Voter Fraud Report

Lanisha Bratcher was charged by the state in Hoke County with one felony count of voting fraud after voting in the 2016 election. Bratcher was serving probation for a felony conviction, making her ineligible to vote. She entered an Alford plea (which is treated as a guilty plea) to one misdemeanor count of obstructing justice in exchange for dismissal of the voting charge. She was sentenced to 45 days in prison (which was suspended pending completion of 6 months of unsupervised probation).