A former postal worker was fined after he was caught with hundreds of pieces of undelivered mail on Election Day, including absentee ballots.
Brandon Wilson, a 27-year-old from Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to delay or destruction of U.S. Mail, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and was fined $200 last week.
The fine comes after Customs and Border Protection encountered Wilson on Nov. 3 of last year when he was still with the Postal Service. Officials found 701 pieces of mail in his trunk, including three absentee ballots mailed from the Board of Elections to voters, 218 first-class mailings, 106 political mailings, 36 regular nonprofit organization mailings, and other mailings.
Wilson initially told officials that the mail belonged to him and his mother, but he eventually admitted that he was a postal worker who failed to deliver the mail.
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He was later arrested and charged, which then culminated in a $200 fine.
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The fine comes after a handful of other incidents where postal workers were also found not delivering mail during the election cycle, as well ballots seen trashed before Nov. 3.
Former President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans had warned in 2020 that expanded mail-in voting due to the coronavirus could lead to voter integrity issues. The USPS vowed last year, however, that it would work “to ensure the secure, timely delivery of the nation’s Election Mail.”
