Absentee Ballots Collected, then Disappear

I mentioned some actual voter fraud by a GOP-connected firm in the past. To date, this is the only instance of voter registration fraud I've seen charged in the US. Now comes a report that operatives connected to a Florida Republican House Member facing a tough re-election fight collected absentee ballots from Democratic voters and dumped them in the trash.

Three Hialeah voters say they had an unusual visitor at their homes last week: a man who called himself Juan, offering to help them fill out their absentee ballots and deliver them to the elections office.

The voters, all supporters of Democratic congressional candidate Raul Martinez, said they gave their ballots to the man after he told them he worked for Martinez. But the Martinez campaign said he doesn't work for them.

Juan ''told me not to worry, that they normally collected all the ballots and waited until they had a stack big enough to hand-deliver to the elections department,'' said voter Jesus Hernandez, 73. 'He said, `Don't worry. This is not going to pass through the mail to get lost.' ''

Sounds a lot like snake oil to me...