A Corrales man will spend 18 months on probation after pleading no contest to false voting for casting a ballot in his son's name to protest New Mexico's lack of a voter-identification requirement.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that 68-year-old Eugene Victor told police he'd already voted when he cast a ballot in his son's name on Oct. 25.
According to a police complaint, Victor said he felt guilty and turned himself in to voting officials.
Victor appeared Monday in state District Court in Sandoval County.
Records indicate he initially also was charged with forgery and with fraudulent or double voting. A plea agreement dropped the other charges.
Voting records indicate that Victor is a Republican who has voted in 20 local, state and federal elections since 1992.
Information from: Albuquerque Journal.
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