Five People Arrested for Voter Fraud in Edinburg, Texas

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

Five people have been arrested to date in an investigation by the Texas Attorney General Office and the Texas Rangers for voter fraud in the City of Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas City Election held in November 2017.

Last week the Texas Rangers arrested four people for allegedly voting illegally, a second degree felony, in the City of Edinburg municipal election and a fifth person for making a false information on their voting registration card, a Class B misdeamenor.

The second degree felony criminal offense of voting illegally is subject to 20 years in state prison and a fine of up to $10,000. 

More arrests are expected as the voter fraud investigation continues in Edinburg, Texas.