Two Portsmouth residents charged with voter fraud
They voted here and in Florida and Illinois, AG’s office says
“Vote early and often,” goes the saying. According to the R.I. Attorney General’s Office, two men here took the second part of that maxim to heart during the 2020 General Election.
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Two Portsmouth residents charged with voter fraud
They voted here and in Florida and Illinois, AG’s office says
PORTSMOUTH — “Vote early and often,” goes the saying.
According to the R.I. Attorney General’s Office, two men here took the second part of that maxim to heart during the 2020 General Election.
Now they’re both scheduled for arraignment on May 16 on charges they each engaged in two counts of mail ballot fraud.
According to the attorney general, Jimmy McRoy, 80, of 114 Mason Ave., allegedly voted by mail in Portsmouth as well as in Farmerville, Ill., during the 2020 election.
Another man, Robert Nickerson, voted by mail in Portsmouth and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. during the same election, the attorney general charges. (No age or street address for Nickerson was listed in the complaint.)
They are two of three people in Rhode Island charged with mail ballot fraud by the AG’s office. The other is Paul Krikorian, who allegedly voted in both Narragansett and Vero Beach, Fla., according to the attorney general.
On Tuesday, the R.I. Senate voted 28-6 in favor of the Let RI Vote Act, which would permanently adopt measures that were in place in 2020 during the pandemic.
Under the bill, the requirement that voters sign absentee ballots in the presence of two witnesses or a notary — waived during the pandemic — would be eliminated permanently.
