Attorney General Marshall Announces Arrest of Candidate for District 5 of the Clay County Commission

For Immediate Release:
July 31, 2024

For press inquiries only, contact:
Amanda Priest (334) 322-5694
William Califf (334) 604-3230

(Ashland, Ala) -Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announces the arrest of Terry Andrew Heflin, the Democratic candidate for District 5 of the Clay County Commission, on 7 felony counts of voter fraud.

Heflin, 45, a resident of Clay County, was charged with 7 counts of unlawful use of absentee ballots. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Heflin falsified applications to vote absentee for multiple people and then used those people's names to vote for himself by absentee ballot. Each count of unlawful use of an absentee ballot is a Class C felony punishable by 1 year and 1 day to 10 years in prison.

Heflin turned himself in to the Clay County Sheriff's Office, and is currently being held at the Clay County jail.

The case is being prosecuted by the Attorney General's Special Prosecutions Division. No further information about the investigation or about Heflin's alleged crimes may be released at this time.

*An arrest warrant is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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