Crime & Law

Postal Worker Dumped Ballots

A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state’s June primary, the Justice Department said Tuesday.Reported by 4 of 6 outlets; wording from Toronto Star.

When22 Sep–23 SepOutlets6Articles6Reporters4

What happened

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Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said during a news conference that 34-year-old Damon Matai Seei was arrested Tuesday and appeared in federal court in Salt Lake City to be arraigned.

3 of 6 outletsfirst reported 22 Sepwording from Toronto Star

Seei was delivering mail in Eagle Mountain, Utah, when he threw the ballots and other mail into a dumpster in a church parking lot not long after his shift started, McCotter said.

3 of 6 outletsfirst reported 23 Sepwording from The Independent

Analysis

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How the first headlines put it

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How it changed

  1. 22 Sep

    A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state’s June primary, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

    4 outlets · Toronto Star
  2. 23 Sep

    Seei was delivering mail in Eagle Mountain, Utah, when he threw the ballots and other mail into a dumpster in a church parking lot not long after his shift started, McCotter said.

    3 outlets · The Independent

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Built 2026-10-13 from 6 articles. Every sentence on this page is quoted from the linked article; nothing was written by a model except the Summary and the items marked AI, which cite their sources, and the questions and labels under "Disputed". Photos are from the outlets that covered the story, never from articles our check marks sensitive.

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