Encouraged NC voters to cast two ballots

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BY BRIAN MURPHY AND WILL DORAN
SEPTEMBER 03, 2020 10:11 AM , UPDATED SEPTEMBER 03, 2020 03:05 PM

... Karen Brinson Bell, the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, said that it is a Class I felony for a voter “with intent to commit fraud to register or vote at more than one precinct or more than one time ... in the same primary or election.”

She said attempting to vote twice in an election or soliciting someone to do so is also a violation of North Carolina law.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein .. said Trump was trying to “sow chaos in our election” ...

If convicted of voting more than once, you will be facing a Class I felony. In addition to losing your future voting rights because of a felony record, you could also face up to a year in prison ...

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article245460825.html

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1. 'Law & order' president protects lawbreaking

CBC Editorial: Friday, Sept. 4, 2020; Editorial #8583
The following is the opinion of Capitol Broadcasting Company.

For an incumbent desperate to portray himself as a law-and-order guy, President Donald Trump is an unrelenting advocate for lawbreaking and rule dodging. While he obsessively complains, wrongly, about potential voter fraud with mail-in ballots, he just told people in North Carolina to vote twice – a felony – to check if their votes get counted. It was bad, wrong and lawbreaking advice ...

He advised North Carolinians who vote by mail to also vote in person. For a guy who has been obsessively complaining, wrongly, that mail-in ballots were connected with rampant voter fraud, he popped off telling people to vote twice – the textbook definition of voter fraud ...

Trump’s incendiary statement prompted North Carolina’s top elections official to issue a statement reminding voters not to break the law. “It is illegal to vote twice in an election. N.C.G.S. § 163-275(7) makes it a Class I felony,” said Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections.

“The State Board office strongly discourages people from showing up at the polls on Election Day to check whether their absentee ballot was counted. That is not necessary, and it would lead to longer lines and the possibility of spreading COVID-19” ...

https://www.wral.com/editorial-law-order-president-protects-lawbreaking-and-rule-dodging/19269659/

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2. Bad advice

... It is a felony to double vote in North Carolina, Trump’s home state of Florida, and many other states.

Federal law also makes it a crime to vote more than once in an election for candidates for federal office including the presidency and Congress. The penalty is a fine of up to $10,000 or prison up to five years, or both ...

https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/03/trumps-bad-advice-going-polls-verify-if-your-mail-/