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 Pa. County Official: 17 Percent of Flagged Registration Forms Fraudulent


By Solange Reyner    |   Monday, 04 November 2024

Read more at https://www.newsmax.com/politics/lancaster-pennsylvania-election/2024/11/04/id/1186620/

Ray D’Agostino, the county commissioner for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Monday said of the approximately 2,500 voter registration forms officials flagged as suspicious, 57% have been verified as valid, 17% confirmed as fraudulent and 26% are still being investigated.

“We spoke to the district attorney this morning about the suspicious and, in some cases, fraudulent voter registration applications,” D’Agostino said.

“The investigation is still going on, so we can’t get into too much detail in accordance with the district attorney’s desires because of that investigation. But thanks to her staff, which have been on top of this since I guess was Monday last week when this whole two batches were provided to the district attorney’s office, they began immediately investigating those and have been doing so ever since working with our elections board staff.”

Thousands of mail ballot applications in 14 Pennsylvania counties have been challenged by activists, according to VoteBeat Pennsylvania.

“Throughout the day on Friday, several bad-faith mass challenges were filed in a coordinated effort in counties across the commonwealth to question the qualifications of thousands of registered Pennsylvania voters who applied to vote by mail ballot,” Amy Gulli, spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of State, told the news outlet. “These challenges are based on theories that courts have repeatedly rejected.”

The bulk of the new challenges claim that any voter living outside the United States is not technically eligible to register as a Pennsylvania voter.

“I’ve been … taking frantic phone calls from overseas from all of these people,” said Forrest Lehman, election director in Lycoming County, which received 71 challenges. “It’s been emotionally draining.”

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Solange Reyner is a writer and editor for Newsmax. She has more than 15 years in the journalism industry reporting and covering news, sports and politics.

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Union: Lancaster Police Chief Forced to Resign for Wife’s Pro-Trump Facebook Comments


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Read more at https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/13/union-lancaster-police-chief-forced-to-resign-for-wifes-pro-trump-facebook-comments/

Lancaster Bureau of Police Chief Jarrad Berkihiser / Facebook

Lancaster Police Chief Jarrad Berkihiser was forced to resign following his wife’s pro-Trump comments posted on Facebook, according to the Lancaster Fraternal Order of Police.

WHTM reports:

According to John Fiorill, previous president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, Mayor Danene Sorace told Chief Berkihiser to resign because his wife posted comments on Facebook saying she planned to vote for President Trump because of his support for law enforcement.

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Chief Berkihiser went straight to the FOP where he got advice from the solicitor.

Berkihisher is due to leave his post on October 31 and has worked for the department for over 25 years, notes WHTM.

“This was an unjust situation that he was placed in, a clear violation of his rights,” Fiorill said in a statement. “He was advised by the mayor that she wanted his resignation, based on those statements made on Facebook, not by Chief Berkihiser, but by Chief Berkihiser’s wife.”

“He retired under his conditions, not the conditions of the mayor, not a termination. That’s exactly what he wanted to avoid and he wanted to avoid that turmoil,” Fiorill continued.

Fiorill believes the decision was political, pointing to Mayor Danede Sorace being a Democrat.

“Which in my opinion is totally unjust and unfair, not only to Jarrad Berkihiser, but it’s an insult to law enforcement officers because Jarred dedicated his life and his career to serving the citizens of Lancaster city,” Fiorill said.

“I know that it’s tearing him apart that he gave so much of himself, that he gave so much of his time for the city of Lancaster that separated him from his family,” he added. “For them to treat him like that, I don’t doubt that it’s a heartbreaking and very stressful time for him.”

Sorace has not commented publicly on the accusation.

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