Voting twice is a felony, even if Trump suggests it

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The advice from Michigan's top elections and legal officers seems simple don't vote twice this election season. If you do, you may be guilty of a felony. The fact Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel deemed it necessary to issue such a statement Thursday highlights another level of misinformation from President Donald Trump and questions surrounding voting by mail.

On Wednesday, Trump suggested voters in North Carolina try to both vote by mail and vote in person this November. The move would stress test the state's election system truly showing whether safeguards in place prevented fraud. Benson and Nessel said that t's illegal to vote twice in the same election.

Nessel said, let me be perfectly clear voting twice is illegal, no matter who tells you do to it. The president’s idea is a great one for people looking to go to jail. My office will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who intentionally flouts our election laws.

Nessel's office had announced only one charge related to any type of attempted voter fraud in the Aug. 4 primary. Elections experts note voter fraud is rare, through either voting in person or using an absentee ballot.

Benson said, there are safeguards in place to ensure the election system works, as proven by recent elections. We have protections in place to ensure election officials track and verify every ballot they send and receive and in every instance we ensure that each person gets only one vote.