News/Commentary

Former mayor, former city council candidate arrested for ‘unlawful use of absentee ballots’

April 18, 2026 | | Print Article

A former Alabama city mayor and a former Alabama city council candidate have been arrested for absentee ballot fraud in the August 2025 Fort Deposit municipal election.

According to a press release from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office, former Fort Deposit Mayor Jacqulyn Boone, 51, and former Fort Deposit City Council candidate Steven Thigpen, 49, have each been charged with unlawful use of absentee ballots.

Although both won their respective elections in August of 2025, the election results were set aside due to voting irregularities. The charge they face is a Class C felony punishable by one year and one day to 10 years in prison.

Critics responded to their arrest by pointing out how this is yet another example — one of many — debunking the left-wing narrative that ballot/voting fraud is nothing to worry about.

ADVERTISEMENT

The irony is that this comes only days after The New York Times ran a bogus propaganda piece supposedly “fact-checking Republicans’ misleading claims about elections.”

“President Trump, his administration and G.O.P. lawmakers have claimed widespread issues with mailed ballots and fraudulent voting, but the evidence doesn’t support them,” the piece reads.

ADVERTISEMENT

The piece was published days after President Donald Trump signed a new executive order authorizing “the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with determining who may vote by mail” and instructing it to “refuse to deliver ballots sent by anyone not included on newly created federal mail voter lists.”

The purpose of the EO is very simple — to prevent/stop fraud, especially by illegal aliens. But according to the Times and every other left-wing media outlet — not to mention seemingly every single Democrat — this is unnecessary because ballot fraud is not “widespread.”

Indeed, in response to the EO, the left went nuts, filing lawsuit after lawsuit.

“Democratic congressional leaders and organizations, as well as two separate coalitions of voter advocacy groups, each filed lawsuits,” according to CNN.

“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Governors Association, and the party’s congressional campaign arms all signed onto the lawsuit[s],” the reporting continued.

ADVERTISEMENT

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded by ripping into the left.

“Only Democrat politicians and operatives would be upset about lawful efforts to secure American elections and ensure only eligible American citizens are casting ballots,” she said to CNN. “President Trump campaigned on securing our elections and the American people sent him back to the White House to get the job done.”

At least five lawsuits in total have been filed, according to The Daily Signal. One of the suits was filed by the disgraced NAACP.

“Americans in every corner of our country, rural and urban, black and white, rich and poor, healthy and infirm, civilian and servicemember, have participated in mail-in voting for decades without issue,” NAACP president Derrick Johnson said in a statement. “This executive order sows chaos and discourages voter participation in the midterm elections.”

ADVERTISEMENT
Vivek Saxena
Latest posts by Vivek Saxena (see all)

Comment

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.

Latest Articles