Metro Detroit Man Pleads Guilty To Voting Twice In 2024 Primary Election

ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI — A metro Detroit man pleaded guilty Wednesday to voting twice in the 2024 August primary election, according to the Michigan Attorney General's Office.

Frank Prezzato, 68, of St. Clair Shores, pleaded guilty to one count of voting absentee and in-person.

As part of the plea agreement, Prezzato will serve a six-month delayed probation sentence. Prosecutors also dropped a charge of offering to vote more than once in October 2024.

If he successfully meets all terms and conditions of the probation, all charges will be dismissed with prejudice at the end of the probationary period.

Prezzato will be sentenced on Oct. 22. If Prezzato had been given the full penalty, he could have faced up to five years in prison.

Prosecutors said Prezzato voted in person on Election Day in the 2024 August Primary Election in St. Clair Shores, despite having already returned an absentee ballot for the same election. Both his in-person and absentee votes were counted in the primary election, prosecutors said.

"Voting twice undermines our democratic process," Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement. "My office will continue to prosecute those who violate our voting laws to ensure Michigan voters have confidence in the integrity of our elections."