But why would anyone do anything like this, the academics wonder? Surely nobody would risk jail for a couple of votes that won’t swing an election, they argue. Link to the contrary reality: Brenda Woods was convicted in March for procuring illegal voters in the city’s 2009 municipal elections. Three people, two of whom are related to Woods, testified that they had felony convictions on their records in May of 2009 when voted. At the time, Woods was running for mayor and for city council. Woods lost the mayor’s race, but won the council seat. The witnesses, who were granted immunity for testifying, said Woods took them to the polls at separate times to vote for her, even though she knew they were felons.”
“A former Bolivar city councilwoman was sentenced Tuesday to two years of community corrections.