Woman jailed for voter fraud says she was used as an example
by Associated Press
This photo provided by Tarrant County, Texas office shows Rosa Maria Ortega. Ortega, 37, was convicted in Fort Worth this week on two felony counts of illegal voting over allegations that she improperly cast a ballot five times between 2005 and 2014. Her attorney, Clark Birdsall, said Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, that Ortega was a U.S. permanent resident who mistakenly thought she was eligible to vote. He said she voted Republican, including for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office helped prosecute her. (Tarrant County, Texas via AP)