Sorry, Florida Man--You Can't Cast Your Dead Wife's Ballot
A Florida man apparently tried to follow President Donald Trump's instructions to voters to 'test' the electoral system. Now, he's going to need a lawyer.
Newser reports 62-year-old Larry Wiggins was arrested Thursday in Manatee County and faces a 3rd-degree felony charge.
He was charged with requesting a mail-in ballot on behalf of another elector. In this case, it was for his now-deceased wife.
Wiggins says he was just testing the system, didn't plan to use the ballot, and didn't try to replicate his late wife's signature on her application.
I heard so much about ballots being sent in and people just having found them in different places. I said well, let me just send it in and see what's going to happen. Larry Wiggins
Newser reports 62-year-old Larry Wiggins was arrested Thursday in Manatee County and faces a 3rd-degree felony charge.
He was charged with requesting a mail-in ballot on behalf of another elector. In this case, it was for his now-deceased wife.
Wiggins says he was just testing the system, didn't plan to use the ballot, and didn't try to replicate his late wife's signature on her application.
I heard so much about ballots being sent in and people just having found them in different places. I said well, let me just send it in and see what's going to happen. Larry Wiggins