voter fraud does exist.

Please send your apologies to Trump for doubting him. You can tweet it to him here:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

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3 days in jail and 500 dollar fine! Wasn't there a women who got like 5 years for voting illegally recently?

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GOP seriously did everything they possibly could, both legally and illegally, to steal the election and yet they STILL lost bad. You love to see it.

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its part of the

Gaslight
Obstruct
Project

Cemith posted...

Does anyone have the numbers on the voter fraud from the right?

I'd like to see this too - like CableZs staff turnover list

RenescoStCewl posted...

Wasn't there a women who got like 5 years for voting illegally recently?

See that's different because Crystal Mason's a black woman in Texas.
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PoP

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philsov posted...

See that's different because Crystal Mason's a black woman in Texas.

Wait what? She got five years?!

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And once again, the calls are coming from inside of the house

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Ruvan22 posted...

Wait what? She got five years?!

The voting system realized she wasn't an eligible voter and her vote was never counted in the first place. Despite this, yes, the GOP sought to make an example of her.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/31/crystal-mason-texas-voting-ruling/
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Republicans vindicated one again. Haha take that liberals.

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philsov posted...

The voting system realized she wasn't an eligible voter and her vote was never counted in the first place. Despite this, yes, the GOP sought to make an example of her.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/31/crystal-mason-texas-voting-ruling/

I really hope the sentence is overturned..

Ohio goes to Biden now

Boombam99 posted...

Ohio goes to Biden now

This

324 - Biden
214 - Trump

Biden Wins Again!

maximum security prison for this one

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Not surprised the GOP makes excuses when a white person votes illegally but when a black person does it even by mistake, they want to years in prison for her

Ruvan22 posted...

I really hope the sentence is overturned..

It was in Texas, thats never going to happen.

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I'm a little pissed off that they let him plea out of a felony.

You're a public official in a position of authority, even if it is just some backwater trustee position. You absolutely know better and you absolutely did this on purpose. Get fucked.

philsov posted...

Just signing it, sure, whatever.

Not just signing it. He had to fill the damn thing out before he signed it and mailed it in. It was absolutely a calculated decision to take advantage of an opportunity to get an extra vote for his dear leader. Fuck this guy.

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