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<blockquote data-quote="SueEllenRules!" data-source="post: 19114" data-attributes="member: 87"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa</strong></span></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><img src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2016/10/terri-lynn-rote.png&w=600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>A woman in Iowa was arrested this week on suspicion of voting twice in the general election, court and police records show.</em></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Terri Lynn Rote, a 55-year-old Des Moines resident, was booked Thursday on a first-degree charge of election misconduct, <a href="http://apps2.polkcountyiowa.gov/releasedinmates/Details.aspx" target="_blank">according to Polk County Jail records</a>. The charge is considered a <a href="https://coolice.legis.iowa.gov/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&service=IowaCode&ga=83&input=39A#39A.2" target="_blank">Class D felony</a> under Iowa state law.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rote was released Friday <a href="https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm" target="_blank">after posting $5,000 bond</a>. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 7.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/10/28/voter-fraud-suspect-arrested-des-moines/92892042/" target="_blank">The Des Moines Register reported</a> that Rote is a registered Republican who cast two ballots in the general election: an early-voting ballot at the Polk County Election Office and another at a county satellite voting location, according to police records.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rote hadn’t planned on voting twice but said it was “a spur-of-the-moment thing” when she walked by the satellite voting location, she told The Washington Post in a phone interview Saturday.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“I don’t know what came over me,” Rote said.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She added she has been a supporter of Donald Trump since early in his campaign, after Republican candidate Mike Huckabee dropped out of the primary race.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://iowapublicradio.org/post/des-moines-woman-says-she-voted-twice-trump-because-polls-are-rigged#stream/0" target="_blank">Rote told Iowa Public Radio</a> that she cast her first ballot for Trump but feared it would be changed to a vote for Hillary Clinton.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“The polls are rigged,” Rote told the radio station.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leigh Munsil, an editor for the Blaze, <a href="https://twitter.com/leighmunsil/status/792095829330763776" target="_blank">noted on Twitter</a> that Rote was the same woman who had caucused for Trump earlier this year.</li> </ul><p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaKbh92UAAAgEq1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Polls show an extremely close race between Clinton and Trump in Iowa, a traditional swing state. According to a <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/2016-presidential-swing-state-polls/release-detail?ReleaseID=2397" target="_blank">Quinnipiac University poll</a> released two days ago, Clinton and Trump are now tied in Iowa with 44 percent of the vote each. In September, the same poll had showed Trump leading Clinton, 44 percent to 37 percent.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential race, Trump has repeatedly claimed — <a href="http://wapo.st/2dM1I3O" target="_blank">in speeches and on Twitter</a> — that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/17/the-truth-behind-trumps-latest-rigged-election-fears/?tid=a_inl-amp" target="_blank">the election process is “rigged,”</a> presumably against him.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Republican candidate’s surrogates, too, have amplified those allegations. Two weeks ago, former New York mayor <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/16/giuliani-alleged-trump-groping-couldnt-possibly-have-happened-because-it-was-first-class/?tid=a_inl-amp" target="_blank">Rudolph W. Giuliani insisted that Democrats overwhelmingly engage in voter fraud because they “control the inner cities.</a>”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last week, Eric Trump said on ABC’s “This Week” that his father <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/23/eric-trump-says-his-father-will-accept-election-results-if-theyre-fair/?tid=a_inl-amp" target="_blank">would accept election results, but only if it was a “fair” election</a>. He backed his statement up with statistics that the Trump campaign has often used to claim that there is “widespread voter fraud.” Numerous outlets, including <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/10/19/fact-checking-two-false-claims-by-trump-alleging-widespread-voter-fraud/?tid=a_inl-amp" target="_blank">The Washington Post’s Fact Checker</a>, have debunked such claims.</li> </ul><p><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/29/trump-supporter-charged-with-voting-twice-in-iowa/?client=safari" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/29/trump-supporter-charged-with-voting-twice-in-iowa/?client=safari</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SueEllenRules!, post: 19114, member: 87"] [SIZE=6][B]Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa[/B][/SIZE] [B][I] [IMG]https://cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2016/10/terri-lynn-rote.png&w=600[/IMG] A woman in Iowa was arrested this week on suspicion of voting twice in the general election, court and police records show.[/I][/B] [LIST] [*]Terri Lynn Rote, a 55-year-old Des Moines resident, was booked Thursday on a first-degree charge of election misconduct, [URL='http://apps2.polkcountyiowa.gov/releasedinmates/Details.aspx']according to Polk County Jail records[/URL]. The charge is considered a [URL='https://coolice.legis.iowa.gov/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&service=IowaCode&ga=83&input=39A#39A.2']Class D felony[/URL] under Iowa state law. [*]Rote was released Friday [URL='https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm']after posting $5,000 bond[/URL]. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 7. [*][URL='http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/10/28/voter-fraud-suspect-arrested-des-moines/92892042/']The Des Moines Register reported[/URL] that Rote is a registered Republican who cast two ballots in the general election: an early-voting ballot at the Polk County Election Office and another at a county satellite voting location, according to police records. [*]Rote hadn’t planned on voting twice but said it was “a spur-of-the-moment thing” when she walked by the satellite voting location, she told The Washington Post in a phone interview Saturday. [*]“I don’t know what came over me,” Rote said. [*]She added she has been a supporter of Donald Trump since early in his campaign, after Republican candidate Mike Huckabee dropped out of the primary race. [*][URL='http://iowapublicradio.org/post/des-moines-woman-says-she-voted-twice-trump-because-polls-are-rigged#stream/0']Rote told Iowa Public Radio[/URL] that she cast her first ballot for Trump but feared it would be changed to a vote for Hillary Clinton. [*]“The polls are rigged,” Rote told the radio station. [*]Leigh Munsil, an editor for the Blaze, [URL='https://twitter.com/leighmunsil/status/792095829330763776']noted on Twitter[/URL] that Rote was the same woman who had caucused for Trump earlier this year. [/LIST] [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaKbh92UAAAgEq1.jpg[/IMG] [LIST] [*]Polls show an extremely close race between Clinton and Trump in Iowa, a traditional swing state. According to a [URL='https://poll.qu.edu/2016-presidential-swing-state-polls/release-detail?ReleaseID=2397']Quinnipiac University poll[/URL] released two days ago, Clinton and Trump are now tied in Iowa with 44 percent of the vote each. In September, the same poll had showed Trump leading Clinton, 44 percent to 37 percent. [*]In the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential race, Trump has repeatedly claimed — [URL='http://wapo.st/2dM1I3O']in speeches and on Twitter[/URL] — that [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/17/the-truth-behind-trumps-latest-rigged-election-fears/?tid=a_inl-amp']the election process is “rigged,”[/URL] presumably against him. [*]The Republican candidate’s surrogates, too, have amplified those allegations. Two weeks ago, former New York mayor [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/16/giuliani-alleged-trump-groping-couldnt-possibly-have-happened-because-it-was-first-class/?tid=a_inl-amp']Rudolph W. Giuliani insisted that Democrats overwhelmingly engage in voter fraud because they “control the inner cities.[/URL]” [*]Last week, Eric Trump said on ABC’s “This Week” that his father [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/23/eric-trump-says-his-father-will-accept-election-results-if-theyre-fair/?tid=a_inl-amp']would accept election results, but only if it was a “fair” election[/URL]. He backed his statement up with statistics that the Trump campaign has often used to claim that there is “widespread voter fraud.” Numerous outlets, including [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/10/19/fact-checking-two-false-claims-by-trump-alleging-widespread-voter-fraud/?tid=a_inl-amp']The Washington Post’s Fact Checker[/URL], have debunked such claims. [/LIST] [URL]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/29/trump-supporter-charged-with-voting-twice-in-iowa/?client=safari[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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