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Election Judge Pleads Guilty to Ballot Stuffing for Democrats
Fred Lucas / @FredLucasWH / May 21, 2020 / 280 Comments
A former election judge in South Philadelphia has pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to deprive city voters of their civil rights by fraudulently
stuffing ballot boxes in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections.
Pictured: Voters cast their ballots during the presidential primary
election on April 26, 2016, in Philadelphia. (Photo: Eduardo
Munoz/AFP/Getty Images)
A former elected official in Philadelphia who accepted large payments
from a political consultant to stuff ballot boxes for Democratic
judicial candidates has pleaded guilty as part of a continuing federal
investigation.
The Justice Department announced Thursday that Domenick J. DeMuro, 73,
who was an election judge in South Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to deprive city voters of their civil rights by fraudulently
stuffing ballot boxes in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections.
DeMuro, a judge for the 39th Ward, 36th Division, also pleaded guilty to
violating the Travel Act, which forbids use of any facility in
interstate commerce—in this case, cellphones—with the intent to promote
certain illegal activity—in this case, bribery.
The Justice Department said the case is part of an ongoing investigation
by the FBI and the Pennsylvania State Police.
The judge of elections is an elective office and a paid position in
Pennsylvania municipalities responsible for supervising the local
election process.
“DeMuro fraudulently stuffed the ballot box by literally standing in a
voting booth and voting over and over, as fast as he could, while he
thought the coast was clear,” U.S. Attorney William McSwain of the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.
“This is utterly reprehensible conduct,” McSwain said. “The charges
announced today do not erase what he did, but they do ensure that he is
held to account for those actions.”
During his guilty plea hearing, DeMuro said an unnamed political
consultant gave him directions and paid him money to add votes for
certain Democrats who were running for judicial office. Their campaigns
had hired the consultant.
DeMuro also admitted to casting illegal votes for other candidates for
federal, state, and local offices at the consultant’s request.
Prosecutors said the political consultant solicited monetary payments
from his clients in the form of cash or checks as “consulting fees,”
then used some of the money to pay election board officials, including
DeMuro, to tamper with the election results. DeMuro said payments ranged
between $300 to $5,000.
In a press release, McSwain said:
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy. If even one vote is
fraudulently rung up, the integrity of that election is compromised. I
want the public to know that this investigation is active and ongoing,
and my office is taking every possible step that we can to ensure the
integrity of the upcoming primary and general elections in the nine
counties of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Citizens of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania should be confident of
election integrity, said Capt. Leo Hannon, director of the special
investigations division of the Pennsylvania State Police.
“As this investigation clearly illustrates, the Pennsylvania State
Police will relentlessly pursue any breach of the sacred trust bestowed
upon our public officials,” Hannon said in a prepared statement. “Our
agency is proud to partner with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
United States Attorney’s Office, and the United States Department of
Justice as a whole to root out corruption at any level of our government.”
The probe is a positive step forward in prosecuting voter fraud, said
former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams, president of the
Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election integrity group.
“Right now, other federal prosecutors are aware of cases of double
voting in federal elections as well as noncitizen voting,” Adams said in
a written statement, adding:
Attorney General William Barr should prompt those other offices to do
their duty and prosecute known election crimes. Those who are
considering election crimes should take note of U.S. Attorney McSwain’s
work. Now, they have something to fear before they violate federal
election laws.
A Note for our Readers:
This is a critical year in the history of our country. With the country
polarized and divided on a number of issues and with roughly half of the
country clamoring for increased government control—over health care,
socialism, increased regulations, and open borders—we must turn to
America’s founding for the answers on how best to proceed into the future.
The Heritage Foundation has compiled input from more than 100
constitutional scholars and legal experts into the country’s most
thorough and compelling review of the freedoms promised to us within the
United States Constitution into a free digital guide called Heritage’s
Guide to the Constitution.
They're making this guide available to all readers of The Daily Signal
for free today!
GET ACCESS NOW! >>
Portrait of Fred Lucas
@FredLucasWH
Fred Lucas
Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and
co-host of "The Right Side of History" podcast. Lucas is also the author
of “Tainted by Suspicion: The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of
Disputed Presidential Elections.” Send an email to Fred.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/05/21/election-judge-pleads-guilty-to-ballot-stuffing-for-democrats/?fbclid=IwAR3u2-BfNl1SxzJkvgThp8hzUl44htGB7dazRpkIJHChfWYbe5A01mR07Ao
Election Judge Pleads Guilty to Ballot Stuffing for Democrats
Fred Lucas / @FredLucasWH / May 21, 2020 / 280 Comments
A former election judge in South Philadelphia has pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to deprive city voters of their civil rights by fraudulently
stuffing ballot boxes in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections.
Pictured: Voters cast their ballots during the presidential primary
election on April 26, 2016, in Philadelphia. (Photo: Eduardo
Munoz/AFP/Getty Images)
A former elected official in Philadelphia who accepted large payments
from a political consultant to stuff ballot boxes for Democratic
judicial candidates has pleaded guilty as part of a continuing federal
investigation.
The Justice Department announced Thursday that Domenick J. DeMuro, 73,
who was an election judge in South Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to deprive city voters of their civil rights by fraudulently
stuffing ballot boxes in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections.
DeMuro, a judge for the 39th Ward, 36th Division, also pleaded guilty to
violating the Travel Act, which forbids use of any facility in
interstate commerce—in this case, cellphones—with the intent to promote
certain illegal activity—in this case, bribery.
The Justice Department said the case is part of an ongoing investigation
by the FBI and the Pennsylvania State Police.
The judge of elections is an elective office and a paid position in
Pennsylvania municipalities responsible for supervising the local
election process.
“DeMuro fraudulently stuffed the ballot box by literally standing in a
voting booth and voting over and over, as fast as he could, while he
thought the coast was clear,” U.S. Attorney William McSwain of the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.
“This is utterly reprehensible conduct,” McSwain said. “The charges
announced today do not erase what he did, but they do ensure that he is
held to account for those actions.”
During his guilty plea hearing, DeMuro said an unnamed political
consultant gave him directions and paid him money to add votes for
certain Democrats who were running for judicial office. Their campaigns
had hired the consultant.
DeMuro also admitted to casting illegal votes for other candidates for
federal, state, and local offices at the consultant’s request.
Prosecutors said the political consultant solicited monetary payments
from his clients in the form of cash or checks as “consulting fees,”
then used some of the money to pay election board officials, including
DeMuro, to tamper with the election results. DeMuro said payments ranged
between $300 to $5,000.
In a press release, McSwain said:
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy. If even one vote is
fraudulently rung up, the integrity of that election is compromised. I
want the public to know that this investigation is active and ongoing,
and my office is taking every possible step that we can to ensure the
integrity of the upcoming primary and general elections in the nine
counties of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Citizens of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania should be confident of
election integrity, said Capt. Leo Hannon, director of the special
investigations division of the Pennsylvania State Police.
“As this investigation clearly illustrates, the Pennsylvania State
Police will relentlessly pursue any breach of the sacred trust bestowed
upon our public officials,” Hannon said in a prepared statement. “Our
agency is proud to partner with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
United States Attorney’s Office, and the United States Department of
Justice as a whole to root out corruption at any level of our government.”
The probe is a positive step forward in prosecuting voter fraud, said
former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams, president of the
Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election integrity group.
“Right now, other federal prosecutors are aware of cases of double
voting in federal elections as well as noncitizen voting,” Adams said in
a written statement, adding:
Attorney General William Barr should prompt those other offices to do
their duty and prosecute known election crimes. Those who are
considering election crimes should take note of U.S. Attorney McSwain’s
work. Now, they have something to fear before they violate federal
election laws.
A Note for our Readers:
This is a critical year in the history of our country. With the country
polarized and divided on a number of issues and with roughly half of the
country clamoring for increased government control—over health care,
socialism, increased regulations, and open borders—we must turn to
America’s founding for the answers on how best to proceed into the future.
The Heritage Foundation has compiled input from more than 100
constitutional scholars and legal experts into the country’s most
thorough and compelling review of the freedoms promised to us within the
United States Constitution into a free digital guide called Heritage’s
Guide to the Constitution.
They're making this guide available to all readers of The Daily Signal
for free today!
GET ACCESS NOW! >>
Portrait of Fred Lucas
@FredLucasWH
Fred Lucas
Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal and
co-host of "The Right Side of History" podcast. Lucas is also the author
of “Tainted by Suspicion: The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of
Disputed Presidential Elections.” Send an email to Fred.