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
