Former Lincoln County Officials' Sentencing Rescheduled
{Charleston, West Virginia}...U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnson has rescheduled the sentencings of former Lincoln County Sheriff Jerry Bowman and former county clerk Donald Whitten for August 29th in Charleston. They originally were to be sentenced on Wednesday, but federal prosecutors want more time to fully develop the defendants' cooperation in a vote fraud investigation in the state's 2010 primary election. In March, Bowman pleaded guilty to conspiring to stuff the primary election ballot box while running for circuit clerk, and Whitten pleaded guilty to lying to an investigator for Secretary of State Natalie Tennant by telling them he had provided absentee ballots to Bowman. Lincoln County resident James Matheny has been convicted of threatening election fraud investigators.
