NC: Two Robeson County commissioners are accused of bribing voters in primary election

Two Robeson County commissioners are accused of bribing at least 21 voters in the March primary, according to a court petition filed Thursday.

Commissioner Wixie Stephens allegedly paid at least nine residents up to $60 to vote for incumbent Judy Sampson in the March 5 Democratic primary for the commissioners’ District 5 seat, according to a legal petition filed on Thursday in Wake County Superior Court.

In a signed affidavit, one voter said Stephens, who owns a bail bond company in Lumberton, gave her cash, bought her a seafood dinner and promised to bail her out if she ever returned to jail. Another voter said Stephens waived a $200 bond payment in exchange for casting a vote for Sampson.

The petition also says Sampson wrote a check for $160 to be split among another 11 voters.



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