Three officials from the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania have been indicted for conspiring to unlawfully manipulate elections by illegally adding individuals to voter rolls.
Vice President of the Borough of Millbourne Council, Md Nurul Hasan, Council Member Md Munsur Ali, and former Council Member Md Rafikul Islam were each charged with 16 counts of election fraud for falsifying voter registrations.
The three Democrats, all of Bangladeshi origin, used an online voter registration portal to artificially inflate voter rolls in an effort to win borough council seats during a 2021 local primary election.
However, Hasan and Islam were unsuccessful, suffering defeat in their primary races. Subsequently, Hasan went on to win a council seat during the 2023 election.
