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Hampton Couple charged with voter fraud

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New Hampshire has brought its first voter fraud charges arising from its use of a controversial multistate registration database, accusing a couple of casting ballots in two states.

The New Hampshire attorney general announced indictments Wednesday against 70-year-old Grace Fleming and 71-year-old John Fleming, of Hampton. They’re accused of casting absentee ballots in New Hampshire for the 2016 general election while also voting in Belchertown, Massachusetts. They face up to 14 years in prison if convicted.

While the state has prosecuted a handful of voter fraud cases every election cycle for decades, these are the first charges in New Hampshire against people flagged by the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program.

A Hampton phone number for the Flemings is disconnected, and no one answered at a number listed for them in Massachusetts.

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