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BumRushDaShow

(169,365 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:55 PM 3 hrs ago

Right-Wing Election Activist Convicted Of Voter Fraud: 'I Would Do It Again'

Source: Huff Post

Mar 25, 2026, 12:59 PM EDT | Updated 2 hours ago


A conservative activist in Wisconsin whose organization pushed President Donald Trump’s 2020 election claims was convicted Tuesday night of election fraud ― and said he would do it again. “When you poke the bear you get that type of outcome, yes. I would do it again,” 71-year-old Harry Wait told local news station WTMJ-TV, adding that he “tested the system” and “the system failed.”

Wait’s conviction comes years after he requested absentee ballots in 2022 for Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason to be sent to his own address, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by local news station WISN. He had used the politicians’ personal identification information without their consent.

The activist, who co-founded HOT Government, an organization aimed for government transparency, claimed he requested the ballots in order to prove how vulnerable the MyVote system was.

Since his initial arrest, Wait has become an icon within his circle, as supporters wear “Free Harry” T-shirts and military-style dog tags with Wait’s name at rallies, according to The Washington Post. Liberal watchdog group American Oversight described Wait’s organization as one that promotes “fringe theories” about the 2020 election. In 2022, a Wisconsin judge found there was “absolutely no evidence of election fraud” into the 2020 presidential election.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/harry-wait-election-fraud-conviction-hot-government_n_69c3ff3de4b018d43a59c350

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JT45242

(4,032 posts)
2. Let's hope he gets an appropriate sentence for his zero remorse and spends the majority of the rest of his life in priso
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:03 PM
3 hrs ago

The felony count is up to 6 years and $10K
Let's hope they make him serve the misdemeanor counts consecutively given his complete lack of remorse and statement that he would do it again.

Let him rot in prison from age 71 to 78, if he makes it that long,

Botany

(77,266 posts)
3. @ 71 just doing 1 or 2 years could be fatal
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:13 PM
3 hrs ago

Oh well FAFO. Serves him right for believing right wing lies.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,733 posts)
4. So, if it was so easy to commit fraud
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:15 PM
3 hrs ago

why did he get caught?

These people believe the Left commits fraud because it is what they would do.

William Seger

(12,433 posts)
6. True fact: If Republicans really did reduce voter fraud, they'd be hurting themselves
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:58 PM
2 hrs ago

Unfortunately, their objective is to reduce Democratic votes.

SergeStorms

(20,539 posts)
7. There's no fool....
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 05:00 PM
2 hrs ago

like an old fool.

You'd think by 71 yrs. old he'd know how to separate the wheat from the chaff. Guess not.

Scalded Nun

(1,685 posts)
9. Holy Shit!!!! Voter fraud running rampant and perpetrators openly proud of doing so!!
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 05:19 PM
2 hrs ago

Wait...still just a literal handful from the 10s of millions of voters.
Wait again...It is AGAIN another right-wing ass-wipe, meaning again, almost EVERY SINGLE CASE of voter fraud is committed by a GOP supporter.

That can mean only one thing...We need hearings to figure out how the DEMs figured out how to cheat without getting caught.

bluestarone

(22,119 posts)
11. This party ( rethuglicon party) is the party GUILTY of everything that
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 05:29 PM
2 hrs ago

They accuse us of doing, all the way back to the DEATH PANEL accusations!!!

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