Republican examples of election fraud just don't stop, do they? That's why they scream about it so much: It's pure projection.
Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to Benedict Donald, was registered to vote in, what? — three places? We're losing count. A big-money Trump supporter in Nevada was caught casting a second ballot in his dead wife's name in 2020 (but not before he feigned indignation at the "pervasiveness" of fraud, of course). Republicans from states as varied as Arizona, Pennsylvania and Virginia have been caught doing the same.
Now, here in New York, GOP Congressman Lee Zeldin, who is the Republican nominee for Governor, tried to gain an extra ballot line with fake signatures. Where will it stop?
New York's election rules allow for multiple parties to be listed on ballots, and candidates often vie to appear on other parties' lines as well as their own to grab more votes. (Yep, it's weird.) Zeldin's campaign submitted 13,000 phony signatures in a bid to be listed on the Independence Party's line as well as the GOP's. Some of the signatures were photocopied. How 20th century!
Zeldin's campaign is trying to excuse the fraud by claiming the signature gathering was "an entirely grassroots effort," so they didn't review all the petitions. What? That doesn't even make sense. Not to mention that Zeldin's the dude who in December of 2020 tweeted that "ballot integrity always matters, regardless of whether the issue impacts one vote or thousands." He pressed for more stringent signature verification.
That's Republicans for you — rules should apply to everyone but them. Zeldin, naturally, was one of the Trumpy House traitors who voted against certifying Joe Biden's win after the insurrection on January 6. We hope Governor Kathy Hochul stomps the life out of him in November. We cats HISS.
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