Voting Twice in NC

I asked, Richard L. Hasen, the American Legal Scholar and Expert in Legislation, Election Law, and Campaign Finance. He is currently Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine School of Law in Irvine, California.

His Reply:

Each State has its Own Procedures.

States have long used a Number of Measures to Guard against Double Voting. Patrick Gannon, a Spokesman for the North Carolina State Board of Elections, said.

The System in North Carolina would Prevent a Person from Voting Twice, because only the First Vote Recorded would be Counted.

If a Person has already Mailed in an Absentee Ballot and goes to the Polls on Election Day, Records will show Poll Workers if the Person's Vote was Recorded. If not, they can Vote.

If a Person Votes on Election Day and Officials Later receive that Person’s Absentee Ballot, it will be “Spoiled” and Not Counted.

In some States, Election Day Poll Workers should know if a Voter has Requested an Absentee Ballot, and those Voters will have to Fill-Out a Provisional Ballot if they want to Vote-in-Person instead, which will Invalidate pending Mail-in-Vote.

"It is illegal to vote twice in an election," said Karen Brinson Bell, Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Bell said State Law made it a "Class I felony" for a Voter, "with intent to commit a fraud to register or vote at more than one precinct or more than one time ... in the same primary or election."










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