Officials in Massachusetts are investigating allegations of voter fraud after a woman was caught on camera appearing to remove ballots from a man’s mailbox.
How she was caught
An unidentified man told NBC Boston that last week on Election Day, he went to vote in person at his local polling site in Lawrence and was told that he had already voted.
That strange occurrence prompted him to check his Ring camera footage. After seeing the woman appear to lift his ballot from his mailbox and walk away, he contacted police.
The Essex County District Attorney’s Office and Secretary of State William Galvin have now launched an investigation into the potential voter fraud.
Inquiries on-going
Galvin, who told the outlet that his team immediately opened an inquiry upon being informed of the video, said: ‘We’re going to get all the ballots out of Lawrence, we’re going to get all the mail-in ballots and we’re going to review everything and all the provisionals and reconcile the list, and if further investigation contacting some of the people who allegedly voted by mail needs to be done, we will do it.
More reports of voter fraud
‘As of Tuesday afternoon – one week exactly following the election – two reports of potential voter fraud have come to light.
‘There may be more. It’s premature to say how many,’ said Galvin.
Police report
A second police report was filed by a Lawrence woman, Rosalis González, who is still waiting for elections officials to decide whether to count her in-person or mail-in ballot, the latter of which she says is forged.
‘How come it’s not going to be counted, if I’m voting right in front of you, and I’m telling you that vote you have there is not mine,’ she said.
State election officials continue to sort through these allegations and have promised that results will be delivered before candidates in impacted elections begin their new terms in January.
