Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Voter Fraud In New Hampshire In 2021

CONCORD, NH — A man from Massachusetts who owns property in New Hampshire has pleaded guilty to voter fraud and unsworn falsification charges, both misdemeanors.

Scott Kudrick of Norwell, MA, pleaded guilty to the charges on Wednesday. A felony voter fraud was also put on diversion as part of a plea bargain. Kudrick, the founder and owner of NH MT Rentals, who owns several properties in the North Country, falsely swore on a voter registration form he was a resident of Conway and then voted on April 13, 2021, in the town election despite not being domiciled in the community.

Kudrick was sentenced to 180 days in jail, suspended for two years, and a fine of $4,960. If he violates the conditions of his sentence, officials could impose the whole sentence.

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“Under Mr. Kudrick’s felony diversion agreement,” Michael Garrity, the director of communications for the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, said, “Mr. Kudrick will be required to perform 100 hours of community service and remain arrest-free for a one-year period. If Mr. Kudrick violates the terms of his diversion agreement during that period, the state may seek to impose felony-level penalties, including fines and a state prison sentence.”

Kudrick, who was registered as an undeclared voter in Norwell but cast a Republican primary ballot in 2020, his only partisan participation, also lost any chance to ever vote in New Hampshire.

Kudrick, according to superior court records, was also involved in a lawsuit by the town of Conway concerning short-term rentals. The Conway Daily Sun reported the lawsuit led to a town vote with residents rejecting a proposal by the Board of Selectmen to allow non-owner-occupied short-term rentals anywhere single-family homes were permitted by zoning. A warrant article from the April 2021 town election he voted in dealt with short-term rentals.

During the past decade, the attorney general’s office has arrested several out-of-state residents, including Massachusetts voters, who have voted in New Hampshire elections when they were not allowed to.

In December 2022, Richard Rosen, an engineer, former school board candidate, was accused of voting both at home in Belmont, MA, and in Holderness in November 2016. He has a final pretrial hearing on Oct. 23, with jury selection expected in March 2024. Todd Krysiak of Alton pleaded guilty to a felony voting in more than one state charge in April 2022 after voting in both Alton and Leominster, MA, in the 2018 general election. Grace and John Fleming cast absentee ballots in Hampton for the 2016 general election and voted in person in Belchertown, MA. Spencer McKinnon, a UNH student in 2016, was also found guilty of voting both in Durham and Dracut, MA, for the general election that year.

The Flemings, McKinnon, and Rosen were found via the Interstate Voter Crosscheck Program, a multi-state database that is used to compare voter information for fraud and drive-by voting by non-residents via the “domicile loophole” that allows college students, “visiting professionals,” and others to vote in the state even though they do not live here.

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