A Democratic City Council candidate from Charlottesville, Va., was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on one count of election fraud, the Daily Progress reports.
Originally, [James] Halfaday faced four charges, but three were dropped prior to Tuesday’s hearing. He is accused of "willfully making a false statement" on candidacy paperwork, Scott Goodman, Halfaday’s attorney, said.
The 32-year-old Democrat, who finished last place in the party’s August primary election, was arrested in October and charged with four counts of election fraud for allegedly using a fake address on his candidacy paperwork. Halfaday listed a Charlottesville address in the 2400 block of Sunset Road on his campaign filings, but court documents show an address in the 1200 block of Richmond Road, which lies on Pantops Mountain in Albemarle County.