2/2/12

In Lincoln County, elected officials plead guilty to vote fraud. The sheriff, Jerry Bowman and the county clerk, Donald Whitten admitted to lying about votes that they recieved. They illegally manipulated absentee voters to vote for them. They gave non qualified voters ballots and told them to vote for them, and sometimes even marked it for them. There were over 600 absentee ballots. Both people resigned as office.  Bowman could recieve up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 dollar fine. Whitten will recieve 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. In my opinion, that is completely ridiculous if you have to cheat to win office then you probably don't deserve it anyways.