Long Island Election Workers, Party Leaders Charged With Forging Signatures
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Kate Riga
December 5, 2018 9:43 am
Two Suffolk County election workers and a local Independence party leader were charged with forging signatures on nominating petitions in an attempt to boost the chances of GOP candidates, according to a Wednesday Newsday report.
A local Republican party leader, Amos Goodman, is expected to be charged later this week on similar counts.
Election workers William Mann and Gregory Dickerson and party leader Patricia Mansir allegedly wrote false names, some belonging to dead people, on Green Party, Independence and Republican nominating petitions to try to increase the chances for the Republican candidates.
All three have pleaded not guilty.
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LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)What is wrong with those people?
NCjack
(10,279 posts)they are carriers of the criminal gene.
LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)so they are criminals!
erlewyne
(1,115 posts)That's a terrible title title for a post.
Makes it sounds like a union. That's blasphemy!
(wink)
Botany
(70,594 posts)Republicans cheat. End of story.
Danascot
(4,695 posts)For those who don't know, D'amato was a deeply corrupt GOP politician from Long Island. He's still alive at 81 but thankfully we don't hear too much from him these days.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)I remember that fuck well.
Jimmy Breslin, rest his soul, used to tear him a new one time to time in his column.
LisaM
(27,842 posts)Yikes.
Danmel
(4,931 posts)There is actually a Federal courthouse named for him on Long Island.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)instead of the correct term "election fraud"
davekriss
(4,628 posts)(1 of the only 2 shows I watch. The other is Larrnce O)