Paterson city council president and wife stole mail-in ballots to rig 2020 election: AG

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Paterson city council president and wife stole mail-in ballots to rig 2020 election: AG
The criminal conspiracy was done to get himself elected in 2020, according to the state attorney general, who said that Mendez, his wife and two campaign supporters stole mail-in ballots from residents’ mailboxes, filled some out, and then tried to mail in fakes in an effort to win
By Jonathan Dienst and Courtney Copenhagen
Published October 26, 2023 • Updated on October 27, 2023 at 12:58 pm   
NBC New York

What to Know

    *Paterson Council Speaker Alex Mendez allegedly stole mail-in ballots along with his wife and two campaign supporters to rig the 2020 election — new allegations that are far broader and more serious than when Mendez was first charged with election fraud in 2021
    *The criminal conspiracy was done to get himself elected in 2020, according to the state attorney general, who said that Mendez, his wife and two campaign supporters stole mail-in ballots from residents’ mailboxes, filled some out, and then tried to mail in fakes in an effort to win
    *Investigators said that in all, hundreds of ballots were stolen, falsified or improperly delivered during the pandemic, when mail-in ballots was how votes were cast

The city council president of New Jersey’s third-largest city personally directed an election fraud scheme to help win his seat, according to the state attorney general. ...

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BREAKING: The New Jersey Attorney General has charged a Democrat City Council President in Paterson and his wife for stealing mail-in ballots to rig the 2020 election

Alex Mendez and his wife were previously charged in 2021 but the new charges are a lot more serious. The charges include conspiracy to commit election fraud, forgery, falsifying records, and witness tampering.

Mendez and others tried “to rig an election in their favor and to deprive the voters of Paterson of having their voices heard,” Attorney General Matthew Platkin.

According to the complaint, the insider alleged Mendez was there as “over 300 mail-in ballots” were placed “into the Haledon postal box.”

Mendez was also caught on audio recording discussing a false cover story that would be used if any person questioned him about those ballots. He also directed people around him to delete any communications of the scheme
12:23 AM · Oct 31, 2023