Michigan AG files charges in six noncitizen voting cases from 2024 election

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced criminal charges against five noncitizens accused of illegally registering to vote or casting ballots in the 2024 general election, along with a U.S. citizen accused of registering her noncitizen husband to vote. The cases stem from voter fraud allegations referred to the attorney general's office by the Michigan Department of State.

The defendants face charges ranging from 90-day misdemeanors to felonies carrying up to seven years, including election forgery, fraudulent registration, election law perjury and attempting to vote as an unqualified elector. Several of the accused are lawful permanent residents who allegedly registered online or by absentee ballot and falsely attested to U.S. citizenship; one case involves a citizen accused of posing as her noncitizen husband to register him online before later trying to cancel the registration.

The six charged cases are part of a larger review: the Department of State referred 16 suspected noncitizen voting cases from the 2024 election in 2025, and 22 additional cases involving conduct dating from 2009 through 2025 so far in 2026. Of the 38 total cases, six have led to charges, 10 have been closed without charges and 22 remain under review, according to Nessel's office. Voter registrations tied to every identified noncitizen voter, charged or not, have been cancelled.

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