By William Upton | The National Pulse
Three officials from the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania have been indicted in federal court for allegedly conspiring to unlawfully manipulate their elections by illegally adding individuals to voter rolls. Vice President of the Borough of Millbourne Council Md Nurul Hasan, Council Member Md Munsur Ali, and former Council Member Md Rafikul Islam were charged on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on 16 counts each of election fraud for falsifying voter registrations.
According to federal prosecutors, the three men—all of Bangladeshi origin—used an online voter registration portal to inflate the voter rolls in an effort to win borough council seats during a 2021 local primary election. Both Hasan and Islam were unsuccessful, losing their primary races. Subsequently, Hasan would go on to win a council seat during the 2023 election.
Notably, Millbourne is a small locality in Pennsylvania, with a total population of just over 1,000 people—most of whom are registered as Democrats. Nearly two-thirds of the borough’s residents are South Asian, and 63.8 percent of those living there are foreign-born.