VA Pastor Charged With Election Fraud for Allegedly Falsifying Signatures To Qualify for City Council Ballot
A pastor in Roanoke, Virginia, is facing felony charges for allegedly falsifying signatures to qualify to appear on the ballot for a 2024 city council election. Bishop J.L. Jackson of ReFreshing Church has been charged with four counts of election fraud.
Jackson had been running as a Democrat in a primary election for the Roanoke city council.
According to WDBJ, the alleged offense took place on March 17, 2024, when Jackson filed to run. In June, the registrars office received an email alleging that Jackson had falsified his ballot-qualifying signatures.
Jackson is accused of copying signatures from a previous campaign in 2022. Additionally, 11 signatures were reportedly found to have been dated after the signature page was notarized.
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