US Edition15 suspects, including former Texas House candidate, charged in state-led vote harvesting investigation, deputies say
TEXAS, JUL 2 – Fifteen suspects, including former mayors and party officials, face felony charges for allegedly receiving compensation to collect ballots, violating a 2021 Texas law, officials said.
- A state-led investigation in Frio County, Texas, has led to 15 indictments for alleged vote harvesting involving former officials and candidates.
- The investigation followed a 2021 Texas law criminalizing compensated vote harvesting and stemmed from raids and search warrants executed last year.
- The accused individuals include Juan Manuel Medina, who previously led the Bexar County Democratic Party, Cecilia Castellano, a past candidate for the Texas House, along with several local mayors and elected officials.
- Attorney General Ken Paxton's office brought charges this spring, and Castellano's lawyer called prosecutions politically motivated, saying, "She didn’t do anything illegal."
- The indictments could reshape local politics and have drawn calls for federal review and criticism from Latino leaders and election rights advocates.
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