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      Was A US Postal Worker Caught With Stolen Ballots? A Fact Check

      A postal employee was arrested with undelivered mail, but only three blank absentee ballots were found among the items retrieved in his vehicle.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  7 Nov 2020 5:16 PM IST
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      Was A US Postal Worker Caught With Stolen Ballots? A Fact Check
      A tweet saying that a United States Postal Service (USPS) worker was caught at the Canadian border with "stolen ballots" was retweeted more than 17,000 times. This is misleading; a postal employee was arrested with undelivered mail, but only three blank absentee ballots were found among the 813 items retrieved in his vehicle, and he was not charged with election interference, according to the US Department of Justice.


      "U.S. Postal Worker Caught at Canadian Border With Stolen Ballots In Car Trunk," reads the November 5, 2020 tweet, which has also been shared on Facebook and Instagram.


      Screenshot of the tweet taken on November 6, 2020

      If readers clicked on the story link in the tweet they would have found accurate information, but the headline led many on social media to believe the case was evidence of fraud, as can be seen in the comments.

      There is no indication that this person "stole" the ballots with the purpose of interfering with the election.

      According to allegations in a Department of Justice statement, 813 pieces of mail, including three absentee ballots, were found on November 3 in postal worker Brandon Wilson's vehicle at the Peace Bridge border crossing between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York as part of a routine search by the border agents.

      Also Read: Do 40,000 Mail-In Ballots Need To Be "Cured" In Georgia? Not Really

      Department of Justice spokeswoman in Buffalo, Barbara Burns, said the ballots had been sent from the Erie County, New York board of elections.

      "The ballots were not filled out," she confirmed.

      Wilson told investigators that "he had intended to deliver the mail and had forgotten to return the mail pieces to the post office," according to the justice department statement.

      He was charged with "delay or destruction of mail," which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

      AFP has debunked several claims about purported fraud in the 2020 US election, where voters turned in unprecedented numbers to postal ballots which were considered safer than voting in person during the pandemic.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Postal BallotsAbsentee BallotsElection FraudMail-in fraudUS Elections 2020US ElectionsVoter FraudMail-in ballotsMail-in votingJoe BidenKamala HarrisUS elections2020 US Presidential ElectionsUS Presidential ElectionsAmerican ElectionsDemocratsRepublicansMike Pence#DonaldTrump
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      Claim :   A US Postal worker was caught with stolen ballots.
      Claimed By :  Posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
      Fact Check :  Misleading
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