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ARCHIVED · 6 LEFT · 2 CENTER · 4 RIGHT · Sep 23, 1:20 AM

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Ex-postal worker accused of discarding hundreds of mail-in ballots: Feds

Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedDamon Matai Seei was arrested and charged with unlawful secretion, destruction and delay of mail.
What changedThe left frames it as "Ex-postman trashed 300 ballots in a church dumpster to 'lighten his workload'". The right frames it as "DOJ charges Utah USPS worker after 300 mail-in ballots allegedly tossed in dumpster".
ConfidenceHigh. 6+ sources across left, center, and right with comparable news formats.
Archive healthStable · 12 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format

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96WORDING GAP

12 sources · 3 bias buckets · High confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Ex-postman trashed 300 ballots in a church dumpster to 'lighten his workload'". The right frames it as "DOJ charges Utah USPS worker after 300 mail-in ballots allegedly tossed in dumpster".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Sep 22, 9:39 PM: Washington Examiner - News joined the source map.

Sep 22, 9:48 PM: Deseret News joined the source map.

Sep 22, 10:05 PM: Fox News Politics joined the source map.

Sep 22, 10:20 PM: Raw Story joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 96/99 and story health is stable · 12 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center-right ·News report

DOJ charges Utah USPS worker after 300 mail-in ballots allegedly tossed in dumpster

Federal prosecutors have charged a former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Utah with allegedly throwing away hundreds of pieces of mail, including about 300 mail-in ballots intended for...

Open source
Center-left ·News report
CBS News25m ago

DOJ charges Utah postal worker for allegedly dumping mail ballots in trash

The Justice Department says 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.

Open source
Center-left ·News report

Trump DOJ uses case of Utah letter carrier to highlight allegations of voting fraud

Federal officials charged a Utah letter carrier Tuesday with throwing 300 primary ballots in a church parking lot dumpster, an incident that a top U.S. Justice Department official said made...

Open source
Center ·News report

Ex-postal worker accused of discarding hundreds of mail-in ballots: Feds

Damon Matai Seei was arrested and charged with unlawful secretion, destruction and delay of mail.

Open source
Center-left ·News report

Trump DOJ uses case of Utah letter carrier to highlight allegations of voting fraud

Federal officials charged a Utah letter carrier Tuesday with throwing 300 primary ballots in a church parking lot dumpster, an incident that a top U.S. Justice Department official said made...

Open source
Center ·News report
The Hill1h ago

Justice Department indicts former postal worker for tossing out mail-in ballots in Utah

The Justice Department (DOJ) unsealed an indictment Tuesday accusing a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee of throwing out around 300 mail-in ballots in Utah. A federal grand jury in...

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Right ·News report

WATCH: DOJ Announces Charges Against Utah Postal Worker For Trashing More Than 300 Mail-In Ballots

This is why the Senate needs to pass the SAVE America Act now.

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Center-left ·News report

Trump DOJ uses case of Utah letter carrier to highlight allegations of voting fraud

Federal officials charged a Utah letter carrier Tuesday with throwing 300 primary ballots in a church parking lot dumpster, an incident that a top U.S. Justice Department official said made...

Open source
Center-left ·News report

Trump DOJ uses case of Utah letter carrier to highlight allegations of voting fraud

Federal officials charged a Utah letter carrier Tuesday with throwing 300 primary ballots in a church parking lot dumpster, an incident that a top U.S. Justice Department official said made...

Open source
Left ·News report
Raw Story48m ago

Ex-postman trashed 300 ballots in a church dumpster to 'lighten his workload'

A former Utah mail carrier dumped about 300 primary ballots in a church dumpster to "lighten his workload," federal prosecutors said. According to a detention filing, former Utah postman Da...

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Center-right ·News report

Former USPS worker indicted after allegedly dumping 300-plus Utah mail-in ballots without delivering one

Damon Matai Seei allegedly separated over 300 mail-in ballots from other mail at the start of his shift and discarded them within 90 minutes.

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Center-right ·News report

Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot

A former postal worker allegedly threw away some 300 mail-in ballots meant to be delivered to registered voters in Utah County during the June primary election, according to a federal grand...

Open source