A California property manager’s Reddit post in which he claimed to have committed voter fraud by filing out the mail-in ballots of former tenants is reportedly out of a job and facing possible felony charges.
The brouhaha erupted after a Reddit user with the now-deleted account “ManCow2000” posted a reply to a r/WorkAdvice subreddit where he identified himself as a property manager and told other users that he filled out four ballots intended for tenants who were no longer residing at the apartment complex he managed.
“PS: I am a property manager. I got four mail in voting forms … people who didn’t send in a change of address I guess,” the comment said, according to SFGATE. “I voted all four of them. NO on rent control. NO on school bonds. and … Trump baby,” adding: “… I follow the Chicago rule for voting: vote early — vote often.”
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In addition to the four ballots that he claimed to have used to vote, the man who has since been identified as being from Redding, California, said in his online post that “he voted for former President Donald Trump with his own ballot, and filled out his wife’s ballot to vote for Trump as well, bringing his total to six votes,” SFGATE reported.
The FBI caught wind of the claims after Reddit users forwarded his name to the agency, according to media reports. The Shasta County Registrar of Voters told SFGATE that the claim is being taken seriously and has been referred to the district attorney’s office.
Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett confirmed to local media that an investigation into potential voter fraud is ongoing.
A Redding TV station reported that the man said the claim has been “blown out of proportion” and is “so bogus."
“In a statement, he said he ‘did not engage in any illegal activities’, adding that his posts were hyperbole, and that he was ‘too good’ at inflaming and angering his audience,” according to the TV station, which added he has since been fired by the apartment complex.
