North Carolina Election Board Warns It Is Illegal To Vote Twice After Trump’s Remark

The North Carolina State Board of Elections is reminding residents that it is a felony to intentionally vote twice in an election.

In a statement on Thursday, Karen Brinson Bell, the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, wrote, “It is illegal to vote twice in an election. N.C.G.S. § 163-275(7) makes 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.'”

“Attempting to vote twice in an election or soliciting someone to do so also is a violation of North Carolina law,” she added.

Bell’s comments come a day after President Donald Trump suggested that people should try to vote twice to ensure their vote is counted.

Speaking to supporters in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Wednesday, the president said that if voters receive “unsolicited ballots,” they should “send it in, and then go — make sure it counted.”

He continued, “And if it doesn’t tabulate, you vote. You just vote. And then if they tabulate it very late, which they shouldn’t be doing, they’ll see you voted, and so it won’t count.”

Finally, he repeated his claim, “So, send it in early, and then go and vote. And if it’s not tabulated — you vote. And the vote is going to count.”

However, in several states, intentionally voting twice is illegal.