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ck4829

(37,593 posts) Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:50 PM Apr 2017

So when Republicans do it, it's not voter fraud but "alternative voting"? [View all]

A Trump supporter last year was caught impersonating her dead mother at a polling place — but she won’t face charges, despite committing a clear act of voter fraud.

While reporting on the North Carolina Board of Elections’ recently completed investigation into voter fraud in the state, the Raleigh News & Observer revealed that authorities in Catawba County found that a local woman pretended to be her late 89-year-old mother so she could deliver an additional vote for Donald Trump.

Prosecutors decided against charging the woman with a crime because she sincerely believed that impersonating a dead person at her local polling place was not an act of voter fraud.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/trump-voter-wont-face-charges-after-being-caught-impersonating-her-dead-mother-at-polling-place/

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So when Republicans do it, it's not voter fraud but "alternative voting"? [View all] ck4829 Apr 2017 OP

Oh FFS, that is insane. But as they say "It's ok if you're a Republican"... Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #1

See? It's literally true! dchill Apr 2017 #8

"because she sincerely believed" it "was not an at of voter fraud"??? unblock Apr 2017 #2

Yeah, that has some disturbing implications ck4829 Apr 2017 #4

FUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKK! Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #3

i'm guessing that criminal intent is actually necessary for conviction, unblock Apr 2017 #6

She must be real fun for kids around the neighborhood ck4829 Apr 2017 #10

I'm fucked up, The99thTimeLord Apr 2017 #5

From the comments section . . . PdxSean Apr 2017 #7

WOW! rogue emissary Apr 2017 #9

Ooh, good catch ck4829 Apr 2017 #11

I'm guessing she's white though? Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #18

WTF? I may sincerely believe that strangling someone isn't an act of murder ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #12

K&R Cryptoad Apr 2017 #13

The prosecutors probably want to get her another mother so she can do it again. C Moon Apr 2017 #14

It sounds like she should be charged. I wonder how many of the other people who voted illegally are hughee99 Apr 2017 #15

I thought this was a joke... oldcynic Apr 2017 #16

Ignorance is not a defense!!! Luciferous Apr 2017 #17

SS alanbudda Apr 2017 #19

The tRump defense ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #20