Two city councilmembers in Paterson, New Jersey, were indicted on mail-in voting fraud charges related to the city’s May 2020 election, officials said on March 3.
Michael Jackson, 49, and Alex Mendez, 45, face a variety of charges including election fraud, fraud in casting mail-in votes, tampering with public records, and unauthorized possession of ballots, according to a statement from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.