A Texas mayoral candidate with over 100 felony voter-fraud convictions is back on the ballot, raising hard questions about how seriously our system really treats election crime.
Story Snapshot
- A Carrollton, Texas mayoral candidate pleaded guilty to more than 100 felony voter-fraud counts tied to mail ballots.
- Officials say he forged ballot-by-mail applications and routed them to a virtual mailbox he controlled.
- A jury gave him four years in prison plus 10 years of probation, yet he is now running for mayor again.
- New charges accuse him of mailing fake jury summons while he appeals parts of his conviction and sentence.
How a Mayoral Race Turned into a Massive Voter-Fraud Case
Denton County officials say the case started during the 2020 race for mayor in Carrollton, Texas, when election staff noticed something wrong with mail-ballot applications in September 2020.[1] Staff saw many applications tied to a single mailing address that did not match a real nursing home, and they alerted law enforcement.[1] The Denton County Sheriff’s Office, working with state agencies, opened an investigation that quickly focused on then-mayoral candidate Zul Mirza Mohamed.[1]
According to the official county release, officers arrested Mohamed in October 2020 and charged him with 109 felonies related to voter fraud.[1] That release breaks the charges into 25 counts of unlawful possession of a ballot or ballot envelope without the voter’s request and 84 counts of fraudulent use of a mail-ballot application.[1] These are serious crimes under Texas law, carrying possible multi-year prison sentences and large fines for each count.[1]
Inside the Scheme: Fake IDs, Virtual Mailbox, and a Box of Ballots
A case summary from The Heritage Foundation’s election-fraud database describes how the scheme allegedly worked in practice.[2] Mohamed was accused of forging absentee ballot request applications in the names of real registered voters.[2] He allegedly had those applications sent to what looked like a nursing-home address but was actually a post office box at a private mail store, where he had leased a virtual mailbox using a fake Texas driver’s license and a fake University of North Texas student ID.[2]
Heritage reports that when investigators searched Mohamed’s home, they found a fake insurance ID, a fake notary stamp, and a box filled with Dallas and Denton County ballot applications.[2] A local report adds that he was caught in October 2020 with a box of fraudulently obtained mail ballots tied to the scheme.[3] County leaders later praised the elections office and sheriff’s investigators for catching the fraud attempt before those ballots could be used to steal a local election.
From 109 Charges to 100+ Convictions: What the Court Decided
Not every original charge made it to the final conviction, and the exact total can be confusing because different sources use different numbers.[1][2][3] The county’s first announcement said Mohamed faced 109 felony counts: 25 ballot-possession counts and 84 fraudulent-application counts.[1] A later statement from the Denton County judge’s office explains that three of those fraudulent-application counts were dropped at some point in the case.
The Heritage database and county judge’s archived comments both say Mohamed ultimately pleaded guilty to 25 counts of the method of returning a ballot and 81 counts of fraudulent use of an application for a ballot by mail, for a total of 106 felony counts.[2] A detailed local report says he in fact pleaded guilty to 84 fraudulent-application counts and that three were later dismissed, which matches the same idea that he ended with more than 100 felony convictions while three counts fell away.[3]
Jury Punishment, Ongoing Appeal, and New Fake-Jury-Summons Charges
After Mohamed’s guilty pleas, a Denton County jury held a three-day sentencing trial in December 2024 to decide his punishment.[2][3] The county judge’s statement says that jury sentenced him to four years in prison and 10 years of probation. The detailed news report adds that he also received 180 hours of community service tied to his ballot-application offenses and that the four-year prison term applied to the ballot-possession counts.[3]
The same report notes that Mohamed is appealing parts of his conviction and sentence, including a probation rule that bars him from election-related activities, even as he runs again for mayor.[3] While that appeal moves forward, investigators say he is also facing six new counts of impersonating a public servant for allegedly mailing fake jury-duty summonses to residents.[3] A televised news segment reports that these fake notices looked official enough that authorities added this new charge on top of his election-fraud record.
Why This Case Hits a Nerve for Voters Worried About Election Integrity
This case shows how one person, using forged signatures, fake IDs, and mail tricks, can try to hijack local elections from the shadows.[2] Denton County’s records show the system worked in one key way: alert election staff spotted a pattern, law enforcement moved fast, and a jury handed down real punishment after a guilty plea.[1][2][3] Yet the same records also show how long the process took and how narrow the final outcome can look compared with the original arrest headlines.
WHAT THE ACTUAL F&CK !!!!!!!!!
Zul Mohamed is a Frisco, TEXAS MAYORIAL Candidate with history Involving ELECTION FRAUD. He pled guilty in 2024 to 106 felony counts related to a 2020 mail-in ballot fraud, including forging ballot applications, routing ballots to a fake… https://t.co/SyJyxAzxUt— CobraXXX (@CbcorbaUSA) June 8, 2026
For conservatives who have warned for years about weaknesses in mail voting, this is not an abstract debate but a real-world example.[2][3] A man who admitted to more than 100 felony election-fraud counts is still able to seek public office while appealing parts of his sentence.[2][3] That tension fuels calls for tighter election laws, tougher penalties, and clear rules that anyone who abuses the ballot box forfeits the right to oversee it.
Sources:
[1] Web – Texas Mayoral Candidate Has 100+ Felony Election Fraud Convictions
[2] Web – Zul Mirza Mohamed – Election Fraud Map – The Heritage Foundation
[3] Web – News Flash • Denton County, TX • CivicEngage
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