BETHLEHEM, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania man won’t face jailtime following an election fraud conviction in the spring.
Matthew Laiss, 32, of Bethlehem, was sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation with the first six months being served on home confinement.
The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. on election fraud offenses in connection with the 2020 presidential election.
Laiss was convicted in March on one count of voting more than once in a federal election and one count of voter fraud.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Laiss moved from Bucks County to Florida in August of 2020.
He applied for a Florida driver’s license and registered to vote there as well in the same month.
The Bucks County Election Bureau sent a mail ballot to his former address, which was also his parents’ house. He filled out and returned that ballot while also voting in person in Florida.
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In addition to probation and home confinement, Laiss will also have to pay a $6,000 fine and a $200 special assessment.
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