Texas Charges 6 Over Alleged Vote Harvesting

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued indictments for six individuals allegedly involved in election crimes related to vote harvesting.
In a May 7 statement, Paxton outlined the grand jury indictments leading to the six May 2 arrests, saying that the purported crimes took place in Frio County, Texas.
The charges stemmed from an investigation that started in August 2024, when multiple search warrants were executed in Frio, Atascosa, and Bexar Counties due to allegations of vote harvesting.
The majority of those arrested were charged with vote harvesting, a third-degree felony offense that involves a monetary exchange for collecting and submitting others’ absentee ballots.
Some of the officials have been accused of using the Cash App to pay for the votes harvested….