Election Official Found Guilty of Generating Fake Names to Request and Mail Absentee Ballots

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Election Official Found Guilty of Generating Fake Names to Request and Mail Absentee Ballots

Kimberly Zapata, a former Wisconsin election official, was found guilty of election fraud for illegally sending three absentee ballots to a Republican legislator to prove a point about vulnerabilities in the system. Zapata claimed she did this because the legislator had raised concerns about voter fraud, but wanted to show her a real vulnerability. However, prosecutors argued Zapata broke the law instead of raising issues through proper channe…