Former Rensselaer County Board of Elections Commissioner Jason Schofield was sentenced Monday to a year of probation and ordered to pay a fine for using the names and birth dates of voters to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots for local elections, the U.S. Attorney's Office and Federal Bureau of Investigation said. 

Schofield, 45, of Troy, must pay a $2,000 fine and a $1,200 special assessment for the unlawful actions taken in Rensselaer County's 2021 elections, authorities said.

The Republican commissioner resigned in December 2022 ahead of pleading guilty to a 12-count indictment in which he admitted using the names and birth dates of voters in connection with a dozen absentee ballots he submitted to the New York State Voter Absentee Ballot Application Request Portal, federal officials said.

Schofield admitted he falsely certified that he was the voter requesting the ballot, the FBI said.