Illinois Woman Posted On Facebook About Voting Twice In 2024

Common sense has taken a one-way ticket out.

We don't need to post everything on social media. Likes aren't validation and spilling your guts on the platforms can actually tie you into some trouble.

So is the case of 61-year-old Brenda Knuth from Hoopeston. According to a release from the United States Attorney's Office, she posted on Facebook about voting twice in the 2024 election and, as she stated in the post, she "tested the system and it failed".

She told an FBI agent that she voted twice because she wanted to see if her early vote counted. She admitted that she didn't speak with any election official about her early vote, never confirmed with anyone whether her early vote counted, or notify the clerk's office that she voted twice.

But you better believe she decided to post it on Facebook.

She acknowledged that she knew that, by voting early, she could not vote again in the same election. In front of a U.S. Magistrate Judge, she pleaded guilty to voting more than once in a federal election. She's been sentenced to 3 years of probation and a $2,500 fine.

Knuth's only prior conviction was in Vermilion County in 2025...for unlawful possession of an alligator.

Because of that, her sentence was lighter. The statutory penalty for voting more than once in a federal election is 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The investigation was done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield Field Office, with assistance from the Illinois State Police.