Iowa woman pleads guilty to election misconduct after voting for Trump twice

WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - A 56-year-old Iowa woman pleaded guilty to election misconduct last week after having been charged with voting for President Donald Trump twice in last fall's White House race.

According to The Des Moines Register, a police report indicated Terri Lynn Rote, of Des Moines, voted early for Trump at the Polk County Election Office, then later cast a second ballot at a satellite polling place. County auditor Jamie Fitzgerald told the Register it was the first time in 12 years he could remember having to report potential voter fraud; two others along with Rote were accused of casting multiple votes.

Rote, a registered Republican, was jailed Oct. 27, 2016, according to the Register.

The Iowa voter pleaded guilty on June 27 to the Class D felony charge of election misconduct and will be sentenced Aug. 15, The Associated Press reported Friday.

According to the AP, Rote told police she believed Trump's unsupported election rigging claims - that her first vote would be counted for Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Rote told Iowa Public Radio in October, "I wasn't planning on doing it twice, it was a spur of the moment. The polls are rigged."