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Just for context it seems The guy he bribed (i.e. the one who actually did the stuffing) was convicted in March 2020. So this isn’t exactly fresh news.

• eljimmy 4y ago
  Interestingly I can't find any news about his sentencing. Did it ever occur?
  • yegle 4y ago
    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-philadelphia-judge-elections-convicted-conspiring-violate-civil-rights-and-bribery https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-philadelphia-judge-ele... linked from the article.
    • eljimmy 4y ago
      That's the conviction. He was supposed to be sentenced June 30th, 2020.
• tootie 4y ago
  • lofatdairy 4y ago
    I don't think it's particularly new, nor is it surprising given a general small-gov/libertarian ideology of the self-starter/hacker types that have always leaned towards self-regulation since the 80s and before. That said, yeah COVID and the associated lockdowns seemed to have been something that caused a lot of people to either reconsider this, or double down, which may be what you observed.
  • bavell 4y ago
    The influx of conservative politics doesn't seem to be limited to HN from what I've seen but representative of a larger trend happening in our society at the moment. Personally it's not surprising at all to me, it's just the pendulum swinging back.
  • jstream67 4y ago
    Election fraud should be concerning to everyone, not just conservatives. I'm also not sure what you are stating is racist conspiracy nonsense - I only see one comment from OP at the moment.
    • tootie 4y ago
      There's a second dead comment with some objectionable language. And the comment on this thread that makes unsubstantiated claims about the implication of this case. And my concern about this posting isn't that we should or shouldn't be interested in this case of fraud, but rather that it's a local news story that is completely off-topic for HN. It's not academic, or technical, or related to entrepreneurship or any of the other topics of interest. It is suspicious that a 1 hour old account posts something that would normally get zero traction on this site suddenly shoots to the top. And the timing this close to the first public hearings on the Jan 6 committee is ever more suspicious.
      • DharmaPolice 4y ago
        The objectionable language seems to be quoting someone else. Although the person they're quoting self-censored in the original tweets so they probably should have done the same.
  • happyopossum 4y ago
    > racism Odd that you'd throw that in there - care to explain how the linked comment is racist?
    • kfrzcode 4y ago
      There's nothing there; tootie is just slandering
      • TheDong 4y ago
        You'll have to enable "showdead" (the dropdown on your user page here https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kfrzcode https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kfrzcode ) before you can see it. I am able to see the comment they are referencing.
        • kfrzcode 4y ago
          TIL thx
    • tootie 4y ago
      It uses the n-word? Are you looking at the comment marked dead?
      • xdennis 4y ago
        It's a quote from what someone else said (Alison Collins). How is that racist? Disallowing quotes is effectively letting her get away with what she said.
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