A Chinese citizen has been arrested and charged for voting illegally in Michigan.
A clerk had alerted officials about the illegal vote, which took place in Ann Arbor on 27 October. After an investigation. The male noncitizen was charged with “unauthorized elector attempting to vote” and “making a false affidavit for the purpose of securing voter registration.”
Officials said the incident was “an extremely isolated and rare event.”
The defendant, a Chinese national and student at the University of Michigan, registered to vote on Sunday 27 October. He established his residency in Ann Arbor with his student ID and other documentation, and he signed a document vouching for his US citizenship.
After casting his vote, the student contacted the city clerk and attempted to retract his vote.
The vote cannot be retracted, since tabulators do not track votes back to the individuals who cast them.
The governor’s office has now opened an independent investigation into the matter.
This is the first time Michigan has ever offered early in-person voting. After an amendment was made to the law in 2022, Michigan voters can now vote up to nine days in advance.
Republican Rep. John Moolenaar called on Benson to announce a plan to “prevent similar election fraud in the next week” and “secure our elections against CCP interference.”
“The University of Michigan should expel this student for violating our laws and our state’s leaders need to take serious action against the Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to influence our state,” Rep. Moolenaar added.
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