Harris County Election Workers Plead Guilty to Illegal Voting

Two Harris County election workers pleaded guilty to illegally voting during the May 24, 2016, primary runoff election, Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart announced Monday.

Jeanene Johnson, 63, and Latunia Thomas, 46, were charged with unlawful deposit of a ballot, a felony, though it was later dropped to a misdemeanor. The pair served one day in jail.

Thomas's daughter was out of town apparently for a very long time, given that Johnson helped Thomas cast a vote for her during early voting. Stanart said that Johnson worked the electronic poll book, found Thomas's daughter's name and issued her the access code to allow Thomas to vote for her.

Meanwhile, fellow election workers witnessed the whole incident. The election judge at the Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services voting location contacted Stanart's office, which immediately began investigating and taking written statements. "I sent someone out there to let them go," Stanart said, "but by the time they got out there, the two had left. I guess they figured out they were in trouble."

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