Attorney General Jim Hood issued the following statement.
Former Hattiesburg Candidate Indicted on Voter Fraud
JACKSON—A Hattiesburg man who ran for an open state representative seat faces more than five years behind bars after being indicted on two counts of voter fraud, announced Attorney General Jim Hood.
Cory Ferraez, 28, turned himself in on a capias Monday following an August indictment by a Lowndes County grand jury. On count one, Ferraez was charged with swearing to a false application for an absentee ballot, and count two charged him with voting outside of his legal district. He faces up to five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and a $5,000 fine for count one and up to six months in jail and a fine of $200 on count two. A charge is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Ferraez was booked into the Lowndes County jail. He pleaded not guilty to both charges, and his arraignment was waived. A trial date was set for February 26, 2018.
This case was investigated by Roger Wade with the attorney general’s Public Integrity Division and will be prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Stan Alexander.
6 comments:
Time to start setting examples of what voter fraud punishment looks like
Jim Evans former State Representative did the same thing for years and no one did a thing about it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VOTE OFTEN AND EARLY!
Yet another potential case of voter fraud undone by Mississippi's sober-minded photo ID laws--oh, wait. Nevermind. Photo ID can't stop absentee ballot fraud.
Since his party isn’t mentioned, should I assume he’s a Democrat?
He lost running for a legislative seats. Had he won, there would be nothing to see here. The state has to do something about these absentee ballots. Full of fraud.
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