The chairman of Alabama’s Perry County Commission was indicted on felony and misdemeanor voter fraud charges in connection to the midterm primary and general elections, officials said.
Albert Turner Jr., the official who’s also the son of a well-known civil rights activist, was charged with voting multiple times in Alabama’s primary elections in the spring of 2022 and for allegedly ballot harvesting during the Nov. 8, 2022, midterm elections, according to a joint statement from Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill and 4th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Michael Jackson issued on Jan. 11.
