PIKEVILLE, KY—The United States Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office jointly announced today that a federal jury in Pikeville, Kentucky convicted a Salyersville man yesterday evening on vote buying charges that stem from the 2010 general election in Magoffin County.
Randall E. Salyer, 54, was convicted on two counts of vote buying and acquitted on two other counts. The trial lasted two days and the jury deliberated for approximately three hours. Evidence at trial proved that Salyer paid or offered to pay several individuals for their votes in November 2010.
Trial testimony proved that Salyer paid $100 to each voter who brought him their absentee ballot.
The general election was held in part to select a candidate for the office of the United States Senate which made the case eligible for federal prosecution.
Salyer was indicted in February of this year.
The investigation was conducted by the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kenneth R. Taylor.
Salyer is scheduled to be sentenced on November 9 at 9 a.m. He could face up to five years in prison. However, the sentence will not be imposed until after the court considers the United States Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of sentences.
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