For Immediate Release
Date: December 23, 2020

Contact

Kate Giaquinto, Director of Communications
(603) 573-6103 | kate.giaquinto@doj.nh.gov
Nicholas A. Chong Yen, Assistant Attorney General, Election Law Unit
(603) 271-3650 | Nicholas.ChongYen@doj.nh.gov

Laurence Kahn Arrested for Voting in More than One State

Concord, NH – Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces that Laurence Kahn, age 58, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, and Toivola, Michigan, was arrested today, pursuant to an arrest warrant, for one count of Voting in More than One State Prohibited by voting in both Londonderry, New Hampshire and Elm River Township, Michigan during the November 2016 General Election.

Mr. Kahn was charged with a class B Felony for violating RSA 659:34-a for knowingly checking in at the checklist in Londonderry and casting a New Hampshire ballot, after having already cast a ballot in the same election year in Michigan.

Mr. Kahn will be arraigned in Rockingham County Superior Court on Feburary 24, 2021, at 8:15 a.m.

The charges and allegations are merely accusations, and Mr. Kahn is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Chong Yen of the Election Law Unit.