HARRISBURG, Pa.- A man is facing federal charges for voting in both Florida and Pennsylvania for the 2020 presidential election, as well as twice in Pennsylvania in November 2022.
The United States Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia announced Friday that it had filed five counts against Philip C. Pulley, 62, of Huntingdon Valley, charging he violated federal election law by improperly registering to vote, voting twice, and committing election fraud.
It is uncertain how often double voting occurs or gets prosecuted. However, an Associated Press study published in December 2021 revealed fewer than 475 probable examples of voting fraud in the six battleground states contested by former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Those cases were too few to have influenced his reelection defeat.
Pulley is suspected of using a phony Philadelphia address and Social Security number when registering to vote in Philadelphia in 2020, despite already being registered in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Broward County, Florida. According to the criminal claims, he obtained a mail-in ballot in Philadelphia that year and voted in Montgomery and Broward counties.
The charging document also alleges that in November 2022, when a United States Senate position was on the ballot, he voted in both Philadelphia and Montgomery counties.
According to federal authorities, Pulley voted from his Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, residence from 2005 to last year. According to Broward County records, he registered as a Republican in 2018 at Lighthouse Point, Florida, and has voted from that address on many occasions.
According to Pennsylvania voting records, Pulley was registered as a Republican in Montgomery County in the 1990s until switching to the Democratic Party last year. He registered as a Democrat in Philadelphia several years ago, in February 2020, and voted in general elections in 2021, 2022, and 2023, according to records.
The court records did not show that Pulley had a lawyer. Messages seeking comment were left at phone numbers and email addresses associated with him.