A former Trump administration official who is running for Congress in New Hampshire is at odds with the Republican Party because he voted twice in the 2016 primary election. The voting records show that Matt Mowers cast an Absentee ballot in the New Hampshire presidential primary. Mowers was the director of the Chris Christie campaign in the crucial early voting state of New Hampshire. The Associated Press obtained through a public records request documents that show Mowers cast another ballot in New Jersey's Republican presidential primary, using his parents' address to re-register in his home state. Legal experts say Mowers could be in violation of a federal law that prohibits voting more than once in a general, special, or primary election. Republicans in New Hampshire have long advocated for tighter voting rules to prevent college students from participating in the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary. He cast a vote in two different states for the election of a president, which on the face of it looks like he violated federal law, said David Shultz, a professor at the University of Minnesota. He was not made available for an interview by the Mowers campaign. In a brief statement that did not address the double-voting, campaign spokesman John Corbett cited Mowers work for Trump. As the GOP establishment worked to undermine his nomination, Matt was proud to work for President Trump. There is no chance of Mowers being charged. There is no record of anyone being prosecuted under this specific section of federal election law because the statute of limitations has expired. There is a New Hampshire law that prohibits double-voting in two different states, but there is an exception if someone relocated. Some former Trump administration officials have drawn scrutiny for possibly violating voting laws. MarkMeadows, a former North Carolina congressman who served as Trump's chief of staff, was registered in two states and listed a mobile home he did not own as his legal residence weeks before casting a ballot. State officials are looking into the matter. Not everyone agrees that double-voting is a case of voter fraud. It is an area of law that is not well known. There are complicated issues that courts have to contend with, such as whether a primary can be viewed as a public election or an event that is administered with government help. With the right set of facts, it could be construed as a violation, but it is not obvious to me. Charlie Spies, a long-time Republican election lawyer who contacted the AP at the request of Mowers' campaign, said the double-voting was a gray area. A congressional primary race has attracted a half-dozen Republican candidates. Among them is former Trump White House assistant press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has already attacked Mowers for being soft on the issue of election integrity. In September, after Mowers said President Joe Biden rightfully won the 2020 election, Leavitt said Mowers "rolled over and sided with Joe Biden and the Democrats by refusing to stand for election integrity." At the time, Mowers campaign called her criticism fake news. His own campaign website has a section dedicated to election integrity, which states that new rules are needed to give every American citizen the certainty that their vote counts. He supports an effort by the state legislature to make sure only legal residents of New Hampshire are allowed to vote. This is not the first time that Mowers has run for the seat, which is a top Republican target in the upcoming elections. He was endorsed by Trump and won the Republican nomination, but lost to Pappas by 5 percentage points. This time could be different. Republicans are bullish on their prospects because of Biden's approval rating. Thanks to a once-in-a-decade re-drawing of congressional districts, Republicans who now control the state legislature and governor's office are poised to approve more favorable maps. Mowers lives in New Hampshire with his wife and child. He spent most of his life in New Jersey and is not a native of the state. He came up through New Jersey politics, working for Christie as well as his reelection campaign. Mowers testified about his unsuccessful attempts to get a Democratic mayor to endorse Christie in the Bridgegate trial, which resulted in acts of retribution and two convictions of close Christie allies. The case did not accuse Mowers of wrongdoing. He was the executive director of the state Republican Party when he moved to New Hampshire. He worked for Christie again in 2015, this time to lay the groundwork for a presidential campaign. Mowers moved back to New Jersey after Christie ran for president. 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