The wife of former Dallas Cowboy and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker has fallen under scrutiny after allegations of illegally voting in Georgia.
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, although the couple lives in Texas, records show that Walker’s wife, Julie Blanchard, cast a ballot in Georgia for the 2020 presidential election last fall. Blanchard filled out an absentee Georgia ballot and returned it from her Westlake, Tex., home. While Blanchard does own a home in Georgia, that is not listed as her primary residence. In Georgia, in most cases, it is illegal for non-residents of the state to vote there.
Georgia determines one’s voting eligibility based on where they claim a homestead exemption. Georgia law usually says that a voter’s residency is where the person lives permanently or where their “habitation is fixed.” State records show Blanchard doesn’t currently claim any homestead exemption for the property she owns in Fulton County.
Blanchard told the AJC that she considers herself a Georgia resident, and says she has a driver’s license and has a business there. Until the recent presidential election, Blanchard hadn’t voted in Georgia since 2008.
“If we’re residents in both places, is that legally wrong?” she said. “If you have multiple homes, you can’t vote where you have a home?”

Walker, a Republican and supporter of former president Donald Trump, has been gearing up for a potential Senate run in Georgia. He has been vocal about voter fraud under the false contention that the election was stolen.

He was an early backer of Trump and other Republican claims that votes were not counted although states like Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and others clearly showed that there was nothing fraudulent about their vote counts.

“Play by the rules.....the American people demand ONLY LEGAL BALLOTS be counted. Anyone manipulating this election should be prosecuted,” Walker tweeted last November. 

Walker is being encouraged by Trump to run against Georgia Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock. Walker is listed in public records as paying taxes in Tarrant County, Texas, where he has listed his home there as his primary residence. His wife is not listed on the current tax bill, according to the Associated Press.