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A man who attempted to vote twice in Virginia’s 2023 election was acquitted of attempted illegal voting on Monday, following his claims in court that he had been testing the system for voter fraud.

A Nelson County jury found 67-year-old Richardson Carter Bell Jr. not guilty of attempting to vote more than once in the same election. According to the Washington Post, Bell, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, admitted voting early at his local registrar’s office only to also show up at a nearby polling place on Election Day.

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[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 144 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile, because she's black in Texas prosecutors are still trying to throw Crystal Mason in prison for an actual innocent mistake all the way back in 2016 - https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/civil-rights-attorneys-urge-court-to-uphold-crystal-masons-acquittal-in-fraud-case/3684918/

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 95 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It wasn't even her mistake. She was told by someone in authority that she was allowed to vote.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 month ago

Crimes dont apply to the whites, you silly goose.

[-] Shark_Ra_Thanos@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

What a shitty website that doesn't say a single fucking thing about what happened. It spirals into that jackass' spew of lying bullshit and nothing real to understand jack fucking shit.

[-] turmacar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Mason

She cast a provisional ballot, a mechanism specifically designed to check and count a vote only if the voter is determined to be eligible, on the advice of a poll worker, and was sentenced for voter fraud.

[-] Shark_Ra_Thanos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So...basically...what I just said...again.

...but not the writer; rather Texas itself.

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