Pennsylvania Man Accused of Casting Dead Mother’s Ballot
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with illegally voting in place of his deceased mother during the 2020 general election.
Bruce Bartman, 70, of Marple in Delaware County, admitted to authorities that he registered deceased relatives as voters on Aug. 20 and requested, filled out, and sent in an absentee ballot for his late mother, the Office of the District Attorney in Delaware County announced on Dec. 21.
Bartman, a registered Republican, told authorities that he cast the ballot under his mother’s name for President Donald Trump.
Records show that Bartman used the state’s voter registration system to register his mother, Elizabeth Bartman, who died in 2008, and his mother-in-law Elizabeth Weihman, who died last year, as voters.
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