A man who attempted to vote twice in Virginia's 2023 election was acquitted of attempted illegal voting on Monday, following his claims in court that he had been testing the the system for voter fraud.

A man who attempted to vote twice in Virginia’s 2023 election was acquitted of attempted illegal voting on Monday, following his claims in court that he had been testing the system for voter fraud.

A Nelson County jury found 67-year-old Richardson Carter Bell Jr. not guilty of attempting to vote more than once in the same election. According to the Washington Post, Bell, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, admitted voting early at his local registrar’s office only to also show up at a nearby polling place on Election Day.

  • kornyEnglish
    81·
    5 hours ago

    I’m going to go buy some crack to test the system. Let’s see how that turns out for me.

    • TunaCowboy@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 hours ago

      If the majority of your county are crackheads and you opt for a jury trial you might just pull it off.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        13 minutes ago

        Laws are written in such a way that they don’t allow the jury to decide if what the person did was right or wrong, just if they did or did not do what was said.

        Do you agree they had a pipe in their possession? Yes - jail.

        Do you agree they had the drug on them?

        Yes -jail.

        The jury doesn’t get to decide if they think it was okay for them to have the pipe/drug on them. A lawyer does their best to spin it in a way that maybe makes it appear the officer illegally made a search to make all subsequent findings admissable and invalid for charging. Or that the possession was not actually the person. But usually it comes down to, we found this on your person… And conviction of possession.