Man charged after registering deceased family members to vote for Trump

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• A Republican voter from Pennsylvania has confessed to unlawfully registering both his deceased mother and mother-in-law to vote for President Donald Trump on the November 3 election.
• Acting out of “political frustration,” the 70-year-old man is potentially facing 19 years in prison.
• The lead prosecutor clarified that regardless of who the man voted for, they will still pursue the case to protect the election’s integrity. 

A Pennsylvania man is potentially facing 19 years of jail time after the public prosecutor said he confesses to illegally voting for President Donald Trump using her dead mother and mother-in-law’s name.

The 70-year-old Bruce Bartman is charged with two counts of falsification and one count of illegal voting after he registered both deceased women online. After presenting their social security number or driver’s license, their registration went through, as prosecutors confirmed Monday.

District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer of Delaware County said during a press conference, that the Republican Bartman has successfully registered himself, his mother who died in 2008, and his mother-in-law who died only last year, but never requested a ballot for the latter.

During the process, Stollsteimer said the program marked her as potentially deceased, which the state sent a notice of confirmation if the mother-in-law was alive. Bartman confessed that he forged the document and sent it back, but he opted out to request an absentee ballot for her.

Samuel Stretton, Bartman’s legal counsel, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that his client has admitted to the wrongdoings and is currently working with law enforcers.

Stretton explained that his client’s “political frustration” made him do something illegal and that he regretted doing it.

The nation’s top prosecutor clarified that Bartman’s capacity to vote using his mother’s identity does not indicate a massive fraud and that they are arraigning the case regardless of who would Bartman voted, adding that the process is to maintain the integrity of the electoral process.

In another statement, Stollsteimer also encourages legislators to review the local government’s online voter process, citing that the county’s registration commission is only limited to what the lawmakers have put in place.

Since Joe Biden’s election victory, Trump has never stopped claiming, even lacking with proof, that the election was fraudulent. His team has challenged the election results filing 50 lawsuits but most of these have been scrapped due to insufficient evidence.

One appeal filed on Sunday by Trump’s legal team asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider three decisions by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that allegedly has signatures on absentee and in-mail ballots, and the restrictions on vote counting observation.

However, even if the president will be favored over Pennsylvania’s election results appeals, Biden would still maintain his win because of the wide margin of lead in the Electoral College.

Source: AOL