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 to Beverly Appleby Hill’s 98 votes.
“I have been traveling this state and talking about absentee ballot application fraud and absentee ballot election fraud for years. I have been clear from day one that I take election fraud seriously, and I was not kidding,” Secretary of State Wes Allen said in a statement. “When my office was made aware of what was happening in Clay County, we immediately referred the case to Attorney General Marshall for criminal prosecution.”
“Let this case of felony voter fraud be a signal to all those contemplating breaking Alabama election law that it will not be tolerated in this state,” Allen continued. “We will find you and you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
“Heflin turned himself in to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and is currently being held at the Clay County jail,” according to the attorney general’s office.
Heflin “could face several years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines,” according to Allen’s office.
“Alabama law provides strong protections for our elections and imposes penalties on those who violate the law,” Allen continued in the statement. “We will continue to refer cases of election fraud to the Attorney General for criminal prosecution.”
Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Nathaniel Ledbetter said in a post on X that he is “proud of the Legislature’s efforts to safeguard the integrity of Alabama’s elections.”
“We have a very important election coming up in November, and I have full confidence that it will be safe and secure in the great state of Alabama,” Ledbetter continued.
The left and its corporate media allies have spent years smearing those who questioned the security of mail-in voting. In the summer leading up to the 2020 presidential Election, ABC News accused then-President Donald Trump of escalating “his attacks on vote-by-mail,” calling him out for “seeking to discredit the integrity of the option.” The left-wing Brennan Center, in a 2020 piece critiquing Trump’s stance on the practice, said “mail ballot fraud is incredibly rare, and legitimate security concerns can be easily addressed.”
Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
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