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Ballots by mail in Los Angeles County, California, USA – Photo: Los Angeles Times
Bed sheet Los Angeles Times on 11-18 said it is a local electoral fraud, with the intention of affecting the results of the elections of the city of Hawthorne of this county, not the presidential elections of the United States.
Candidates for mayor Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro (53 years old) and Marcos Raúl Arévalo (34 years old) have been charged with multiple counts of electoral fraud, following attempts to register false voters to receive mail ballots. The plans are part of a plot to make Montenegro mayor of Hawthorne, according to the Los Angeles County prosecutor.
Mr. Montenegro and Arévalo were charged with using the three recently registered mailboxes and Mr. Montenegro’s home address to submit these fraudulent voting requests from July 1 to October 15.
Local election officials zoned these suspicions in mid-October. Of at least 29 ballots sent to the courts, sent by Mr. Montenegro’s fictitious voters, no vote appeared. in general elections, that is, it will not affect the results of the US presidential elections.
Los Angeles County elections official Dean Logan confirmed that the Montenegro case demonstrates that it is difficult to carry out “widespread fraudulent acts” as accused by President Donald Trump and others. .
“This shows that election officials here and across the country take this issue very seriously. There are 8,000 votes registered in an area of 5.8 million voters,” Logan said.
Hawthorne has about 86,000 people, of which about 44,000 are registered voters. As a result, Montenegro’s more than 8,000 fraudulent mail-in ballot requests increased the city’s electoral rate by almost 20%, drawing the attention of officials.
Bed sheet Los Angeles Times that nearly 80% of Los Angeles County ballots in this year’s general election were mailed. Logan said he informed the California Secretary of State and the Los Angeles County Attorney’s Office.
Mr. Montenegro was charged with 18 counts of electoral fraud, 2 counts of perjury, and various other misdemeanors. If convicted, you may have to peel up to 15 calendars. Meanwhile, the suspect Arévalo, charged with conspiracy to defraud the elections and various counts of electoral fraud, also faces a sentence of up to eight years in prison.
“I think this is an example of how the electoral system works, and if you feel anything suspicious, please let us know so we can investigate. In this case, we did it in time.” stop before any damage to the election can occur, “said elections official Logan.
