A former Milwaukee election official convicted of misconduct in office and fraud for obtaining fake absentee ballots was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation and fined $3,000.
Kimberly Zapata, 47, also was ordered to complete 120 hours of community service.
Prosecutors charged Zapata in November 2022 with one felony count of misconduct in public office and three misdemeanor counts of election fraud. A jury in March found her guiltyon all four counts.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Kori Ashley rejected an argument by Zapata’s attorneys that she was acting as a whistleblower, telling her before handing down the sentence that she had ways to make her point other than breaking the law.
It’s not clear from the article if this supports my political bias or not, so I don’t have much to say about it.
I was curious. I did not find any specific listing fo le her, however since she sent the ballots to a Republican official who had been making claims of voter fraud (and is the person that reported the incident) I’m guessing she is republican leaning.
I know this might be controversial, but people fraudulently stealing absentee ballots should be punished regardless of what their political leaning is. I know, I’m so brave.
Yep. Even if she is telling the truth about her motives and if she uncovered true election fraud, she cant break the law to obtain that evidence.
Can we please call this the “Tina Peters Defense”?
Who’s saying otherwise? Of course anyone committing election fraud needs to be brought to justice.
However it’s interesting that so many of the criminals come from one side of the spectrum, and it’s the side with wild accusations of fraud.
Might be the most level-headed comment I’ve read on this hellscape.
Why stay if it’s a hellscape?
Because they’re desperate to be seen to the point of spewing negativity… same as most trolls really. Alternatively, they might be delusional enough to actually believe their bullshit.
Trolls gonna troll - look at their post history.
Everyone’s doing it to some extent, whether they want to admit it or not. I TRY not to let my bias influence my impression of events, but it definitely has some kind of impact.
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