NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 259.98
VOTING MORE THAN ONE TIME IN AN ELECTION (WITH VERDICT FORM). FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with voting more than one time in
an election in North Carolina.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant voted in a single election event. (Name
election event or contest, e.g., the Democratic Primary in May 2017,
would be a single election event.) By law, a properly registered and
qualified voter may only vote once in any given election event.
Second, that the defendant voted more than one time in the same
election event.1
And Third, the defendant voted more than once with the intent to
commit a fraud. Intent is a mental attitude seldom provable by direct
evidence. It must ordinarily be proved by cirsumstances from which it may
be inferred. You arrive at the intent of a person by such just and
reasonable deductions from the cirsumstances proven as a reasonably
prudent person would ordinarily draw therefrom. Specific intent is a
mental purpose, aim or design to accomplish a specific harm or result.2
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant voted more than one time in the
same election event, the (name election event or contest), and that
defendant did so with the intent to commit a fraud, then it would be your
duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find, or if you have a
resonable doubt as to one or more of these things, then it would be your
duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
1 The statute also prohibits a person registering or voting at more than one
precinct, as well as voting more than one time. It also prohibits inducing another to vote
more than once in a primary or election.
2 See N.C.P.I. 120.10 for intent instruction.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
COUNTY OF ___________
State of North Carolina )
)
vs. ) VERDICT
)
____________________ )
Defendant. )
____________________________________ )
We, the jury, unanimously return as our verdict that the Defendant is:
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 259.98 (June 2017). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-275(7). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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