By Chris Sommerfeld
October 29, 2016
And the first arrest for attempted voter fraud in the 2016 election goes to a Donald Trump supporter in Iowa.
Terri Rote, 55, was arrested on first-degree election misconduct charges after trying to vote for the GOP nominee at two separate polling stations in Des Moines Thursday, according to the Des-Moines Register.
Rote, a registered Republican, first showed up to the Polk County Election Office to submit an early ballot, and shortly thereafter went to a county satellite voting location with a second ballot. The voter fraud offense she was booked on is a Class D felony that could land her in jail for up to five years if convicted.
She was initially being held at the Polk County Jail on a $5,000 bond, but was later released, according to records.
Rote’s voter fraud arrest comes as the man she voted for is doubling-down on claims the election is “rigged.” Trump has repeatedly refused to say whether he would accept the outcome of the election if he ends up not winning, which political experts say could have very serious — and possibly violent — consequences.
Early voting in the Hawkeye State started on Sept. 29, and Polk County alone reported three cases of suspected voter fraud as of Saturday. Rote, however, was the only one arrested.
A tweet from February showed Rote toting a Trump sign with a caption saying she was planning on caucusing for the Republican nominee.
The election fraudster’s Facebook page features numerous blatantly racist posts as well as a slew of grammatically challenged pro-Trump rants.
“You black lives doesn’t matter (sic),” she wrote in a post sharing a newscast from the riots in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the fatal police shooting of a black man there in September.
“Run their assess over (sic),” she captioned another post sharing a video of more Charlotte protesters.
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