Gregg County Commissioners, Three Others Indicted For Voter Fraud

Commissioner Shannon Brown

DeWayne Ward

Charlie Burns

Marlena Jackson

Authorities arrested Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown and three others on charges of an organized vote harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democratic primary election. Police say the group targeted young, non-disabled voters to cast ballots by mail by fraudulently claiming they were disabled. A grand jury returned indictments on 23 felony counts against Commissioner Brown, 97 felony counts against Marlena Jackson, eight felony counts against Charlie Burns, and six felony counts against DeWayne Ward.