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October 21, 2016judicialelection administrationvoter fraud enforcementdisinformation consequenceselectionsvoter fraudcriminal prosecution

Terri Lynn Rote tries to cast a second Trump vote in Iowa

Terri Lynn Rote went to a Polk County early-voting site and tried to cast a second ballot in the 2016 presidential election. Prosecutors said she had already voted, and Rote later pleaded guilty to election misconduct. The case turned a national fraud claim into a local prosecution: one Trump supporter tried to double-vote because she said she feared her first ballot would be changed.