Former Rensselaer County, New York Board of Elections Commissioner Jason Schofield, who in January 2023 pleaded guilty to federal felonies his involvement in an absentee ballot scam to help a GOP incumbent in a 2021 city council election needs a job while he awaits his sentencing hearing in May where he faces up to five years in the clink for trying and failing to “Stop the Steal.”
His buds on the incoming Troy City Council’s GOP majority were down with helping him out, as Majority Leader Tom Casey last week said Schofield “made a mistake that he quickly took responsibility for. In this state, we’ve had a lot of justice reform. When people make a mistake, it should not rob people of their life,” whilst defending plans to appoint the felon to an assistant city clerk gig even though, as we wrote, Schofield will proooobably only be able to work until May.
But it was not to be, as the Albany Times-Union now reports that Scholfield has backed out of the job after feeling shame or something. “I just wanted to help the guy. He didn’t have a job and I feel bad for him,” Casey said after Schofield backed out of the planned Thursday appointment vote.