April 30, 2021judicialmail votingdeceased voter detectioncriminal election enforcementelectionsvoter fraudmail ballots
Bruce Bartman is sentenced for casting his deceased mother's Trump ballot
Delaware County Judge George A. Pagano sentenced Bruce Bartman to five years of probation after Bartman pleaded guilty to perjury and unlawful voting. Bartman registered his deceased mother as a Republican, requested her mail ballot, and cast it for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. The case gave Delaware County prosecutors one proven deceased-voter case while undercutting broader claims that dead voters changed Pennsylvania's result.