Frio County public officials among six indicted after elections investigation, Paxton says

Frio County, a rural area southwest of San Antonio, was the focus of a state investigation into allegations of improper ballot collection. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

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Attorney General Ken Paxton indicted and arrested six people – including five public officials – for what his office described as a “vote harvesting scheme” in Frio County, a part of his yearslong election integrity investigation, his office announced Wednesday.