Image Credit SounderBruce/Flickr/ CC BY-SA 2.0 A Democrat official who previously pleaded guilty to illegal ballot harvesting was appointed as vice mayor of San Luis, Arizona, last month.
During its Dec. 13 meeting, the locality’s city council voted in a 4-3 decision to appoint Gloria Torres as vice mayor, a motion recommended by outgoing Vice Mayor Luis E. Cabrera. While the city council’s press release noted Torres’ history of serving as a councilwoman since 2000, it neglected to mention her role in an illegal ballot harvesting scheme during Arizona’s 2020 primary elections.
In October 2022, Torres was charged by then-Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office with two counts related to illegal ballot harvesting. According to the indictment, Torres “knowingly collected [seven] voted or unvoted early ballots” from a third party for the state’s August 2020 primaries. Under Arizona law , “only a family member, someone from their household or a caregiver of […]
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