Article originally appeared on thefederalist.com.
An Alabama Democrat running for a seat in the District 5 Clay County Commission race was charged Wednesday with seven felony counts of voter fraud.
According to the indictment from the Clay County Grand Jury, 45-year-old Terry Andrew Heflin “did willfully vote for another voter or falsify an absentee ballot application or verification document so as to vote absentee and/or willfully aided any person unlawfully to vote an absentee ballot, to-wit.”
“Heflin falsified an application to vote absentee for Jamey Ware, who was not a resident of District 5, and/or voted for Jamey Ware by absentee ballot in the March 5, 2024, District 5, Democratic Primary Election in Clay County,” the indictment continues.
There are six additional counts against Heflin alleging he voted on behalf of three Alabamans six additional times. The Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division is prosecuting the case.
Heflin won the Democratic primary in April after receiving 141 votes compared …
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