CONCORD — A 65-year-old West Lebanon man has been indicted on one count of wrongful voting for allegedly casting two ballots in the November 2016 presidential election, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday.
Vincent Marzello faces a possible prison sentence of 3½ to 7 years if convicted of the Class B felony. He’s scheduled to be arraigned in Grafton County Superior Court on Dec. 14.
The indictment alleges that Marzello knowingly voted twice — once as himself and once as Helen Elisabeth Ashley — in Lebanon four years ago.
In September, the case became national news when Project Veritas, a conservative activist group, announced that it had caught Marzello acknowledging in a secret video recording to voting twice in 2016.
In an interview shortly thereafter with the Valley News, Marzello, a fast-food restaurant worker, said Ashley was his “other persona” and that he had been living a “double life” for a while.
Along with the criminal charge, New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has brought a civil enforcement action against Marzello for obtaining a ballot in a name other than his own. The state is seeking a $3,000 fine in the civil action.
Marzello couldn’t be reached for comment on Wednesday. The New Hampshire Public Defender’s Office is representing Marzello. Jamie Brooks, the managing attorney in the Grafton County office, declined to comment because it’s a pending case.