Elbert Melton

Year:

2019

State:

ALABAMA

Case Type:

CRIMINAL CONVICTION

Fraud Type:

FRAUDULENT USE OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS

Outcome:

Elbert Melton, the former mayor of Gordon, illegally notarized two ballots, without witnesses present, during the 2016 election in which he was running for mayor. Melton won that race by only 16 votes. Melton was convicted on two counts of absentee ballot fraud, was removed from office, and was sentenced to serve one year in prison followed by two years of probation.

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