A Florida man accused of voter fraud is facing a third-degree felony charge after requesting a ballot for his dead wife.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s office says the main claimed to be “testing the system to see if it worked.”
The Sheriff’s Office was tipped off to the suspicious ballot request by the country elections supervisor, reports The Herald Tribune.
Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett explained that the fraudulent request was found during a routine check of voter data that is part of the process of fulfilling ballot requests. “As soon as they pulled up the file it showed that she is dead,” Bennett said.
Registered Democrat Larry Wiggins, 62 told investigators that he was “testing the system.”
“He did test the system, and guess what? It worked," Bennet said.
“The thing we’re pushing is we want people to know no matter what county you’re in, in Florida every supervisor in Florida is dedicated to make sure we have fair and honest elections,” Bennett added.
