Video Shows Democrat Operative Tampering with Ballot Box
A video has emerged online that appears to show a Democrat operative attempting to rip a ballot drop box from a wall in Montana.
Fox News obtained the video which shows Democratic operative Laszlo Gendler tampering with the election ballot drop box.
As Montana Talks reported, Gendler has been paid by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), according to OpenSecrets.org.
The DSCC is attempting to help incumbent Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) defend his seat from Republican challenger Tim Sheehy.
According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, the DSCC paid Gendler $42,909.20 in salary and travel expenses between September 15, 2023, and August 30, 2024.
The most recent salary payment of $1,824.60 was made to Gendler on September 13, the latest monthly filing shows.
Richie Melby, the Communications Director for Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen, told Montana Talks:
“The Glacier County election administrator contacted our office expressing serious concern over surveillance footage that appeared to show an individual ‘tampering’ with a ballot box.
“Our Elections Director contacted the election administrator, who confirmed that the individual in the footage is Laszlo Gendler.
“The name of the suspect and details were turned over to Glacier County law enforcement.
“Our Elections Director was pleased that the individual was not able to remove the ballot box from the wall, although the activity was obviously highly suspicious and concerning.”
“The suspect and details were turned over to Glacier County law enforcement,” Melby added in a statement to the New York Post.
Glacier County Election Administrator Crystal R. Cole emailed the following statement to the Montana Secretary of State:
“Glacier County has put up two Official Mail Ballot Drop Boxes, one at our Satellite Office in Browning and one at the Glacier County Detention/Dispatch Entrance, both under 24/7 surveillance.
“Yesterday, on October 20th, at 10:25:05, Laszlo with the MT Democratic Party was on camera tampering with the Box.
“I did call him to ask him what his reasoning was, he stated ‘they’ sent him to the location to see how secure the box was.
“The MT Democratic party did not notify the Elections office in any way to state they would be sending someone to the Ballot Box to see how secure it was, so on camera it looks like he was tampering with the box.”
An October New York Times/Siena poll showed Sheehy leading Tester 52-44.
The last five polls of the race show Sheehy winning by between six and eight points.
Republicans currently hold 49 seats in the Senate; a gain of two seats would give them the majority, which is crucial in many votes, including the confirmation of any Supreme Court judges.
