A 62-year-old man from Pennsylvania is facing federal charges for allegedly voting in two states during the 2020 presidential election and again in the 2022 midterm elections, according to the US attorney’s office in Philadelphia, as reported by AP. Philip C. Pulley of Huntingdon Valley is accused of violating federal election laws by falsely registering to vote, double voting, and committing election fraud. The charges allege that Pulley used a false Philadelphia address and Social Security number to register in Philadelphia while he was already registered in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Broward County, Florida. Federal prosecutors claim Pulley voted by mail in Philadelphia and in person in Montgomery County during the 2020 election. He is also accused of voting in both Philadelphia and Montgomery County in November 2022 when a US Senate seat was on the ballot. While it's unclear how often double voting occurs, cases like these are rare. An AP review from December 2021 found fewer than 475 potential instances of voter fraud in the six battleground states contested by former President Donald Trump in 2020. These cases were too few to have influenced the election's outcome. Pulley, who has a long history of voting in Montgomery County, allegedly registered in Broward County in 2018 using an address in Lighthouse Point, Florida. He was registered as a Republican in Montgomery County until 2022 when he switched to the Democratic Party, while in Philadelphia, he registered as a Democrat in 2020 and voted in the general elections of 2021, 2022, and 2023, according to a report by AP. Pulley does not currently have a lawyer listed in court records, and attempts to contact him have been unsuccessful.
