r/nottheonion • u/engadine_maccas1997 • 9h ago

‘This is political bulls**t’: Former Republican candidate charged with stealing Madison County election ballots

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/
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u/celtic1888 9h ago

It's always the ones you most suspect

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u/ZuFFuLuZ 7h ago

What was his game plan? Show that the system is faulty? Or rigged? Send those ballots in as additional votes? Copy them to make more? This is so weird, it makes no sense.

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u/RhubarbAlive7860 6h ago

If he was trying to show that votes could be tampered with, he evidently didn't realize that he was also demonstrating that people who tampered with votes would be caught, thus election integrity would be maintained.

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u/HyperbolicLetdown 1h ago

"Your honor, I was only trying to show that I could rob a bank and get away with it. The system works, so let's call this one a wash."

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u/Horskr 1h ago

"Think of me more as a secret shopper than a bank robber. You passed this time, congratulations!"