{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-there-is-no-widespread-voter-fraud-in-west-virginia", "Manchin: There Is No Widespread Voter Fraud In West Virginia", "2020-09-30", "2020", "2020-09", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "September 30, 2020\n\t\t\t Manchin: There Is No Widespread Voter Fraud In West Virginia \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington,\r\nDC  U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today released the following statement\r\nafter President Trump falsely claimed West Virginia has widespread voter fraud\r\nissues. It's\r\nplain wrong that President Trump would mislead Americans to think mail-in voter\r\nfraud is happening in West Virginia. There is no widespread voter fraud in West\r\nVirginia and any claim to the contrary is false. The truth is one mail carrier\r\naltered five ballot request forms from Democrat to Republican in the primary\r\nelection in Pendleton County. The judicial and electoral system worked: he was\r\ncaught, charged with attempted election fraud and pled guilty. Mail-in voting\r\nis safe and altering ballots is a felony punishable with up to 5 years in\r\nprison and a $20,000 fine in West Virginia, inaddition to any federal\r\npenalty. To suggest anything different is just not true and an attempt to\r\nundermine Americans' faith in our Democratic process and disparage West\r\nVirginia is wrong. \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-there-is-no-widespread-voter-fraud-in-west-virginia"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6061069909483194, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}