Trial to begin for Milwaukee election official accused of requesting mail-in ballots for fake military members

[RandySF]

The trial for a former Wisconsin election official who allegedly requested mail-in ballots for three nonexistent military voters is scheduled to begin on Monday in a Milwaukee court.

Kimberly D. Zapata, 47, who served as deputy director of the City of Milwaukee Election Commission, was charged in November 2022 with three misdemeanor counts of election fraud and one count of felony misconduct in public office, according to officials and a criminal complaint.

She pleaded not guilty in December 2022, according to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court's docket. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday.

Zapata allegedly used Wisconsin's online voter-registration portal, MyVote, to request the ballots, prosecutors said in a complaint filed in November 2022. Investigators said she later admitted in an interview to filing the requests.




https://abcnews.go.com/US/trial-begin-milwaukee-election-official-accused-requesting-mail/story?id=94031943

[diane in sf]

1. Republican?

[AllyCat]

2. Cannot find that information. However,

She sent it to a prominent WI election-denier who is, of course, a Republican and part of the fake elector scheme.

[RSherman]

3. Zapata is being represented by a lawyer from the conservative/Catholic Thomas More Society

https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2022/12/02/former-milwaukee-election-official-pleads-not-guilty-to-election-fraud/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More_Society

[MOMFUDSKI]

4. Conservative Catholic attorney?

Wow. Lock them BOTH up!

[RSherman]

5. I know, right?????

Did you check out the Thomas More Society link and see the cases this group has taken?

I've been reading a lot of non fiction lately and I don't know how churches are so political and still not taxed.

Tim Egan's book "Fever in the Heartland" describes the KKK paying Protestant ministers to preach their message from the pulpit.

I'm also reading two books by Andrew Seidel: "American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom" and "The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American".

[RSherman]

6. Does this mean she might be a Democrat?

"The former elections official was previously represented by attorney Michael Maistelman, who commonly represents Democratic officials on election-related claims"

[LeftInTX]

7. A Latina for Trump

What a load of BS. "I was testing the system" and she didn't tell her boss.