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.

NELSON COUNTY, Va. — A jury in this bright-red corner of rural Virginia found an avid Donald Trump fan not guilty of attempted illegal voting in a one-day trial Monday, accepting the man’s claim that he was only trying to test the election system for voter fraud when he asked to vote a second time in local elections last year.

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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Subpoena his Facebook messages and I bet you’d find him messaging friends how he was going to vote twice and they should too.

    That would have been enough.

    Not sure how you’d win access to them in the first place, but they’ve been used before.