New Hampshire's attorney general says a man faces a felony charge after sending out a fake news release saying a woman vying for a House set in a special election had dropped out of the race.
Attorney General Joseph Foster says 28-year-old Carl Gibson of Concord was charged Friday with felony voter suppression and a misdemeanor count of distributing a false document.
The target of that press release - 19-year-old Republican Yvonne Dean-Bailey - won the election to represent Candia, Deerfield, Northwood and Nottingham by a close margin over Maureen Mann.
Gibson, who had been working for Mann, is scheduled to be arraigned June 22 in Concord District Court. He told the Concord Monitor earlier this week he "probably had one too many beers" before sending out the false email.
Man Charged With Felony for Fake Election News Release
Carl Gibson, 28, of Concord, NH, was charged Friday
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