{"id":2204403,"date":"2024-03-22T16:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-top-wisconsin-election-official-found-guilty-for-obtaining-fake-absentee-ballots\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:46:36","slug":"former-top-wisconsin-election-official-found-guilty-for-obtaining-fake-absentee-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-top-wisconsin-election-official-found-guilty-for-obtaining-fake-absentee-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Wisconsin election leader convicted for acquiring counterfeit mail-in 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-top-wisconsin-election-official-found-guilty-for-obtaining-fake-absentee-ballots%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=2204403&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 Milwaukee \u2064Election Official Found Guilty in Absentee Ballot Scandal<\/h2>\n<p>Former Milwaukee election official Kimberly Zapata faced a jury trial and was found \u2063guilty on Wednesday for fabricating identities to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-gave-dems-chance-to-force-mail-in-voting-theyve-been-trying-since-2009\/\" title=\"COVID Gave Dems Chance To Force Mail-In Voting. They\u2019ve Been Trying Since 2009.\">obtain absentee ballots<\/a> during the 2022 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Zapata, previously the deputy director of the \u2064Milwaukee Election Commission, \u2062unlawfully acquired \u2062three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-key-house-races-that-could-flip-this-november-2\/\" title=\"8 Key House Races That Could Flip This November\">military absentee ballots<\/a> using fake identities. These ballots were then sent to Republican state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a vocal supporter of overturning the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShe is\u200d the most vocal election fraud \u200cpolitician that I know of, and I thought that maybe this would make\u2063 her stop and think and redirect her focus away from these outrageous \u200bconspiracy theories \u2064to something \u200cthat\u2019s actually real,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zapata, who was terminated from her position in November 2022, justified her actions by stating\u2063 that she\u200b used fake identities\u200b to \u2063avoid\u2062 causing harm to \u200danyone. Brandtjen took legal action following Zapata\u2019s dismissal\u200b to prevent the\u200c counting of\u200c military ballots in the state.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy and \u200bLegal Ramifications<\/h3>\n<p>Brandtjen expressed her disappointment in Zapata&#8217;s approach, emphasizing that raising concerns about election processes could have\u200c been done through proper \u200bchannels without risking\u200c one&#8217;s job and reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Zapata\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-progressive-prosecutor-freed-felon-who-went-on-to-murder-two-men\/\" title=\"Virginia Progressive Prosecutor Freed Felon Who Went On To Murder Two Men\">defense attorney argued<\/a> that she was acting as a whistleblower to highlight an issue and ensured the unused ballots would \u200bnot\u2063 affect the election. However, the Assistant District Attorney dismissed this argument, \u200blabeling Zapata&#8217;s actions\u200b as\u200d election \u200bfraud.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This was her deserting her duty to protect and secure our elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zapata admitted she hoped other\u2062 election clerks would intercept the\u2064 fraudulent ballot requests before reaching Brandtjen, but her plan did not \u200dmaterialize.<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing for Zapata is scheduled for \u200dMay 2, with potential repercussions of up to five\u2064 years in prison on the \u2062horizon, according to \u2063the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>For further \u2062details on\u2063 this unfolding story, visit the <a href=\"link-to-the-source\">Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Kimberly Zapata, a former Milwaukee election official, was convicted by a jury for fabricating identities to secure absentee ballots in the 2022 midterm elections. Previously the deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, Zapata used fake identities to obtain three military absentee ballots, which she sent to Republican state Rep. 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