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Related: About this forumEx-postal worker charged with tossing absentee ballots today
https://apnews.com/article/louisville-elections-kentucky-voting-2020-6d1e53e33958040e903a3f475c312297Ex-postal worker charged with tossing absentee ballots
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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. attorneys office said.
DeShawn Bojgere, 30, of Louisville, was charged with delay or destruction of mail, a news release from U.S. Attorney Russell Colemans office said in a news releaseMonday.
The mail included approximately 111 general election absentee ballots that were being mailed form the Jefferson County clerks 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)
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Oct 2020
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Wicked Blue
(6,607 posts)1. I hope they throw the book at him
and make him an example
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)3. Agreed
He needs to spend a life filled with lawyers.
WhiteTara
(30,140 posts)4. we always go for the petty crook and leave the
bosses behind to continue their crime spree. Let's lock up DeJoy and then the carrier.
Wicked Blue
(6,607 posts)5. You are absolutely right
I can hardly wait to see DeJoy behind bars
efhmc
(15,000 posts)2. So where is the rest of the info that should go with this?
Did the voters get their ballots in time? Did the man have GOP stickers on his private vehicle, etc.?