{"id":2203595,"date":"2024-03-21T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-wisconsin-election-official-found-guilty-of-generating-absentee-ballots-for-fictitious-voters\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T17:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:10:44","slug":"former-wisconsin-election-official-found-guilty-of-generating-absentee-ballots-for-fictitious-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-wisconsin-election-official-found-guilty-of-generating-absentee-ballots-for-fictitious-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Wisconsin Election Official Convicted of Creating Fake Absentee Ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-wisconsin-election-official-found-guilty-of-generating-absentee-ballots-for-fictitious-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2203595&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Wisconsin Election\u200d Official Found Guilty \u200bof Voter Fraud<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In\u200c a shocking \u2064turn of events, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a> election\u200c official was found guilty of \u2062voter fraud charges. This scandal unfolded as she reportedly created ballots for fictitious\u200b military personnel during the 2022 election cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Guilty Verdict and Legal Battles<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u200baccused, former Milwaukee Election Commission Deputy Commissioner Kimberly Zapata, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/03\/20\/former-milwaukee-election-deputy-convicted-in-fake-military-ballots\/72950576007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted<\/a> \u200b of felony misconduct in \u200bpublic office\u2062 and several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/couple-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter-over-wildfire-allegedly-started-during-gender-reveal-party\/\" title=\"Couple Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter Over Wildfire Allegedly Started During Gender Reveal Party\">misdemeanor counts related<\/a> to obtaining absentee ballots under false pretenses. Amidst legal proceedings, \u200cZapata&#8217;s defense argued that she was revealing vulnerabilities in \u2062the state&#8217;s election processes, \u200cwhile prosecutors maintained that she breached the public&#8217;s trust by engaging in election \u2064fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Revealing the\u2063 Deception<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the controversial electoral \u2064period, Zapata\u200d utilized My Vote Wisconsin to request three absentee ballots using fabricated identities of military \u200bpersonnel. To add to the intrigue, the ballots were sent to the residence of State Representative \u2064Janel Brandtjen, a prominent Republican \u2063who had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-members-outline-pattern-of-ethical-issues-at-granholms-energy-department\/\" title=\"Oversight Members Outline \u2018Pattern of Ethical Issues\u2019 at Granholm\u2019s Energy Department\">previously raised concerns<\/a> about the integrity of past \u2063elections. Notably, Wisconsin does not\u2064 mandate military members to present identification when obtaining absentee ballots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brandtjen&#8217;s astute observation of \u200bthese ballots, \u2062intended for nonexistent military individuals, triggered the uncovering of Zapata&#8217;s actions. Consequently, Zapata was dismissed from her \u2063position and faced accusations of voter fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Legal Perspectives<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During \u200cthe trial, Milwaukee County Assistant District\u2062 Attorney Matthew Westphal underscored the importance\u2064 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-announces-voter-fraud-charges-against-20-people-in-florida\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis Announces Voter Fraud Charges Against 20 People in Florida\">upholding election integrity<\/a>, emphasizing the detrimental impact of Zapata&#8217;s misconduct. Conversely,\u200d Zapata&#8217;s \u200blawyer, Daniel \u2062Adams, emphasized her motives, portraying \u2064her as a whistleblower striving to rectify flaws within the electoral system.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;She was a whistleblower, she \u200dwas showing the truth&#8230; There\u2019s a \u2063huge flaw here, and if people don\u2019t take it seriously, some nefarious person will do something bad with\u200d this flaw in \u200bthe \u200csystem.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Future Ramifications and Legal Consequences<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As \u200bZapata awaits sentencing in May, potential penalties loom over her, including a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-alien-deported-5-times-sentenced-in-horrific-beating-rape-of-woman-with-special-needs\/\" title=\"Repeat Offender Deported 5 Times Sentenced for Brutal Assault and Rape of Vulnerable Woman\">lengthy prison \u2064term<\/a> and\u2063 substantial fines. With the 2024 elections on the\u2063 horizon, heightened\u2064 scrutiny\u2063 is expected on\u200c election practices, particularly in Wisconsin, as the political\u200d landscape braces for significant developments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In \u2064this climate of electoral tension, the repercussions of\u200d such\u2062 egregious actions reverberate far \u2064beyond a single courtroom. As the legal system processes this case, questions surrounding\u2063 electoral security and transparency continue to demand attention and vigilance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Wisconsin election official was convicted of voter fraud for creating fake military ballots during the 2022 election. Kimberly Zapata, ex-Deputy Commissioner of the Milwaukee Election Commission, was found guilty of felony misconduct in public office and three misdemeanor false statement charges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2203596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1126129145.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1126129145.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}