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Four arrested in Texas voter fraud scheme

One of the accused suspects won his primary election by five votes

Texas voter fraud scheme

Top, from left: Gregg County Pct. 4 Commissioner Shannon Brown, Charlie Burns Bottom, from left: Marlena Jackson, DeWayne Ward. (Photos via Longview News-Journal)

September 25, 2020
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GREGG COUNTY, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced four arrests Thursday on dozens of felony charges in connection with an alleged vote harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democratic primary elections in Gregg County.

“It is an unfortunate reality that elections can be stolen outright by mail ballot fraud,” Paxton said in a statement. “Election fraud, particularly an organized mail ballot fraud scheme orchestrated by political operatives, is an affront to democracy and results in voter disenfranchisement and corruption at the highest level.”

Those in legal hot water include Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown, Marlena Jackson, Charlie Burns and DeWayne Ward. In total, they face 134 felony charges, according to Paxton’s office. The allegations include election fraud, tampering with a governmental record, mail-in ballot fraud and more, Longview News-Journal reported.

In this July 29, 2015, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a hearing in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (AP)

“To increase the pool of ballots needed to swing the race in Brown’s favor, the group targeted young, able-bodied voters to cast ballots by mail by fraudulently claiming the voters were ‘disabled,’ in most cases without the voters’ knowledge or consent,” Paxton’s office alleged.

Of the total charges, 97 felony counts were leveled against Jackson, 30 of them for alleged election fraud, FOX reported. 

Many of the charges accuse her of fraudulently marking applications for other people, claiming they were eligible for mail-in ballots due to disabilities when they were not disabled.

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Commissioner Brown faces 23 counts, and Burns and Ward face eight and six respectively. Consequently, penalties for the offenses range from six months in jail to 99 years in prison.

The primary race in question saw Brown beat a primary challenger by just five votes, 1,047 to 1,042, the Longview News-Journal reported – with 787 mail-in ballots cast.

Brown is Jackson’s husband, according to the news organization.

“Those who try to manipulate the outcome of elections in Texas must be held accountable,” Paxton said.

Texas voter fraud scheme
Top, from left: Gregg County Pct. 4 Commissioner Shannon Brown, Charlie Burns
Bottom, from left: Marlena Jackson, DeWayne Ward. (Photos via Longview News-Journal)

The arrests come weeks after Paxton sued in another county and warned them to stop sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to voters in a separate case, FOX reported.

That lawsuit accuses Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins of violating state election laws by preparing to send more than 2 million applications to voters “who do not qualify and have not requested to vote by mail,” according to Paxton.

 


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