A Gregg County Commissioner and others have been arrested and charged with voting violations.
Authorities arrested Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown, Marlena Jackson, Charlie Burns, and DeWayne Ward on charges in connection with an organized vote harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democratic primary election.
The four have been charged with engaging in organized election fraud.
The charges stem from allegations of vote harvesting made during the 2018 election race for Gregg County Pct. 4 County Commissioner between Brown and Kasha Williams.
Brown squeaked by Williams in the election by just four votes.
An allegation of impropriety lodged by the Rev. D.J. Nelson, a Pct. 4 voter, launched an investigation into the race.
“In the state, 9 percent of the ballots cast were absentee,” Nelson told KETK at the time. “So 9 percent statewide, but in Gregg County it was 32 percent.”
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