A Florida man is being accused of voter fraud after he requested a mail-in ballot for his wife ... who has been dead for two years.

Larry Wiggins was released form the Manatee County Jail on Friday after he forged a signature and mailed in a ballot that was registered to his wife, Ursula Wiggins, who died in 2018.

But don't let this worry you about foul play. Wiggins said he was just "testing Florida's voting system":

"I heard so much about ballots being sent in and people just having found them in different places, I feel like I haven't done anything wrong...I said well, let me just send it in and see what's going to happen to see if they're actually going to send a ballot for her to vote."

Wiggins has been charged with requesting a vote-by-mail ballot on behalf of another elector, a third-degree felony. According to the arrest report, election officials received two vote-by-mail ballot request applications from a husband and wife.

Wiggins admits that he did indeed fill out Ursula's application and put it in the mail, however, he said he never planned on voting twice.

Mr. Wiggins told WFLA news that he is relieved the system worked; however, he does not want a criminal record.

Yes, Larry Wiggins, I also don't want a criminal record ... which is why I don't go around requesting and then mailing in ballots for dead people. For future reference, a third-degree felony voting fraud charge is very easy to avoid if you just don't commit the felony in the first place.