Democrat Senate campaign org fires employee accused of tampering with Montana ballot box

The main campaign committee for Senate Democrats has fired an employee who was accused of “tampering” with a ballot box in Montana, a must-win state for the party to keep its majority in the upper chamber.The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) canned Laszlo Gendler after he was recorded walking up to a ballot box in Glacier County Sunday, shaking it briefly and then leaving the scene, according to an alarming video obtained by Fox News.In the video, a young man, later identified later by the office of Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen as Gendler, approaches the box and tries to move it slightly with both hands before giving up and taking out his cell phone.He then seemingly takes a picture or video of the location.“Poll observers are instructed not to touch ballot boxes.

This individual was attempting to ensure a new ballot box was secured to the wall, neither the ballot box nor ballots were affected,” said DSCC spokesman David Bergstein in a statement to Fox.“Their actions were not in accordance with our procedures and out of an abundance of caution they will no longer be doing this work moving forward.”The DSCC paid Gendler $42,909.20 in salary and travel expenses between Sept.

15, 2023, and Aug.30, 2024, per Federal Election Commission filings.The most recent salary payment of $1,824.60 was made to Gendler on Sept.

13, the latest monthly filing shows.“The suspect and details were turned over to Glacier County law enforcement,” Richie Melby, a spokesman for the secretary of state’s office told The Post.“Our elections director was pleased that the individual was not able to remove the ballot box from the wall, although, as the election administrator signified in her email, the activity was certainly highly suspicious and concerning.” Glacier county election administrator Crystal Cole had flagged the video to the secretary of state’s office, citing concerns that Gendler — and by extension the state’s Democratic ...