{Hamlin,
West Virginia}...Former Lincoln County Commissioner 32 year old Thomas
Ramey, Jr. was sentenced in federal court Thursday afternoon by U.S.
District Judge Thomas E. Johnston to 21 months in prison followed by two
years of supervised release for making a false statement to an FBI agent in
connection with a 2010 Lincoln County voter fraud investigation. Ramey plead
guilty in August, admitting he falsely told an FBI agent he did not know who
altered certain absentee ballot applications from the 2010 primary election in
the Lincoln County Clerk's Office. Ramey is the third elected official in Lincoln County
