Webster Parish

The U.S. Department of Justice announced these charges today as part of a broader election-related enforcement announcement involving six defendants in Louisiana, Kansas, and California.

Now, according to the Justice Department, Johnson was a Webster Parish resident and candidate for mayor in Cotton Valley on November 5th, 2024.

Wedderburn is a non-citizen who is not eligible to vote in Louisiana elections, but prosecutors say that Johnson completed and electronically submitted a Louisiana voter registration application in Wedderburn's name on July 14, 2024, falsely stating that he was a U.S. citizen.

The indictment alleges Wedderburn later voted in the November 5th election for a federal office and in the Cotton Valley mayoral race.