The Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick's offer of a bounty for proof of voter fraud last November worked out well for one Pennsylvania Democrat
Patrick, a close ally of former President Donald Trump promised to pay a minimum of at least $25,000 and up to $1 million to anyone who could prove a voting violation.
And Eric Frank of Chester County, Pennsylvania did just that.
Frank is a Democrat and was a poll worker for the 2020 election.
He caught a Republican on election day who voted twice, once for himself and once for his son, a registered Democrat, and turned the man in,
72-year-old Ralph Thurman pleaded guilty to a felony and Frank was the prosecution's star witness.
He reached out to Patrick's campaign manager, Alan Blakemore. "I had a good conversation with him. He said he had to do some due diligence on his end and the day after our call he sent me an email, requesting my W-9. A couple of days later I received a certified envelope with a check for $25,000."
Frank calls the award "extremely ironic," going on to say: "Never in a million years did I think it would be me or I would catch somebody doing this. On election day, I didn't know this gentleman's political affiliation and I would have done this for a Republican or a Democrat."
He believes he is the only person who has collected an award from Patrick.
"They had to be convicted of a felony count and not a misdemeanor and I believe my case was the only one," Frank said.
Patrick made his offer a week after election day. In his press release, he wrote: "I support President Trump’s efforts to identify voter fraud in the presidential election and his commitment to making sure that every legal vote is counted and every illegal vote is disqualified, President Trump’s pursuit of voter fraud is not only essential to determine the outcome of this election, it is essential to maintain our democracy and restore faith in future elections."
Related
LISTEN on the Audacy App
Sign Up and Follow NewsRadio 1080 KRLD