Thousands of apparently fraudulent voter applications discovered in Pennsylvania



Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney Heather Adams announced Friday that investigators have uncovered evidence of what appears to be a "large scale" voter fraud campaign.

The Republican DA indicated during a press conference that the county's chief clerk of elections and registrar of voter registration, Christa Miller, contacted her earlier in the week regarding what appeared to be fraudulent voter registration applications received by her office.

County commissioner Ray D'Agostino, the chairman of the Lancaster County Board of Elections, confirmed that two separate drop batches, amounting altogether to roughly 2,500 completed applications, were dumped off by individuals near the county's elections office around the time of the Monday deadline.

According to the DA, when preparing to enter the forms into the Statewide Uniform Registry, "staff noticed that numerous applications appeared to have the same handwriting, were filled out on the same day with unknown signatures, and some were previously registered voters and the signatures on file did not match the signatures on the applications."

Adams indicated that in their review so far, investigators have found signs of fraud affecting 60% of the registrations.

The issues encountered have included inaccuracies with the addresses listed on the applications; false personal identifying information, including false names; and inconsistencies between Social Security information and names. While the identifying information on other suspect applications appeared to be correct, the corresponding residents confirmed that they had not requested or completed the forms, and further, that the signatures on the forms were not theirs.

'Our systems worked.'

While most of the applications were supposedly from Lancaster residents, Adams indicated there were also questionable applications received from residents in various other locations including Strasburg, Akron, Ephrata, and Mount Joy.

D'Agostino indicated that the applications from the questionable batches are undergoing an extensive multi-step review and that those deemed eligible will be processed.

"At this point, it is believed that the fraudulent voter registrations are connected to a large scale canvassing operation for voter registrations that date back to June," said Adams. "However, the majority of the applications received are dated August 15 and after."

Adams said that the investigation is ongoing and that she will not comment on who may have dropped off the applications.

The board of elections noted in a statement, "Our Lancaster County Elections system is secure. Our systems worked. We will continue to operate with the highest levels of veracity, integrity, and transparency so that Lancaster County voters can be confident in our election."

President Donald Trump beat President Joe Biden in Lancaster County by over 44,000 votes in 2020.

According to Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight polling, Trump presently has a slight edge over Harris in Pennsylvania.

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The police chief of a Pennsylvania city was reportedly fired earlier this month over his wife's pro-Donald Trump social media post.

Lancaster Mayor Danene Sorace, a Democrat, abruptly announced the retirement of Lancaster Police Chief Jarrad Berkihiser on Oct. 2 — and according to the former head of the local Fraternal Order of Police, Berkihiser's swift dismissal was punishment for his wife's support for President Trump.

What are the details?

According to LNP, Berkihiser's wife, Kristy Berkihiser, had recently explained on Facebook why she is supporting Trump in 2020.

Mrs. Berkihiser was reportedly responding to a friend who had volunteered at a Trump campaign event. According to that friend, Trump spoke highly of law enforcement. In response, Berkihiser wrote, "why im [sic] voting for him again. Same reason as last time… you don't see him meeting w Jacob Blake's family or speaking to him by phone…"

That comment was made on Sept. 27. Just five days later, Sorace announced Berkihiser's sudden retirement at a press conference that lasted less than four minutes and did not include the police chief.

John Fiorill, the former head of the local FOP, told LNP he learned about the details of Berkihiser's shocking retirement because the chief reached out to the union when Sorace demanded his resignation.

"The irony of this whole thing is, he didn't make that statement," Fiorill told the newspaper. "He knows better than to get involved in politics. It was his wife. Where does the mayor have the audacity to request his resignation based on what his wife said? He had nothing to do with it."

What did Sorace say?

According to LNP, she praised Berkihiser's tenure as chief:

At the Oct. 2 press conference, Sorace cited some of Berkihiser's accomplishments, including implementing a department-wide body-camera program, improving the department's use-of-force policy, creating a community engagement sergeant position, and hiring the city's first police social worker.

However, she refused to comment further about Berkihiser's career.

"As it relates to Chief Berkihiser's retirement, I have nothing further to add beyond my comments last Friday," Sorace said.

What did the chief say?

Berkihiser called his retirement "unexpected and unplanned" and has declined to comment further.

What is the community doing?

More than 9,000 people have signed a petition demanding Berkihiser be reinstated as Lancaster police chief.

"Please sign this petition if you believe Chief Jarrad Berkihiser was unjustly fired for political reasons in which the Mayor has a responsibility to examine her own biases. Chief Berkihiser should be reinstated as he possesses the compassion, integrity, and deep commitment to Lancaster that is needed for such a time as this," the petition reads.

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A Pennsylvania judge threw ye olde book at nine fine people charged in connection to riots in Lancaster over the weekend — and alas none of them could scare up the cash to post bail, which was set for each at $1 million, the New York Post reported.

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What are the details?

Riots broke out Sunday over the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man by police. It was the usual M.O. A mob marched to the police station and threw glass bottles, rocks, bricks, gallon jugs filled with liquid, and plastic road barricades at cops, police told the Post.

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But police managed to arrest over a dozen people around 3 a.m. Monday, the paper said.

Twelve adults — Jamal Shariff Newman, 24; Barry Jones, 30; Frank Gaston, 43; Yoshua Dwayne Montague, 23; Matthew Modderman, 31; Talia Gessner, 18; Kathryn Patterson, 20; Taylor Enterline, 20; T-Jay Fry, 28; Dylan Davis, 28; Lee Alexander Wise, 29; Jessica Marie Lopez, 32 — face felony and misdemeanor charges, including arson, riot, institutional vandalism, and criminal conspiracy, the Post said, adding that Montague also faces a charge of illegal possession of a firearm.

A 16-year-old male also was arrested on charges of riot, disorderly conduct, possession of instruments of crime, possession of a small amount of marijuana, propulsion of missiles onto a roadway, and institutional vandalism, the paper added.

Ouch!

And with that, Magisterial District Judge Bruce A. Roth set bail for nine of the defendants — Newman, Jones, Montague, Modderman, Gessner, Patterson, Enterline, Fry, and Davis — at $1 million each, the Post said, adding that court records show all of them were unable to post the cash.

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They're being held at the Lancaster County Prison, the paper said, adding that bail information for Lopez wasn't available and Wise's bail was set at $100,000, which also was a tad too rich for his blood. Gaston was on probation and a detainer would be lodged against him, police said, the Post reported.

'Politically motivated attack'

Social justice advocacy group Lancaster Stands Up claimed Patterson and Enterline were working as "medics" when they were arrested, the Post said.

"The absurdly high bail amounts indicate that what we're seeing is not a measured pursuit of justice, but a politically motivated attack on the movement for police reform and accountability," the group tweeted, according to the paper.

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Lancaster Stands Up then called on a number of elected officials, including Lancaster Mayor Danene Sorace and Gov. Tom Wolf, "to step in and defend Taylor, Kathryn and other peaceful protestors against the politically motivated actions of local law enforcement, prosecutors and judges."

Jumping the gun again?

Turns out that just after the shooting, social media posts claimed police killed an unarmed, autistic teenager. But bodycam video of the shooting was quickly released, and officials revealed the deceased was a 27-year-old man who chased the officer with a knife.

But it seemed — as with other riots this summer — the initial rumors were just too good to pass up for rioters.

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Lancaster police said the local district attorney is now investigating the incident to determine whether lethal force was legally justifiable in the case.

The man killed by police was later identified as Ricardo Munoz, the Associated Press reported. He was set to go to trial in October on charges he slashed four people last year, the Post added.

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