Two women who worked in a South Texas school board campaign in 2012 have been sentenced to prison for bribing voters with cocaine, cash and other enticements.
A federal judge in McAllen sentenced Veronica Saldivar of Donna to eight months in prison after she pleaded guilty to election fraud. Rebecca Gonzalez received a four-month prison sentenced for her guilty plea to alteration of voting qualification and procedure.
Saldivar admitted to paying as many as 29 voters with cash, beer, cigarettes and cocaine to vote for a Donna school board candidate she supported. Gonzalez worked alongside Saldivar.
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