A county judge, a former elections administrator and three other elected officials are among a half-dozen people indicted in an alleged "vote harvesting" scheme in a small south Texas county, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday.

"Elected officials who think they can cheat to stay in power will be held accountable. No one is above the law," Paxton said in a statement.

According to Paxton's office, Frio County Judge Rochelle Camacho faces three counts of vote harvesting; former county elections administrator Carlos Segura faces one count of evidence tampering; Pearsall City Council........

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