LONGVIEW, Texas — After facing more than 60 combined felonies related to a vote-harvesting scheme, Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown and his wife on Thursday each pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of election fraud.
Brown, 51, and Marlena Jackson, 52, were each sentenced to one year of probation, a $2,000 fine and must write a letter apologizing to the residents of Gregg County.
Brown and Jackson were charged along with Charlie Burns Jr., 85, of Longview, and DeWayne Ward, 60, of Longview, in a vote-harvesting scheme connected to Brown’s 2018 Democratic primary win.
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