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Kimberly Zapata, the former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, enters court before her jury trial in a Milwaukee County Courthouse in Milwaukee on Monday, March 18, 2024. Zapata, a former Milwaukee election official convicted of misconduct in office and fraud for obtaining fake absentee ballots was sentenced Thursday, May 2, 2024 to one year of probation and fined $3,000. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)

Former Milwaukee election official gets probation, $3,000 fine for obtaining fake absentee ballots

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Kimberly Zapata, the former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, enters court before her jury trial at the Milwaukee County Courthouse in Milwaukee, March 18, 2024. A prosecutor urged jurors Wednesday, March 20, to find the former Milwaukee elections official who requested fake absentee ballots guilty of misconduct and fraud, rejecting her argument that she was only trying to expose flaws in Wisconsin's election system. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)

Jury finds former Milwaukee election official guilty of obtaining fake absentee ballots

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Kimberly Zapata, the former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, enters court before her jury trial in a Milwaukee County Courthouse in Milwaukee on Monday, March 18, 2024. Zapata is accused of fraudulently requesting absentee ballots reserved for members of the military and sending them to GOP state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who is known for embracing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Stress over threats pushed ex-Milwaukee elections official to request fake ballots, attorney says

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Kimberly Zapata, deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, instructs workers processing ballots, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at the central counting facility in Milwaukee, Wis. Zapata has been fired after sending falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of a Republican state lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of how the 2020 election was administered, the city's mayor said Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Complaint: Accused election official sought to expose fraud

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press