A former USPS employee who was accused of participating in a voter-fraud system before the 2024 presidential election entered a guilty plea on Monday.
Former United States Postal Service staff Vicki Stuart and her companion Sally Maxedon were accused of stealing several votes from people of Mesa County, Colorado, filling out the votes, and bringing them before the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, according to KREX-TV.
Stuart admitted guilt on Monday on two counts of fraud and identity theft, according to KREX-TV. The original US Postal Service employee was charged with trying to influence a public servant, and 32 different matters against him were dropped, including a charge for trying to influence a public slave.
Stuart told 21st Judicial District Court Judge Brian Flynn,” I feel criminal for the role I played,” according to KREX-TV during Monday’s small court hearing.
According to the arrest affidavit against Stuart and Maxedon, the two” conspired to “test” the election personal program to see if the county’s personal verification program may find untrue ballots. Stuart was accused of stealing vote and giving them to Maxedon so they could get filled out.
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According to the arrest affidavit, Sally explained that she and Stuart had conversations in October of 2024 and that they had conspired to “test” the election unique system for the ballots used at votes. ” This strategy involved turning the vote into the Mesa County Elections Department after forging the voter names.”
The stated desired outcome was for Sally and Stuart to find out if the forged signatures were different from the known voting names on record with Elections, according to the arrest affidavit.
In the Colorado election fraud system, sixteen citizens reportedly had their votes stolen, according to KREX-TV. According to the report, Mesa County Elections employees were informed of the problem after occupants reported having their ballots rejected due to personal differences.
According to Colorado Public Radio, state authorities confirmed that three of the stolen vote had been accounted for and processed through Mesa County.
