“Republican lawmakers in Ohio pushing for more ‘safety and security’ at the ballot box can now point to a clear example of voter fraud in the November 2020 presidential election. Unfortunately for them, it involves another Republican. Edward Snodgrass, who is a Porter Township trustee, has admitted to forging his dead father’s signature on an absentee ballot and then voting again as himself, court records and other sources revealed. Snodgrass was busted after a Delaware County election worker questioned the signature on his father’s ballot” NBC News reports.

“A subsequent investigation revealed the ballot had been mailed to H. Edward Snodgrass on Oct. 6 – a day after the 78-year-old retired businessman died. In an interview with NBC News, Snodgrass said he made ‘an honest error’ while struggling to take care of his dying father, who had advanced Parkinson’s disease. He said he had power of attorney for several years and because his dad had broken his right arm he’d already been ‘signing for him.’ He said his dad had requested the absentee ballot. ‘It was there with a pile of other paperwork,’ Snodgrass said. ‘I was sleep-deprived and not thinking clearly. But I’m not going to run away from it.’ Snodgrass, 57, declined to say who he voted for but said it would not be accurate to characterize what he did as ‘just Trump voter fraud.’ ‘I was simply trying to execute a dying man’s wishes,’ he said.”