Atkinson Man Found Guilty Of Voting In NH After Voting In Florida

CONCORD, NH — An Atkinson man faces a 3.5 to seven years in prison and fines after being convicted in Rockingham County Superior Court Wednesday of voting in more than one state. Robert Bell was convicted on one felony count, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office. Bell, a Republican, cast a ballot at his former home in Palm Coast, Florida, during the 2018 general election via early voting and then, when he was back in New Hampshire, voted again in Atkinson.

Bell was questioned about the double voting by journalists from Project Veritas earlier this year outside of his home. During the video, Bell was recorded admitting to voting twice. Earlier this year, the attorney general's office declined to file criminal charges against Project Veritas employees for recording people in the Granite State without permission.

In addition to prison time, Bell also faces a $4,000 fine. He will be sentenced in November.

Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Chong Yen, of the Election Law Unit, and Associate Attorney General James Boffetti prosecuted this case along with Chief Investigator Richard Tracy.

According to Yen, the attorney general's office currently has around 35 open cases alleging election law violations. Another 61 cases were referred to the department in July.

The attorney general's office still has around 9,000 challenged voter affidavits, qualified voter affidavits, and domicile affidavits and sworn statement domicile forms that it has not investigated that were forwarded for investigation between 2012 and 2018.

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