Justice Department indicts former postal worker for tossing out mail-in ballots in Utah
The Justice Department (DOJ) unsealed an indictment Tuesday accusing a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee of throwing out around 300 mail-in ballots in Utah. A federal grand jury indicted 34-year-old Damon Matai Seei, of Payson, Utah, last Wednesday on one count of unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail, according to unsealed court records....
The Justice Department has charged a Utah postal worker for discarding over 300 mail ballots intended for voters in the state's June primary, according to a report from Tuesday.
Damon Matai Seei, a 34-year-old postal worker, was arrested and appeared in federal court in Salt Lake City to be arraigned. He pleaded not guilty. The motive remains unclear, but the U.S. Attorney for Utah stated Seei mentioned there was no political motive.
Seei was delivering mail when he threw the ballots and additional mail into a dumpster at a church parking lot shortly after his shift began. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.
The majority of Utah voters utilize mail-in ballots; nationally, roughly one-third of voters opt for this method. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court declined to approve President Trump's efforts to introduce new Postal Service regulations that would have limited mail voting for the midterm elections.
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