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

[ck4829]

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/

[Fast Walker 52]

1. Oh FFS, that is insane. But as they say "It's ok if you're a Republican"...

[dchill]

8. See? It's literally true!

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2. "because she sincerely believed" it "was not an at of voter fraud"???

wow, does that sort of logic work for bank robbers, too?

"honestly, i thought the whole building was just a big atm for my personal use"

[ck4829]

4. Yeah, that has some disturbing implications

[Baitball Blogger]

3. FUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKK!

The board is as mentally corrupted as that voter!

Seriously? They used the Dinnow defense? She didn't know so no crime committed?

[unblock]

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.

[ck4829]

10. She must be real fun for kids around the neighborhood

"We all know it's not really all that wrong to impersonate someone for voting or for buying beer."

[The99thTimeLord]

5. I'm fucked up,

but the weirdness in me is charmed this girl thinks her 1 vote matters so god damned much that for just 1 more vote she committed a crime. Open your eyes sweety, your side's stealing these things outright. You don't have to do this to yourself or your future to push your political agenda.

[PdxSean]

7. From the comments section . . .

NM2000 said it well:

"Bullshit. There was too much talk of fraud before the election--not to mention basic common sense--for any halfway rational person to claim they didn't know that impersonating a dead person to vote a second time wasn't illegal. Besides, she didn't show up with paperwork and ask how to vote on her mothers behalf, she pretended to actually be her mother and hid her real ID, which screams that she knew it was wrong to me."

[rogue emissary]

9. WOW!

North Carolina excessively purged voting rolls and made it harder to vote by implementing strict voter ID laws. So when they finally find an actual case of in-person voting fraud they do nothing! FFS They should have fined her 10,000 dollars and gave her ten years in prison. Also for a state that made it harder for people to vote. This is what they said about the total (508) of ineligible votes that they found from last year elections.

The improper votes identified in the report won’t be removed from last year’s official vote tallies, but the report says that “no races – statewide or local – would have had a different outcome than the one already certified” if the improper votes were removed.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article145971264.html

[ck4829]

11. Ooh, good catch

[Fast Walker 52]

18. I'm guessing she's white though?

that probably has something to do with it

[ProfessorPlum]

12. WTF? I may sincerely believe that strangling someone isn't an act of murder

since the real cause of death is lack of oxygen to the brain. Will I be charged?

[Cryptoad]

13. K&R

[C Moon]

14. The prosecutors probably want to get her another mother so she can do it again.

The GOP can't do anything but lie and cheat. Now they've taken it a step further and find it's okay to commit treason—and virtually NOBODY in the GOP will stand up for their own country and pull these treasonous bastards out of office.
They are disgusting pieces of lying, cheating filth—ALL OF THEM.

[hughee99]

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

being charged. If I understand right, the same paper that originally reported this story said there were 508 people who illegally voted.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article145971264.html

[oldcynic]

16. I thought this was a joke...

...except...you know. Get used to it. The Nazis started small as well.

[Luciferous]

17. Ignorance is not a defense!!!

[alanbudda]

19. SS

...so, is she still collecting her mother's social security? After all, she probably doesn't think that's a crime either.

[ProudLib72]

20. The tRump defense

tRump said the election was rigged against him, so it was ok for her to vote twice. Just like it was ok for his supporters to beat up people at rallies. As long as the fearless leader says it's fine, they can do what they want.