Last year, a Democrat running for office in Alabama was recently arrested on 7 felony counts of voter fraud last week. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest of Terry Andrew Heflin, a Democrat running for District 5 of the Clay County Commission. The 45-year-old Clay County resident has been accused of unlawfully using absentee ballots.
According to allegations, Heflin falsified applications for absentee ballots for multiple people and then voted for himself with said ballots. Each count of unlawful use of an absentee ballot is considered a Class C felony punishable by over 1 year to 10 years in prison. Heflin turned himself in to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and is currently being held in the county jail.
Following Heflin’s arrest, Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Nathaniel Ledbetter pointed to legislation passed earlier this year in the state legislature cracking down on ballot harvesting. “I’m proud of the Legislature’s efforts to safeguard the integrity of Alabama’s elections,” Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) stated. “We have a very important election coming up in November, and I have full confidence that it will be safe and secure in the great state of Alabama.”
Attorney General Marshall released a statement on the arrest, which read, “Heflin, 45, a resident of Clay County, was charged with 7 counts of unlawful use of absentee ballots. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Heflin falsified applications to vote absentee for multiple people and then used those people’s names to vote for himself by absentee ballot.”
The statement added, “Each count of unlawful use of an absentee ballot is a Class C felony punishable by 1 year and 1 day to 10 years in prison. Heflin turned himself in to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and is currently being held at the Clay County jail. The case is being prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division. No further information about the investigation or about Heflin’s alleged crimes may be released at this time.”
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen also weighed in on Heflin’s arrest. “I have been traveling this state and talking about absentee ballot application fraud and absentee ballot election fraud for years,” Allen said. “When my office was made aware of what was happening in Clay County, we immediately referred the case to Attorney General Marshall for criminal prosecution.”
The secretary of state maintained that any illegal activity infringing upon election integrity would not be tolerated in Alabama. “Let this case of felony voter fraud be a signal to all those contemplating breaking Alabama election law that it will not be tolerated in this state. We will find you and you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he added.
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Similarly, election integrity advocate, True the Vote, wrote on X, “BREAKING: Alabama Democratic candidate charged with seven counts of voter fraud! Alabama News Daily reports that according to Alabama Attorney Generals office, Terry Andrew Heflin is accused of “falsifying applications to vote absentee for multiple people and then used those people’s names to vote for himself by absentee ballot.” Unlawful use of an absentee ballot is a Class C felony punishable by one to 10 years in prison.”
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