The Justice Department on Monday announced charges involving 63 individuals, including four illegal aliens, in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes across the country, according to the department.
The department said the cases include voting by aliens in federal elections, false claims of U.S. citizenship to register to vote or to vote, and one fraudulent voter registration application in another state. A complaint, indictment, and information merely contain accusations, and all defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said, “This Department of Justice will continue investigating and prosecuting voter fraud to restore confidence in our electoral system.” The department said that in the last nine weeks it has charged 195 aliens across 25 states with illegal voting and registration offenses, and since the beginning of this Administration it has charged 239 people with voting fraud-related offenses.
Case summaries released by the department list matters in several federal districts. In the Southern District of Texas, five aliens, including an illegal alien, have been charged with election-related crimes, including alleged voting in 2022 and 2024 and, in one case, an additional charge of falsely claiming U.S. citizenship. In the District of Maryland, one illegal alien is charged by information with unlawful voting in the November 2024 election held in part to select federal offices.
In North Carolina, the summaries identify charges in three districts. In the Eastern District of North Carolina, nine aliens, including an illegal alien, have been charged with offenses such as falsely claiming citizenship to vote and voting by an alien. In the Middle District of North Carolina, five aliens have been charged; four lawful permanent residents are charged by indictment with one count of knowingly making a false statement or claim of U.S. citizenship to vote and one count of voting by an alien, and one lawful permanent resident is charged by information with one count of voting by an alien. In the Western District of North Carolina, four aliens have been charged with election-related crimes, with allegations that include votes cast on Oct. 30, 2024, and Nov. 5, 2024, and false claims of U.S. citizenship on voting forms.
In Tennessee, the Middle District summaries list three aliens who allegedly voted in the 2024 election held in part for federal offices and allegedly made false representations of U.S. citizenship on Tennessee voter registration applications in 2024. In the Western District of Tennessee, two aliens have been charged with unlawful voting by an alien, with alleged votes in 2022 and 2024. In the Eastern District of Tennessee, two aliens have been charged with illegally voting in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5, 2024; one made an initial appearance on Oct. 29 and the other on Oct. 30, 2026, the department said.
Other districts listed include the District of New Jersey, where two aliens have been charged with voting by an alien and unlawfully attempting to procure U.S. citizenship, alongside alleged false statements in naturalization processes. In the Western District of Wisconsin, two aliens have been charged; one with illegally voting in November 2022 and November 2024, and another with illegally voting in November 2024 and falsely claiming U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in August 2024. In the Northern District of New York, two aliens have been charged with voting by an alien in the 2024 general election. In the District of Utah, one lawful permanent resident has been charged with voting by an alien, with an alleged vote in November 2024.
Additional matters include a charge in the District of New Mexico for an allegedly fraudulent voter registration application, four aliens charged with illegally voting in the District of Nevada, and a case in the Western District of Missouri alleging a false claim of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and a subsequent municipal vote. In California, the Central District lists six aliens charged with making false statements on naturalization applications tied to alleged illegal voter registrations and voting, and the Eastern District lists six aliens charged with illegally voting in the November 2024 presidential election, with one also alleged to have voted in November 2022. The Eastern District of Arkansas lists one charge of voting by an alien, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania lists five aliens charged with election-related crimes, including alleged votes in the 2022 and 2024 general elections and the 2022 and 2026 primaries.