Post by Logan on Mar 14, 2016 22:33:08 GMT -6
Former Mayor Patrick Cannon back in Charlotte to face voter fraud charges Wednesday
Disgraced former Mayor Patrick Cannon will be let out of federal prison this week – to face charges in Mecklenburg County on Wednesday over the illegal vote he cast in November 2014.
Cannon will be arraigned on voter fraud charges at noon Wednesday in Courtroom 5350 in the Mecklenburg County Courthouse.
The Democrat resigned from office after he was arrested two years ago for accepting more than $50,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents. He lost the right to vote when he pleaded guilty to those charges that June.
However, Cannon, by then a convicted felon, cast an early ballot in the November 2014 election – a vote first reported by the Observer. The ballot was never counted. Cannon said he voted out of habit.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article66028797.html
Disgraced former Mayor Patrick Cannon will be let out of federal prison this week – to face charges in Mecklenburg County on Wednesday over the illegal vote he cast in November 2014.
Cannon will be arraigned on voter fraud charges at noon Wednesday in Courtroom 5350 in the Mecklenburg County Courthouse.
The Democrat resigned from office after he was arrested two years ago for accepting more than $50,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents. He lost the right to vote when he pleaded guilty to those charges that June.
However, Cannon, by then a convicted felon, cast an early ballot in the November 2014 election – a vote first reported by the Observer. The ballot was never counted. Cannon said he voted out of habit.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article66028797.html