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Worldwide pupil arrested and charged for voting in Ann Arbor

By Editorial Board Published October 30, 2024 3 Min Read
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Worldwide pupil arrested and charged for voting in Ann Arbor

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A 19-year-old Chinese language worldwide pupil from the College of Michigan was arrested and charged for voting at an Ann Arbor early voting website Sunday—and his vote will likely be counted within the upcoming common election.

The Secretary of State’s workplace has confirmed with 6 Information that the coed falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he registered to vote and forged his poll on the identical day. He later referred to as the Secretary of State’s workplace and requested if he may have his poll again.

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Nonetheless, the Secretary of State’s workplace additionally tells 6 Information that his poll was put by the tabulator and will likely be counted regardless of being illegally forged—as there is no such thing as a method for election officers to trace it down. The election course of is designed to stop a voter’s particular person poll from being recognized.

As it’s unlawful to register to vote and forged a poll as a non U.S. citizen, the coed was arrested and criminally charged with one depend of making an attempt to vote as an unauthorized elector and one depend of forgery with a purpose to register to vote, in accordance with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit.

“Noncitizen voting is an extremely isolated and rare event. Investigations in multiple states and nationwide have found no evidence of large numbers of noncitizens registering to vote. Even less common is a noncitizen actually casting a ballot,” say Benson and Savit. “When it does happen, we take it extremely seriously. Our elections are secure and Michigan’s state and local election officials carefully follow the law.”

The Michigan Division of Lawyer Basic has opened an impartial investigation into the case, because it offers with election legislation.

“My office is aware of the Ann Arbor voter fraud allegation and subsequent charges,” says Michigan Lawyer Basic Dana Nessel. “It is the responsibility of each and every resident of this state and nation to adhere to the law, and Michigan election law makes clear that non-citizens cannot vote in our elections. We take all allegations of voter fraud extremely seriously, and the public should expect nothing less.”

This can be a growing story, and 6 Information will preserve you up to date with extra particulars as they arrive in. 6 Information has reached out to the Division of Lawyer Basic for extra remark however has not heard again.

The Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Workplace has declined to make additional remark.

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