Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud
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- Summary
- A Wisconsin man was convicted of election fraud and identity theft for requesting ballots without consent. The article details his legal proceedings, his group's claims about election vulnerabilities, and similar cases involving other individuals.
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“A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute the claim about the Wisconsin man's conviction
“Jurors in Racine County found Harry Wait guilty of two misdemeanor election fraud charges and one felony identity theft charge.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify the specific charges against Harry Wait
“Wait leads a group that makes false election claims, including that Wisconsin’s elections are riddled with fraud and that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm Harry Wait's group's specific claims
“Trump lost Wisconsin in 2020 by about 21,000 votes.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify the vote count discrepancy in Wisconsin
“Wait admitted in 2022 that he requested Vos’ and Mason’s ballots to try to prove that the state’s voter registration system is vulnerable to fraud.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm Harry Wait's 2022 admission
“His efforts drew praise from Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in 2022, who called Wait a 'white hat hacker.'”
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“Wait faces up to six years in prison on the felony conviction and up to a year in jail on each of the misdemeanor convictions.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm the sentencing details for Harry Wait
“A jury in 2024 found a former Milwaukee election official guilty of misconduct in office after she obtained three military absentee ballots using fake names and Social Security numbers in 2022.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify the former Milwaukee election official's conviction
“Kimberly Zapata was fined $3,000 and sentenced to a year of probation.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm Kimberly Zapata's sentencing details