Editing Dodge County, Georgia (section)

====2000s====
The most notable case of voter fraud in the 2000s is the case of the 2004 Dodge County Sheriff's race. Former Dodge County Sheriff Lawton Douglas Jr. was indicted on two counts of conspiracy and four counts of vote buying in July 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Dodge County Sheriff and Deputy Plead Guilty to 2004 Election Fraud|url=https://www.fbi.gov/atlanta/press-releases/2010/at031210b.htm|access-date=April 24, 2021|website=FBI|language=en-us}}</ref> This indictment came due to an investigation of the 2004 election, and did not include any charges for the potentially fraudulent 2008 election.<ref name=":2" /> Former Sheriff Lawton Douglas received a maximum sentence. The sentencing cited Douglas's use of cash, liquor, and drugs to buy votes in the election.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ex-Dodge sheriff gets 18 months for voter-fraud|newspaper=macon|url=http://www.macon.com/news/article28587751.html|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref> Also, Douglas had people accompany voters into the polling booths to ensure that the vote actually went to him.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Manley|first=Rodney|date=October 2, 2009|title=JP Attitude|url=http://www.jpattitude.com/FraudDocs/ThreeCharged_DodgeCountyGeorgia.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912021014/http://www.jpattitude.com/FraudDocs/ThreeCharged_DodgeCountyGeorgia.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |url-status=live|access-date=November 28, 2016|website=www.jpattitude.com|publisher=}}</ref> His sentence was 18 months in federal prison.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Former Dodge County, Ga. sheriff sentenced|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/97401929.html|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref>