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A state prosecutor said he will not bring voter-fraud charges against a Catawba County woman who said she cast an illegal vote for Donald Trump last year to fulfill her mothers dying wish.
District Attorney David Learner, chief prosecutor for Catawba, Burke and Caldwell counties, announced his decision Wednesday not to pursue the case, which had been referred to him by the State Board of Elections.
Learner, a Republican, withheld the name of the voter but said she had cast the improper vote for Trump last November out of sheer ignorance of the law and while grieving the loss of her mother.
This woman is 67 years old and has never run afoul of the law for anything more serious than a speeding ticket, Learner said in a statement. It is not in the publics interest to charge her with this felony offense.
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article146938034.html
Doreen
(11,686 posts)they did that voting for Hillary. It's in MY/OUR interest to put this lady in jail because I can guarantee I/WE would end up there if I/we did that.
Initech
(100,072 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)former9thward
(32,005 posts)It would not have happened.
Solly Mack
(90,766 posts)Seriously? What bullshit.
We all know had it been a vote for Clinton charges would be made.
oasis
(49,383 posts)Deplorable getting of the hook.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)JCanete
(5,272 posts)obvious differences too.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)Do your fucking job or resign.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Is this the kind of voter fraud that Trump alluded to?
JCanete
(5,272 posts)Selective compassion on the other hand, is absolutely a problem, and I think there is some worth-while concern about why this person is being extended it while others are not.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Compassion can be meted out in the sentencing phase.