They should get the max, as they were officials-
Authorities arrested four Gregg County Commissioners, in Longview, Texas on charges in connection with an organized vote harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democratic primary election, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday.
To increase the pool of ballots needed to swing the race in Commissioner Shannon Brown’s favor, Brown, along with Marlena Jackson, Charlie Burns, and DeWayne Ward 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.
In total, the state filed 134 felony charges against the four defendants, including engaging in organized election fraud, illegal voting, fraudulent use of an application for a mail-in ballot, unlawful possession of a mail-in ballot, tampering with a governmental record and election fraud.
Penalties range from six months in state jail to 99 years in prison.
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