Nursing home worker used her job to commit election fraud in Alabama, officials say
A nursing home worker in Alabama is accused of committing election fraud at her workplace, a district attorney’s office said.
The 54-year-old woman was indicted on charges of voter harvesting, forgery and identity theft on Oct. 18 in Mobile County, according to court records.
“We allege that she filled out an application for an absentee ballot on behalf of a patient where she worked,” a spokesperson for the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office told McClatchy News.
The nursing home has not been publicly named.
According to the indictment, the completed absentee ballot application was submitted on Sept. 26.
The district attorney’s office told WALA the forged signature belonged to a man who was “incapacitated.”
“The idea someone can just fill out paperwork for somebody else who can’t even consent to that and then try to vote for them, that’s not free and fair,” District Attorney Keith Blackwood told the outlet.
The woman “had the victim draw an ‘X’ on the signature line,” WKRG reported, but the ballot was flagged by authorities.
This is the first known case of election fraud in the county, Blackwood said.
The woman was arrested on Oct. 25 on a $22,000 bond, which she posted, WKRG reported.
This story was originally published October 29, 2024 at 6:41 PM with the headline "Nursing home worker used her job to commit election fraud in Alabama, officials say."
