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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 09:13 AM Oct 2020

Ex-postal worker charged with tossing absentee ballots today

https://apnews.com/article/louisville-elections-kentucky-voting-2020-6d1e53e33958040e903a3f475c312297

Ex-postal worker charged with tossing absentee ballots
today

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former U.S. Postal Service worker was charged with tossing dozens of absentee ballots and other mail that was found in a dumpster in Kentucky, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

DeShawn Bojgere, 30, of Louisville, was charged with delay or destruction of mail, a news release from U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman’s office said in a news releaseMonday.

The mail included approximately 111 general election absentee ballots that were being mailed form the Jefferson County clerk’s office to voters, as well as 69 mixed class pieces of mail, 320 second-class pieces of mail and two national election campaign flyers from a political party in Florida, the release said.

Bojgere told Postal Service special agents that he was responsible for discarding the mail, prosecutors said. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.

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Ex-postal worker charged with tossing absentee ballots today (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2020 OP
I hope they throw the book at him Wicked Blue Oct 2020 #1
Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #3
we always go for the petty crook and leave the WhiteTara Oct 2020 #4
You are absolutely right Wicked Blue Oct 2020 #5
So where is the rest of the info that should go with this? efhmc Oct 2020 #2

WhiteTara

(30,168 posts)
4. we always go for the petty crook and leave the
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 10:34 AM
Oct 2020

bosses behind to continue their crime spree. Let's lock up DeJoy and then the carrier.

efhmc

(15,007 posts)
2. So where is the rest of the info that should go with this?
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 09:22 AM
Oct 2020

Did the voters get their ballots in time? Did the man have GOP stickers on his private vehicle, etc.?

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