“Felon accused of voting in 2012 election”

The Times-News in North Carolina reports that a convicted felon in Alamance County was charged with illegally casting a ballot in the 2012 general election. 

…Casting a ballot as a convicted felon is a class I felony and
punishable by up to 59 months in prison for those with the most severe
criminal records. According to state sentencing laws, someone convicted
of voting as a felon can also be placed on probation.
Over the last five years, more than 50,000 felons’ names have been
removed from voter rolls, a document by the State Board of Elections
said. In 2011 and 2012, 19,424 convicted felons’ names were removed from
registration lists, the document said.