Rhode Island’s Secretary of State Accidentally Votes for a ‘Non-Citizen’ to Prove a Point, Sparks Weirdest Voter Fraud Meme of the Year
In a plot twist that feels like a Wes Anderson film crossed with a C-SPAN blooper reel, Rhode Island’s Secretary of State Gregg Amore intentionally tried to cast a ballot using a non-citizen’s voter registration to, and I quote, “prove the system works.” The irony? The system worked so well it flagged the vote as illegal—but only after the state accidentally registered the non-citizen in the first place. Meme historians are calling this the “Rhode Island Paradox,” where the only thing more confusing than the state’s name is its election security. Now, everyone is digging up old “I Voted” stickers from 2016, wondering if their own ballot was secretly cast by a disgruntled seagull.