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Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot
KSL News • • nation
Key Points:
- Damon Matai Seei, a former postal worker in Utah, was indicted for allegedly discarding over 300 mail-in ballots intended for Utah County voters during the June primary election.
- Seei, who was delivering mail in Eagle Mountain, reportedly threw the ballots into a dumpster in a church parking lot around June 3 to "lighten his workload," according to prosecutors.
- The discarded ballots prevented some voters from receiving their mail-in ballots, resulting in notably low voter participation in the affected area.
- Seei was arrested by U.S. Marshals and faces one count of unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail; investigators have not recovered the ballots and are assessing if voters could vote by other means.
- Utah officials, including U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, emphasized the seriousness of the crime and praised the investigation into the denial of lawful voting rights.
