A former upstate New York election official pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal identity theft charges arising from his fraudulent use of voters' personal information to apply for a dozen absentee ballots in 2021.In entering his plea in U.S. District Court in Albany, the former official, Jason Schofield, admitted to requesting the bogus ballots through a state website in his role as the Republican election commissioner in Rensselaer County, federal prosecutors said in a news release.
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