Two city councilmembers in Paterson, New Jersey, were indicted on mail-in voting fraud charges related to the city’s May 2020 election, officials said on March 3. Michael Jackson, 49, and Alex Mendez, 45, face a variety of charges including election fraud, fraud in casting mail-in votes, tampering with public records, and unauthorized possession of ballots, according to a statement from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. They were initially charged in June 2020 after winning their races for City Council seats. Former President Donald Trump’s campaign cited the allegations against Jackson and Mendez in pointing to the danger of using relaxed mail-in balloting. A federal judge dismissed the campaign’s suit, saying there were anti-fraud measures to secure elections. Supporters of the former president pointed to the case against Mendez and Jackson again before the Nov. 3 election, noting that voting via mail could lead to fraud. Mendez and Jackson won their races by …