Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office has announced another indictment accusing someone of voting illegally from Pima County jail last year. 

Victor Manuel Aguirre, 46, of Sahuarita, was indicted by a state grand jury on Aug. 2 on one count of false registration and one count of illegal voting, according to a news release Brnovich sent out on Oct. 25. 

The indictment accuses Aguirre of registering to vote on September 30, despite having five prior felony convictions, the most recent being a March 2018 conviction in Pima County for misconduct involving weapons, a Class Four felony. Aguirre had not had his rights restored after this conviction, Brnovich’s office said, making it illegal for him to register to vote. 

Aguirre allegedly voted in the 2020 general election from jail, as he was incarcerated due to a pending aggravated domestic violence charge. He pleaded guilty to this charge late last year, sentenced to prison and released on supervised release in June, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry’s online records. 

This is the second arrest Brnovich’s office has announced recently of someone accused of voting illegally from Pima County jail last year. A month ago Brnovich announced the indictment of Kenneth Russell Nelson, who was in jail in November 2020 due to a pending murder charge and who allegedly registered to vote in 2018 and proceeded to vote in the 2018 Republican primary and general election and the 2020 general election. Nelson was barred from voting due to a 2007 felony drunk driving conviction. 

Aguirre’s case was investigated and is being prosecuted by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office Election Integrity Unit. Aguirre’s next court date is a pretrial conference before Pima County Superior Court Judge Javier Chon-Lopez at 9 a.m. on November 17. Assistant Attorney General Todd Lawson is prosecuting the case. 

A man who is facing life in prison for murder has another legal headache now – an illegal voting charge. 

Kenneth Russell Nelson, 45, was indicted by a Pima County grand jury on September 13 on one count of false registration, a Class 6 felony, and three counts of illegal voting, a Class 5 felony, Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s announced Thursday. 

The indictment alleges Nelson registered to vote in July 2018, despite being ineligible due to a 2007 felony drunk driving conviction, and then proceeded to vote in the 2018 primary and general elections. 

Nelson also voted in the 2020 general election, the indictment alleges. According to Brnovich’s office Nelson was in Pima County jail, his current residence, at this time – he was arrested in May 2019 and charged with first-degree murdered, accused of killing his wife Cyndie Nelson. He is awaiting trial. 

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office Election Integrity Unit investigated the case and is prosecuting it; Assistant Attorney General Todd Lawson is the prosecutor. A pretrial conference has been scheduled at 9 a.m. on November 8, before Pima County Superior Court Judge Brenden Griffin.