New HampshireDepartment of JusticeOffice of the Attorney General

News Release

For Immediate Release
November 19, 2020

Contact:
Kate Giaquinto, Director of Communications
kate.giaquinto@doj.nh.gov | 603-573-6103

Nicholas A. Chong Yen, Assistant Attorney General, Election Law Unit
nicholas.chongyen@doj.nh.gov | (603) 271-3650

Indictment of Sigmund Boganski for Voting In More Than One State During the November 2016 General Election

Concord, NH – Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces that Sigmund Boganski, age 75, of Buckeye, Arizona, and New Hampton, New Hampshire, was indicted by the New Hampshire Multicounty Grand Jury on November 4, 2020 for one class B Felony charge of Voting in More than One State Prohibited, for voting in both New Hampton and Arizona during the November 2016 General Election.

Mr. Boganski is alleged to have violated RSA 659:34-a for knowingly checking in at the checklist in New Hampton and casting a New Hampshire ballot, after having already cast a ballot in the same election in Arizona.

Mr. Boganski will be arraigned in Rockingham County Superior Court on December 10, 2020 at 9:00AM.

The investigation into this case was conducted by Chief Investigator Richard Tracy of the Election Law Unit and is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Chong Yen, also of the Election Law Unit.

The charges and allegations are merely accusations, and Mr. Boganski is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

New Hampshire Department of Justice
1 Granite Place South | Concord, NH | 03301
Telephone: 603-271-3658