A top Turning Point Action official has resigned after allegedly committing voter fraud by forging voter signatures on documents.
The Washington Post reported:
State Rep. Austin Smith (right) — who was senior director of Turning Point Action, the elections arm of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA — was accused by a Democratic activist of submitting petition sheets with rows of voter names , addresses and signatures that “bear a striking resemblance” to his handwriting, according to a complaint. Smith “personally circulated multiple petition sheets bearing what appear to be forged voter signatures,” the complaint states.
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Smith submitted his resignation to Turning Point Action on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about it publicly. Smith also publicly ended his re-election campaign.
Smith stated that he gave up his campaign because he feared a “biased judge” would believe the allegations, but that doesn’t explain why, if he’s innocent, he resigned from Turning Point.
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Turning Point USA is Charlie Kirk’s organization, and they are one of the conservative activist groups that have fully embraced Trump’s election denialism.
All innocent people should stand and fight to clear their name. The fact that Smith chose not to prove nothing, but it strongly suggests that he may have done something wrong.
Republicans continue to talk about voter fraud, but the only voter fraud that continues to be exposed is that committed by Republicans.
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