PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that the State Grand Jury has indicted Austin Cole Smith on 14 counts related to fraudulent candidate signatures. The defendant has been charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors, including deceiving the Secretary of State’s office with petitions containing forged elector signatures and signing names other than his own to the nominating petition.
The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
A copy of the indictment is available below.
