A man from Pennsylvania is facing federal charges for allegedly committing voter fraud in two separate elections within the past few years.
Phillip C. Pulley, 62, from Huntington Valley, is accused of voting in both Florida and in Pennsylvania for the 2020 presidential election, and twice in Pennsylvania during the November 2022 election.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia said Friday it had filed five charges against Pulley, alleging he violated federal election law by falsely registering to vote, double voting and engaging in election fraud.
The charging documents allege Pulley used a false Philadelphia address and Social Security number in 2020 when he registered in Philadelphia while already being registered to vote in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Broward County, Florida. That year, he reportedly requested a mail-in ballot in Philadelphia and voted in both Montgomery and Broward, according to the criminal allegations. The document also reads that he voted in both Philadelphia and Montgomery counties in November 2022, with a U.S. Senate seat on the ballot.
Federal prosecutors say Pulley had a history of using his address in Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, to vote from 2005 through last year. Broward County records indicate he was a Republican in 2018 when he registered in Lighthouse Point, Florida, and that he has voted several times from that address.
Pennsylvania voting records indicate Pulley was registered as a Republican in Montgomery County from the 1990s until he changed it to the Democratic Party last year. A few years prior, in February 2020, he registered as a Democrat in Philadelphia, where he voted in general elections in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the records show.
It’s unclear how often double voting occurs or to what extent it is prosecuted, but a review published in December 2021 by The Associated Press found fewer than 475 potential cases of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. However, there was not enough cases to have made a difference in his reelection defeat.
If convicted, on each count of the information Pulley faces a maximum possible sentence of five years of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $10,000 to $250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment, according to the Philadelphia Attorney’s Office.
