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Jason T. Schofield was arrested by the FBI on Sept. 13 for fraudulently obtaining and filing absentee ballots last year for at least eight voters without their permission. Schofield has been charged with 12 felony counts.
ALBANY — A Republican county elections commissioner in upstate New York was accused Tuesday of applying for absentee ballots in the names of other people.
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The Republican elections board commissioner in upstate Rensselaer County, Jason Schofield, was arrested Tuesday on charges of carrying out a brazen ballot scheme that allowed him to cast votes in voters’ names.
Jason Schofield, a Republican in Rensselaer County, was accused of unlawfully requesting absentee ballots in the 2021 local election.
A Republican county elections commissioner in upstate New York has been accused of applying for absentee ballots in the names of other people.