Former Lincoln County Sheriff Jerry Bowman and Clerk Donald Whitten were sentenced Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Charleston. Bowman was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for his role in an election fraud conspiracy and was fined $5,000. In March, Bowman pleaded guilty to conspiring to stuff the county's 2010 Democratic primary with fraudulent absentee ballots, while running for sheriff. Whitten was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $5,000. Whitten pleaded guilty to lying to an FBI agent and an investigator for Secretary of State Natalie Tennant who was looking into the ballot fraud. Both men were also sentenced to two years supervised release.
