Some crack investigative reporting by Lee Zurik who reveals multiple examples of law enforcement in St. Tammany parish registered to vote in St. Bernard where they illegally cast a vote. This could be a huge scandal and election officials are not happy. In most states, that would be a felony. I recommend a read of the full article.
That is absolutely blatant on the surface,” says Secretary of State Tom Schedler.
A stack of documents has 20 other sheriff’s department employees who live and have homestead exemptions outside of St. Bernard but voted in the parish last month. Many had a spouse who cast a ballot too.
According to the Secretary of State, that’s against the law. Almost two dozen people who wear a badge and enforce the law have broken the law themselves.
Schedler says people in St. Bernard Parish who have homestead exemptions in other parishes but voted in St. Bernard would absolutely be against the law.
But there’s more. FOX 8 requested all of the early voting records for last month’s election; all 720 pages totaling more than 4,100 votes.
We did some computer analysis and found many questionable addressed.Five people are registered to vote at an address on East Urquhart Street in Chalmette. They include St. Bernard Clerk of Court Lena Torres and her daughter, Chief Deputy clerk Lena Nunez. Torres and Nunez live in the home.