GOP congressman charged with multiple counts of voter fraud in Kansas

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By Emily Singer -July 15, 2020 9:53 AM

Prosecutors hit Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS) with three felonies for using a UPS store as his voter registration address.

Freshman Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS) was charged with three felony counts of voter fraud on Tuesday, after prosecutors alleged that he used an address of a UPS storefront and not his home address to register to vote — a violation of the law.

Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay charged Watkins with voting without being qualified, unlawful advance voting, interference with law enforcement, and providing false information

Watkins called the use of a UPS store address to register to vote an accident, saying the UPS store is his campaign's mailing address, NPR reported. Watkins later changed his voter registration address to an apartment in Topeka, according to NPR.

The charges against Watkins were filed minutes before he was slated to take to a debate stage for a GOP primary to win renomination to his Topeka-based House seat.

https://americanindependent.com/steve-watkins-voter-fraud-charges-house-gop-kansas-ups-store/

[Champp]

1. Typical Republican

Pissing all over truth, decency, honor, and The American Way.

[lagomorph777]

2. EVERY case of voter fraud I've ever heard of, has been Republican.

They project like an iMax.

[Doreen]

3. I have not heard of a single Democrat doing that either.