New York School Clerk Tore Up, Trashed Ballots to Help Preferred Candidate

The “thing” that Democrats claim “never happens” just happened.

An internal investigation has concluded that a Long Island, N.Y., school district clerk improperly handled ballots during a board of education election, prompting officials to seek the results’ reversal and raising the possibility of criminal charges.

According to a 51-page petition filed by the Hempstead Union Free School District with the New York State Education Department, District Clerk April Keys allegedly removed official ballots from her office and provided absentee ballots to incumbent school board candidate Victor Pratt, who investigators allege discarded them.

The district is asking state officials to invalidate the results of the May 19 trustee election, in which Pratt narrowly won another term.

Pratt, a third-term trustee and former president of the school board, also performs as a local DJ under the stage name “DJ Vic-Lover,” according to his public social media profiles.