A woman who was arrested after voting twice for Donald Trump – and in the process becoming a flash point in the voter fraud debate – is incompetent to stand trial, her attorney said in a motion filed in Iowa court.
Terri Lynn Rote, 56, was accused in late October of casting two ballots in the general election: an early-voting ballot at the Polk County Election Office and another at a county satellite voting location, according to police records. Rote, a registered Republican, remains charged with first-degree election misconduct, and her felony case has been winding through Iowa courts.
But her court-appointed attorney, Jane White, filed a motion last week saying Rote has “cognitive limitations” and can’t stay focused for long periods – things that mean she wouldn’t be able to help prepare her defense, according to the Des Moines Register.
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