Utah Mail Carrier Charged in Dumping of 300 Ballots
Is this being exploited to justify an electoral crackdown or proof that mail voting is fundamentally insecure?
Above: A poster of a sample mail-in ballot displayed at a Department of Justice press conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 22. Image credit: Finn Gomez/Getty Images
The Spin
Left narrative
One overwhelmed mail carrier tossing junk mail he didn't sort through is not proof of a vast conspiracy to rig the elections. Concerningly, the DOJ staged a press conference over a man with no criminal record, no political motive and no detention request, then used it to push photo ID mandates and attack judges. The White House is clearly using this to excuse an electoral crackdown.
Right narrative
More than 300 ballots clearly marked as election mail ended up in a parking lot dumpster during Utah's June primary, and voters never got to cast them. That is exactly what happens when ballots get mailed out en masse and handed off to whoever happens to be on the route. Anyone who still believes mail voting is a secure system is clearly ignoring the facts.
