Electoral fraud: vote buying by mail.
The mail-in voting scam.
This scam, whose name says it all, consists of buying votes using the mail-in voting method to carry out a VOTE BUYING SCAM. The purchase can be made in various ways, not just with money; work, food, a favor, or even threats can also be offered. Mail-in voting is used because it provides greater security to the buyer that the vote will go to the person they paid to vote for. In other words, mail-in voting allows the buyer to ensure that the vote is for their party, something that is harder to control when buying someone who will vote at the polling station, since at the polling place the vote can always be changed at the last moment by swapping one envelope for another or entering the booth to modify the vote. See vote buying scam.
Why does mail-in voting offer 100% certainty about who is being voted for? Below, we explain how it works.
STEP 1. The person who wants to vote by mail requests it by going to the Post Office with their ID, or if they cannot, they delegate someone to request it, always justifying why they cannot go in person. Here it is already evident that people with Alzheimer’s, terminal degenerative diseases, etc., can unknowingly request mail-in voting, linking this scam with THE NUNS’ SCAM.
STEP 2. A postal worker delivers the different ballots to your home or residence so you can vote; here the ID of the applicant is checked. This is when an honest postal worker would not allow anyone except the person with the ID to collect the envelope, but if it’s a dishonest one, they could simply leave the envelopes and ballots at the door of a nursing home with the person in charge. Once again, this way of voting facilitates THE NUNS’ SCAM.
STEP 3. Anyone can bring the completed and signed papers along with the vote to the Post Office; it is not necessary to identify yourself again at the Post Office to vote, just to bring the papers in order. And this is where the magic of this scam happens: you carry out the VOTE BUYING SCAM, the person whose vote you buy gives you the papers they received at home, and you fill them out and take them to the Post Office, with absolute certainty that THEY WILL VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU WANT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PUT THE VOTES IN THE ENVELOPE AND FILLED EVERYTHING OUT.
In principle, there seems to be a limit to how many votes one person can bring, but... if the postal worker looks the other way... The most notorious case was in 2015 in Melilla, where a PP representative was seen with dozens, if not hundreds, of votes passing through the Post Office counter.
BUT THE WORST THING IS THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOUR VOTE WILL ARRIVE OR THAT IT WILL ARRIVE UNALTERED. IF YOU VOTE BY MAIL, YOU TRUST THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE AS IT SHOULD BE... JUST THAT... TRUST... and then you see which companies manage this whole issue...
2016-06 Mail-in voting in Spain rises 86.5% in the 26J compared to the 20D
A total of 1,357,720 registered voters in Spain exercised their right to vote by mail in the elections on Sunday, June 26, representing an 86.5% increase compared to the December elections, according to data released by the Post Office.
This is the final number of votes accepted by the postal company, although at the time 1,452,988 people registered in Spain had requested mail-in voting.
Of all the mail-in votes accepted, almost double the approximately 700,000 cast in December, the postal company already has in custody 1,291,131 envelopes with votes deposited by voters, ready for delivery next Sunday at polling stations.
2015-05-21 Coalition for Melilla denounces that the PP is manipulating mail-in votes
"The first party denounced that the Popular Party had made a massive delivery of mail-in votes at the mentioned office, which stirred the staff and people in the establishment, as can be seen in the video accompanying this information."
2015-05-18 “They stole my mother’s vote”
"There is a signature that, more than a signature, is just a line, and the rest of the document where the mail-in vote is requested is well written. And that is surprising because the person who requested that procedure at the Calamonte Post Office cannot read or write. Therefore, her son, Ramón Ledo, is outraged. “She could not have written that, my mother is deaf-mute, she cannot read, cannot write; they stole her vote.”
2015-05-16 The PP denounced for "transporting" elderly people "with dementia" to vote by mail in a town in Lugo.
Riotorto (Lugo): The PP denounced for transporting elderly people "with dementia" to vote by mail. Federico Guriérrez, mayor of Riotorto (BNG), with barely 1,400 inhabitants, states that several "witnesses" confirm that "PP candidates moved people with dementia" to Post Office branches to request mail-in voting despite not being "capable". "We have filed a complaint with the Electoral Board because we have witnesses," Gutiérrez explained in statements to this newspaper.
http://www.eldiario.es/galicia/PP-denunciado-ancianos-demencia-Lugo_0_388461334.html
2015-05 Vote buying by mail first and then in person in Mogán, Canary Islands. 50 to 150 €
2015-05-06 AUDIO: Vote buying for the PP in San Juan del Puerto (Huelva) in exchange for food bags.
"A recording accompanying a complaint shows a local PP militant convincing a neighbor to vote by mail to support the current mayor. During the recording, the neighbor from the hometown of Minister Fátima Báñez complains that the mayor has not given him work, and they explain that mail-in voting "has more power" for that. The PP in Huelva says it is studying the matter before commenting and sees "suspicious things".
2015-05-15 PP councilors in Mérida caught registering dozens of vote requests at the Post Office.
Mérida: PP councilors caught registering dozens of vote requests at the Post Office. Several councilors from Mérida and a psychiatric hospital employee are allegedly among the group of people who registered dozens of votes from the psychiatric hospital and other elderly centers in the city at the Mérida Post Office. The PSOE has reported this to the Electoral Board in case there is a crime of vote impersonation.
http://www.eldiario.es/eldiarioex/politica/Votos_correos_junta_electoral_bravo_0_388111505.html
2015-05-21 A PP mayor from Almería "caught" with numerous votes at the Post Office and more at the party headquarters and a candidate’s house"
"The PP candidate delivers 80 votes "by hand" at the Post Office. According to complaints filed by the PSOE, the mayor of Turre and number 1 on the PP list appeared on the morning of Wednesday, May 20, at the Mojácar Post Office intending to hand-deliver around 80 votes."
2011 - MOJÁCAR
If you want to hear how a mail-in vote is bought, listen to how they bought them in Mojácar, Almería, where, regardless of these recordings, the Popular Party continues to win elections. The audio reveals how, in exchange for voting by mail, they promise a job.