Federal Voting Prosecutions
Federal Authorities Expand Enforcement and Prosecute Multiple Noncitizen Voting Cases
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U.S. authorities have brought or announced several cases involving alleged noncitizen voting as the Trump administration steps up enforcement ahead of the midterm elections. In Florida, 75-year-old Canadian citizen Christiane Vinette Young is charged with voting in the 2022 primary and general elections and the 2024 general election; she faces up to three years in prison if convicted and is presumed innocent. In Pennsylvania, federal prosecutors charged four noncitizens over alleged voting or voter-registration offenses involving the 2022 and 2024 elections; separately, lawful permanent resident Evelyn Novelles Miller pleaded guilty to registering online and voting in person in Lehigh County after receiving her green card in July 2024. In Hawaii, Filipino national Bernadette Acaso pleaded guilty to voting in the 2024 election while a lawful permanent resident. In Florida, Valery Zidor pleaded guilty to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship on voter-registration forms and voting in 2024; she faces up to five years in prison. The cases reflect federal efforts to prosecute election-law violations, while allegations against defendants who have not pleaded guilty remain unproven.
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The four newly charged Pennsylvania defendants were identified as Sade Guppy, Eduardo Gallardo Maldonado, Cliff Sanon and Dilea Ochoa-Perez. Sanon is charged with submitting a fraudulent voter-registration application in 2026, with prosecutors also alleging he voted in 2022.
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Hawaii prosecutors said Bernadette Acaso voted by mail in 2024; under her plea agreement, she admitted she knew she was not a U.S. citizen and was ineligible to vote. She faces up to one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
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Florida prosecutors said Valery Zidor falsely claimed U.S. citizenship on two voter-registration forms submitted to the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections before casting a ballot in the 2024 general election.
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The investigation into Christiane Vinette Young involved Homeland Security Investigations, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Lee County Supervisor of Elections.
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