MILWAUKEE -- Charges were filed Thursday against a staffer for Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee.

WISN 12 News has learned 58-year-old Garrett Huff, McGee's uncle and campaign manager during the alderman's recall election, has been accused of paying constituents for their votes [Read Criminal Complaint].

The investigation began when McGee himself filed a complaint with the election commission looking into the activities of his opponents.

The city election commission received and forwarded a flyer to the district attorney's office, which announced free food and drink to anyone who showed up at Magic Mother Foods, Atkinson Liquor, or McGee's headquarters and showed their "I Voted" stickers. The flyers instructed voters to go cast absentee ballots at City Hall prior to the April 3 election.

Voters were also offered $5 and rides to City Hall in exchange for absentee votes in favor of McGee, prosecutors said.

Three undercover officers posed at voters and were offered the money and rides.

District Attorney John Chisholm said Thursday that, at this point, he doesn't believe the plot influenced the outcome of the election, but is simply looking into the three cases brought forth by the undercover officers.

Huff is a lifelong resident of Milwaukee and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a veteran of the United States Army and has no prior criminal convictions. Huff was arrested in the 1970s, accused of first-degree murder, but those charges were later dropped, WISN 12 News' Colleen Henry reported.

Huff faces up to 3.5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of the charges.