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Connecticut Bureaucrat Charged With Fraudulently Changing Republican Voter Registrations To Democrat

State mental health worker Arlanda Brantley, 57, allegedly changed voter registrations to Democrat following a get-out-the-vote event.

State mental health employee accused of changing voter registrations to Democrat



An employee with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in Connecticut is accused of altering voter registration cards just weeks before the 2024 election.

On September 17, officials hosted a national voting event at the Western Connecticut Mental Health Network in Torrington, a city of about 35,000 residents in the northwestern corner of the state. By October, the Detective Division of the Torrington Police Department received a complaint about alleged voter registration fraud in connection with the event.

According to the complaint, a series of voter registration cards submitted to the Torrington Registrar of Voters Office clerk appeared to have been altered. After a thorough investigation, officers agreed that someone had deliberately changed cards marked with "Republican" or "no" party affiliation to "Democrat."

A member of the city clerk's office contacted police as well as the State Elections Enforcement Commission about the incident. Police and the SEEC coordinated and determined that 57-year-old Arlanda Brantley was likely the culprit.

'What was meant to be a nonpartisan, state-led, voter registration event has now been tainted by Ms. Brantley’s illegal actions.'

On Monday, Brantley reportedly turned herself in to police. She was arrested on five counts of fraudulent registration and five counts of primary or enrollment violations. She was then released on a $10,000 surety bond. She is scheduled to appear in court again on February 10.

Torrington police did not respond to a request for comment, and a message left for Brantley was not returned.

Republican state Rep. Joe Canino, who represents Torrington, issued a statement following Brantley's arrest, calling her alleged actions "shameful" and demanding better election security and oversight:

I am outraged to hear that a state employee was knowingly fabricating voter registration information without the consent of our registrants. What was meant to be a nonpartisan, state-led, voter registration event has now been tainted by Ms. Brantley’s illegal actions, which could have tainted the sanctity of Torrington elections. There is no room for election fraud in Connecticut. Whether it’s this incident in Torrington, or down in Bridgeport where individuals were stuffing ballots into a drop box during the eleventh hour before an election, the bottom line is that voter fraud is happening in Connecticut.

The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment. Brantley's job at the department and whether she remains employed there are both unclear.

As Rep. Canino mentioned, the allegations against Brantley in Torrington come amid Democratic voter fraud scandals that have plagued Bridgeport, the most populous city in Connecticut, for decades.

Most recently, Alfredo Castillo, a Democrat Bridgeport councilman, and Wanda Geter-Pataky — the vice chairwoman of the Bridgeport Democratic Party and a close associate of Democratic Mayor Joe Ganim, who spent seven years behind bars for political corruption — have been accused of helping a Spanish-speaking noncitizen cast an absentee ballot in 2023, as Blaze News previously reported.

Geter-Pataky has also been accused of stuffing the ballot box just before the contentious 2023 Democratic mayoral primary after surveillance cameras at city hall appeared to show her depositing stacks of ballots in the early-morning hours of September 5, 2023.

That primary election was so rife with irregularities that a judge later tossed the results and demanded that a new primary be held. Ganim prevailed in both the general election and the new primary over challenger John Gomes.

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Judge Issues Weird Sentence In Pennsylvania Voter Fraud Case

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Some states STILL COUNT late mail-in ballots after Election Day



The Pennsylvania Senate race was finally called when Democrat Bob Casey conceded that the Democrats were attempting to count ballots that had no date or the wrong date. Luckily, the Supreme Court sided with the RNC.

But how do we prevent voting in a federal election from getting to this point in the future?

“What we need is a voter’s election integrity bill of rights, because these crazy laws are really infringing on the voting rights of people who go to the polls, do it right,” Cleta Mitchell, senior legal fellow for the Conservative Partnership Institute, tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.”

“There are a number of principles that we’re sort of coalescing around that need to be both in federal law and in state law,” she continues. “Only citizens vote, voter ID for every kind of voting, make sure that all ballots are received by the time the polls close on Election Day, make sure that there’s transparency and accountability.”


“This situation needs to be corrected. It’s way past time to do that,” she adds.

Illinois is one state that has pushed the boundaries regarding election integrity, allowing mail-in ballots to be counted up to fourteen days after the election.

“Do you think that this is something where the Supreme Court, or the courts, might not ultimately decide in the right direction? It just seems so egregious, but people now, they’re kind of used to it, in our corrupt system, allowing these mail-ins to come in after the fact,” Peterson comments.

“Judicial Watch has filed suit in both Illinois and also Mississippi, and the Fifth Circuit ruled that receiving ballots after the time the polls close on Election Day violates the federal statute,” Mitchell responds.

“I think that one of the things that we need to do is say that there’s a beginning and an end when we as a country vote, pretty much at the same time,” she continues. “We might have to make some accommodations for people to vote in person early if they’re going to be out of state.”

“I think we need to get rid of this universal vote by mail, this universal sending of ballots to people whether they requested them or not,” she adds.

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Head election judge arrested over questionable ballots in Walz's home state



A man working as an election judge in Minnesota — home of failed Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz — has been accused of allowing nearly a dozen people to cast ballots even though they were not registered to do so.

Shortly after Election Day, Timothy Michael Scouton, 64, of Nevis, was arrested after auditor Kay Rave could not find voter registrations for 11 new voters who had cast ballots in the Badoura Township Precinct in Hubbard County, about 175 miles north of Minneapolis.

According to one election judge, Scouton told the registrants not to use the forms. According to the other, Scouton insisted to the registrants that they need only sign the back of a book.

Minnesota is one of 23 states that allow same-day voter registration — so long as the prospective voters provide proof of residence, take an oath, and complete an application, according to Bring Me the News. As Scouton was serving as the head election judge for the precinct, he should have had voter registration materials for each of those new voters.

When questioned, Scouton allegedly said he could not locate the proper forms. When Rave found them, Scouton allegedly said he did not use them.

Two days after the election, Rave sent an email to the county attorney, prompting an investigation from the county sheriff's office.

Investigators then spoke with two other election judges familiar with the situation. According to one of them, Scouton told the registrants not to use the forms. According to the other, Scouton insisted to the registrants that they need only sign the back of a book, the AP reported.

One of those two election judges further claimed that Scouton's son was also working as an election official involved in same-day voter registration in the same precinct, according to KSTP. The outlet did not indicate that Scouton's son has been accused of involvement in any of his father's alleged schemes.

Officials confirmed that Scouton completed required trainings to become a head election judge back in July.

Scouton was later questioned at the sheriff's office, where he was apprised of his rights but declined to make a statement. He was subsequently arrested and charged with two felonies: accepting the vote of an unregistered voter and neglect of duty by an election official.

The criminal complaint did not offer a possible motive.

Scouton appeared in court on Friday and is now out without bond pending another hearing on January 6, per Minnesota Public Radio News. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

The office of Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, a member of the state's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, demanded a thorough investigation into the allegations, which he described as "extremely serious."

"Election judges take an oath to administer elections in accordance with the law. A deliberate failure to do so is unlawful and a betrayal of the public trust," Simon's office said in a statement, according to the AP.

Scouton did not respond to the outlet's request for comment, and his attorney declined the request on Saturday.

Legacy media outlets have frequently reported that instances of voter fraud are "rare."

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USPS mail carrier, another Colorado resident accused of submitting stolen ballots, some of which counted



A United States Postal Service mail carrier in Colorado and one of her acquaintances have been accused of intercepting mail-in ballots in the lead-up to the 2024 election and then casting them fraudulently.

In late October, officials in Mesa County in Western Colorado began receiving complaints from some Grand Valley residents who claimed they never received their mail-in ballots, yet these same ballots had apparently already been submitted and then rejected because of a signature mismatch.

The 21st District Attorney’s Office formally opened an investigation into the complaints on October 21.

Investigators then discovered that ballots were missing from mailbox clusters but that there had been no sign of forced entry, suggesting an inside job. They also learned that several complainants lived within a half-mile of one another and that on October 12, Vicki Lyn Stuart, a 64-year-old mail carrier, had substituted for the regular carrier on a mail route in the area.

On October 24, Stuart allegedly told investigators that she had merely cross-referenced the names on the mail-in ballots with the names on the mailboxes. If they names did not match, she allegedly marked them "return to sender."

She estimated she marked about 20 ballots in that way and assured investigators that "there was no chance her DNA would be on the inside of any of the envelopes," an affidavit said. She denied any involvement in a voter fraud scheme.

The USPS later informed investigators that such cross-referencing goes against protocol and that mail carriers are required to deliver ballots regardless of name matches "as they may not know for certain if someone is living at a particular address or not," the affidavit said.

'I am proud our security measures are effective.'

It is unclear what led investigators to contact Sally Jane Maxedon, 59, about the incident, but they spoke with her on Election Day.

Initially, Maxedon allegedly admitted that she "falsely completed voting ballots which did not belong to her," the affidavit said. She then reportedly spun a wild tale involving a male Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent, a truck, and a mall parking lot. She even drew investigators a map.

Eventually though, Maxedon allegedly confessed that she and Stuart are friends and that they had recently concocted a scheme to "test" the signature verification of mail-in ballots. According to the affidavit, their goal was "to determine if the signature verification process would detect if the forged signatures were not those of the known voter signatures on file."

Maxedon allegedly claimed that Stuart began stealing the ballots and handing them over to her to be completed.

So far, officials have identified at least 16 victims but believe there could be 20 or more. Of the ballots the women allegedly submitted, at least nine were removed because of suspected fraud, while at least three were processed and counted.

"Once signatures are checked, the ballot is pulled independently from the envelope and it’s put into the (counting) process," Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said at a press conference.

On the day after the election, both Maxedon and Stuart were arrested. They each face more than a dozen felony charges related to forgery, identity theft, and attempt to influence a public servant.

USPS later confirmed to Rocky Mountain PBS that Stuart is an employee and that she has since been placed on "emergency, non-duty status."

Whether the victims were ever able to cast a ballot in the election is unclear.

Mesa County clerk and recorder Bobbie Gross indicated that the unearthed alleged scheme proves that the system works.

"I am deeply grateful for the diligence and thorough efforts of the District Attorney’s Office in addressing this matter. I am proud our security measures are effective, and we will remain vigilant to safeguard the integrity of our elections," Gross said in a statement, according to Rocky Mountain PBS.

Oddly enough, the Colorado Sun used the incident of alleged voter fraud to slam those who dare to raise questions about election integrity, noting that Stuart is a registered Republican and that the allegedly fraudulent ballots represent only a tiny fraction of the vote totals in the county.

"Mesa County is a Republican-dominated part of the state" that has "been central to election conspiracies peddled by conservatives in recent years," the outlet wrote.

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