Butthole Bandits 7 and a throwback to Jim Crowe

[Lemur]

Virginia man pleads guilty to forging Newt Gingrich primary signatures

A Virginia man pleaded guilty to charges that he forged primary campaign ballots for Newt Gingrich during the 2012 Republican primary, to ensure that Gingrich got on the state’s ballot.

WVIR-TV reports:

In December of 2011 Newt Gingrich needed 10,000 signatures to get his name on the Virginia presidential primary ballot. Adam Ward, 28, collected more than 11,000 signatures according to prosecutors. More than 4,000 signatures could not be verified by investigators.

Tuesday night, Ward pleaded guilty to 36 counts of voter fraud and perjury in Augusta Circuit Court.

[Papewaio]

Shouldn't that be 7k charges.

I know this sounds weird to some but in a republic or a democracy surely vote fraud should be treated equivalent of perjury.

Perjury is lying to one branch of government. Voter fraud is lying to another. Why the soft touch?

[a completely inoffensive name]

The saddest thing about the whole thing is that no rational man would have done such a thing unless he genuinely thought that Newt Gingrich had a legitimate chance of being president in the first place.

[drone]

The saddest thing about the whole thing is that no rational man would have done such a thing unless he genuinely thought that Newt Gingrich had a legitimate chance of being president in the first place.

"Rational" and "Gingrich supporter" do not belong in the same sentence.