Jason Schofield, a former Elections Commissioner for Rensselaer County, New York, has been sentenced to one year of probation. Schofield was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and a $1,200 special assessment. The sentencing follows his guilty plea to charges of identity theft related to absentee ballot applications in the 2021 elections.

United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced the sentence.

Schofield served as an Elections Commissioner at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections from April 2018 until December 2022, resigning before his guilty plea.

The charges against Schofield involved unlawfully using voters' names and birthdates to submit absentee ballot applications through the New York State Voter Absentee Ballot Application Request Portal. He admitted to falsely certifying that he was the voter requesting each ballot and took possession of nine ballots, knowing that records would incorrectly show they were mailed to voters.

The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett.