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MISSISSIPPI<br />
MISSISSIPPI<br />
Larry “Tip” Massey<br />
CONVICTED: 2010<br />
Buying Votes<br />
Kenny Ray Bowen and Billy Street<br />
CONVICTED: 2010<br />
Buying Votes<br />
Larry “Tip” Massey pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit voter fraud<br />
in connection with his involvement in a 2007 Benton County election<br />
vote-buying scheme. He was sentenced to five years in prison, although<br />
three of those years were suspended. He will serve two years in prison<br />
and another two under supervised probation.<br />
Kenny Ray Bowen and Billy Street both pleaded guilty to two counts<br />
of voter fraud in connection with their involvement in a vote-buying<br />
scheme surrounding the 2007 Benton County election. They were the<br />
last of 16 individuals who either pleaded guilty or were found guilty of<br />
voter fraud in an elaborate electioneering operation. Both men were<br />
sentenced to five years, with four-and-a-half years suspended, six<br />
months to serve under house arrest, and four-and-a-half years under<br />
post-release supervision. Bowen and Street were also ordered to pay a<br />
$1,000 fine to the Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund.<br />
SOURCES<br />
heritage.org<br />
SOURCES<br />
http://southern-sentinel.com/2010/04/30/new-albany-man-sentenced-in-bentoncounty-for-vote-fraud/<br />
http://southern-sentinel.com/2009/07/15/jury-convicts-two-in-benton-vote-fraudcases/<br />
http://themississippilink.com/2010/10/06/last-of-16-defendants-enter-pleas-invoter-fraud-case/<br />
http://djournal.com/news/breaking-news-16-indicted-on-benton-county-voter-fraudcharges/<br />
heritage.org
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