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A man who voted last spring in a neighboring county, only to discover a Dane County referendum on legalizing marijuana was not on the ballot there, was charged with election fraud Wednesday for allegedly voting again in Deerfield, where the question did appear on the ballot.

Nicholas A. McRoberts, 36, of Deerfield, told investigators that he voted in the Jefferson County town of Oakland, where his parents live, because he considers that his home. But he saw that the advisory referendum question on legalizing marijuana was not on the ballot there, so he went to Deerfield, where he has lived in an apartment for the past six years and voted there as well, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court.

Deerfield is in Dane County, so the referendum question was on the ballot there.

According to the complaint:

Deerfield village clerk Elizabeth McCredie contacted the Dane County District Attorney’s Office on April 14, stating that McRoberts’ name appeared on voting lists for the April 1 election in both the village of Deerfield and the town of Oakland.