VIDALIA &8212; A new judge has been appointed in the Ferriday voter fraud case.

Judge Sharon Marchman, from the Fourth Judicial District in Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes, was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court as judge ad hoc for the case.

That was done after Seventh Judicial District Judges Leo Boothe and Kathy Johnson both recused themselves from hearing the case.

Marchman was appointed Nov. 16, in an order signed by Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, to hear the case

A judge ad hoc is brought in specifically to hear one case when local judges are not available.

Louisiana Attorney General&8217;s Office lawyer Julie Cullen, the lead attorney for the prosecution, moved to recuse Boothe and Johnson Nov. 4, prompting a need for a new judge.

The Concordia Parish Clerk of Court&8217;s office sent Marchman the court files earlier this week, but no date for the next hearing in the case has been set yet.

Several motions are scheduled to be heard at that hearing.

In the case, five defendants are accused of multiple charges relating to an alleged voting violation.

Willie Robinson, Emerson Slain, Justin Conner, James Skipper and Henrietta Williams allegedly obtained absentee ballots for Ferriday residents Frederick White, Estella White and Lillie M. White, forged information on those ballots and mailed them in