Florida Man caught for requesting absentee ballot for dead wife says wanted to ‘test the system’
- The offender confessed to the crime and said he was trying to “test the system”
- The offender was arrested on a charge of third-degree felony voter fraud
- The offender was later released on a $1,500 bail
Manatee County Sheriff’s office caught a registered Democrat
as he attempted to challenge the system by requesting an absentee ballot for his
late wife, New York Post reported on Sunday. The accused, Larry Wigging, 62, had requested a mail-in ballot for his late wife, who is dead for two
years. “As soon as they pulled up the file it showed that she is dead,” Manatee
County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett was quoted by New York Post as saying.
Upon investigation, it was found that the handwriting on the
ballot request with previous documentation didn’t match.
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According to local media, Wiggins confessed to the crime and
said he was trying to “test the system.”
“He wanted to test the system. He did test the system, and
guess what? It worked,” Bennett said.
Media reports suggest that Wiggins was arrested on Thursday
on a charge of third-degree felony voter fraud and has been released on $1,500
bail.
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Talking about how this is an example of why voters should
feel confident in the elections process.
“People complain that vote by mail is crooked; it’s not, we
catch them, we verify it and any supervisor of elections in the state of
Florida I know is just as conscious about it as I am,” he said.
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