Friday, July 29, 2005
West Virginia Democrats Charged with Vote Buying
Glen D. Adkins, "Hound Dog", is charged with conspiracy to buy votes in West
Virginia
Logan County Clerk Glen D. Adkins (left) exits the Robert C. Byrd Federal
Courthouse in Charleston with his attorney, Dwane Tinsley, following his
arrest Thursday, July 21st. As with past election fraud probes, the latest
case targets solely Democrats, who dominate the voter rolls and local
governments through the region.
At least one dozen democrats have been charged with voter fraud in Logan and
neighboring Lincoln County is west Virginia:
Federal grand jurors allege one person conspiring to keep the political
support of Logan County Clerk Glen D. Adkins paid more than $4,000 for the
college tuition of one of Adkins' relatives, as well as cash to be placed on
Adkins' political slate.
Adkins was brought into a federal courtroom in Charleston Thursday shackled
at the ankles after being arrested on a federal charge of conspiring to buy
votes. He was released on a personal recognizance bond.
Adkins allegedly took money from other people known to the grand jury to buy
votes for candidates on slates he and others supported.
Adkins is the latest person to be arrested in the election fraud probe that
began last year in Logan County and spread to neighboring Lincoln County. A
dozen other people have been charged, including Lincoln County Circuit Clerk
Greg Stowers, who has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to buy votes.
Last year, John Mendez resigned as Logan County sheriff after pleading
guilty to election fraud and Logan attorney Mark Hrutkay was sent to jail
after admitting paying to help get his former wife, Delegate Lidella
Hrutkay, D-Logan, on a political slate.
It alleges that in 1992, he took about $2,000 in cash from two people to buy
votes for unidentified candidates for Logan County sheriff and the House of
Delegates, along with other candidates on a slate backed by the
co-conspirators.
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