On Monday, The Federalist posted an article about the indictment of Mohammed Nurul Hasan, Mohammed Munsur Ali and Mohammed Rafikul Islam in Pennsylvania for voter fraud. The article explains how they actually committed the fraud.
The article reports:
The defendants then allegedly used the portal to request mail-in ballots for the non-Millbourne residents, illegally filled the ballots out on their behalf, and submitted the ballots to the county board of elections. The voters were allegedly informed by Hasan and Ali that “they would not get in trouble as long as they did not vote in another election in November 2021,” according to the indictment.
Hasan ultimately lost the election 165 to 138, according to the indictment.
So how was it done? Hasan, Ali and Islam simply used the state’s online voter registration (PAOVR) website.
At the time of the May 18, 2021 primary, there were “approximately 549 registered voters in Millbourne,” according to the indictment. Less than six months later, by the time the general election was held, there were 578 registered voters. According to the indictment, “most of the additional registered voters were people who did not live in Millbourne and had previously been registered to vote in locations outside of Millbourne, but whose voter registration addresses had been changed to Millbourne addresses by someone accessing the PAOVR website.”
The article concludes:
Hasan, Ali, and Islam were each charged with conspiracy, false information in registering, and fraudulent voter registration.
Despite claims of robust “safeguards,” the reality is that the system allowed three individuals to exploit its weaknesses and engage in fraudulent activity, undermining the integrity of the 2021 mayoral election. The fact that such manipulation was even possible raises serious concerns about the state’s online voting infrastructure and underscores the dangers of mass mail-in balloting.
That’s how easy it is to commit election fraud.