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

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6. i'm guessing that criminal intent is actually necessary for conviction,

however, it's difficult to believe that *impersonating* someone else doesn't show criminal intent.

if she honestly thought she was entitled to cast a vote on behalf of a corpse, she might have just said, at the voting booth, "hey, my mom's dead, can I cast a vote on her behalf?" that would reveal it was perhaps an honest mistake.

but *impersonating* someone pretty much shows you knew damn well it was not proper.