A Trump supporter was charged with voting twice. Her lawyer says she shouldnt stand trial.

[Omaha Steve]

Terri Lynn Rote. (Polk County Jail)

A woman who was arrested after voting twice for Donald Trump — and in the process became a flash point in the voter fraud debate — is incompetent to stand trial, her attorney said in a motion filed in Iowa court.

Terri Lynn Rote, 56, was accused in late October of casting two ballots in the general election: an early-voting ballot at the Polk County Election Office and another at a county satellite voting location, according to police records. Rote, a registered Republican, remains charged with first-degree election misconduct, and her felony case has been winding through Iowa courts.

But her court-appointed attorney, Jane White, filed a motion last week saying Rote has “cognitive limitations” and can’t stay focused for long periods — things that mean she wouldn’t be able to help prepare her defense, according to the Des Moines Register.

“It is unlikely that Defendant can assist in her defense or participate in the trial process,” White wrote. “It is unknown if the Defendant has been diagnosed previously with a mental health disorder, but her interactions with counsel indicate to counsel that this may be the case.”

FULL story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/27/a-trump-supporter-was-charged-with-voting-twice-her-lawyer-says-she-shouldnt-stand-trial-2/

[Girard442]

1. The joke kinda writes itself.

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Cognitive limitations? Duh n/t

[Jacoby365]

6. Cognitive limitations x 2

[snooper2]

7. Last time I checked you can't just have charges dropped because you are fucking stupid

[Va Lefty]

3. Trump voter"mental health disorder"

[riversedge]

4. I hope she gets some psy help.

[HoneyBadger]

5. Not to be an ass

But all she has to do is show up in court and she proves her case. If I have 24 personalities like the actor in Split, can I vote 24 times?

[royable]

8. I guess this means that every Drumpf voter should be allowed to vote forty or fifty times. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Whoops, 2 less popular votes for Trump.