Vote fraud indictments in Duval County.

Four Duval County residents were charged Thursday with illegally handling ballot applications and mail-in ballots that belonged to other voters during the 2006 primary election.

The four San Diego residents indicted Thursday by a Brooks County grand jury were: Lydia Molina, 70; Maria "Kena" Soriano, 71; Elva Lazo, 62; and Maria Trigo, 55.

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The defendants are accused of delivering mail-in ballot applications to Duval County residents who were ineligible to vote by mail, according to the news release. Only those who are disabled, 65 or older, or expect to be out of the county during an election are eligible to vote by mail.

The news release says that once the ballots were sent to the residents and completed, the defendants allegedly retrieved them and mailed them to the registrar to be counted without identifying themselves on the carrier envelope.

Texas law requires that those who provide assistance identify themselves on carrier envelopes used to transmit mail-in ballots.

One little detail is missing, though -- the party affiliation, which is especially significant given the fact that this was fraud in a primary election.

Fortunately, the folks at NewsBusters ferreted out the answer in a two year old news story.

All who voted in Duval County are registered Democrats.

Why am I not surprised -- by the party affiliation of the fraudsters, or by the media's refusal to disclose that information.