A former Alabama mayor convicted of voter fraud has been sentenced to a year in jail followed by two years of probation.
The Dothan Eagle reports former Gordon Mayor Elbert Melton was sentenced to a three-year split-sentence Wednesday. Melton still faces an additional felony offense.
A Houston County jury found Melton guilty last month on two counts of voter fraud. Last September, a grand jury returned indictments against Melton on three charges of absentee ballot fraud and one charge of second-degree theft of property. One fraud count was dismissed because the victim died.
Melton’s arrest warrants say he’s accused of willfully and unlawfully falsifying absentee ballots or verification documents. He’s also charged with knowingly obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over $1,700 belonging to the Town of Gordon.
Republished with permission from the Associated Press.
