A grand jurors just indicted six non-citizens who were citizens of the United States for allegedly voting illegally in Ohio for the past ten years.
In a Tuesday press release, Ohio , Attorney General Dave Yost announced that six non-citizens had been indicted” for illegal election in previous elections”, which is a fourth-degree criminal in the state of Ohio.
” The right to vote is spiritual”, Yost stated. ” If you’re not a U. S. citizen, it’s improper to vote – whether you thought you were allowed to or not – you will be held responsible”.
The six non-citizens who were indicted for fraudulently voting in U. S. votes include 32-year-old Nicholas Fontaine, 35-year-old Ahmed Aden, 53-year-old Van Thuy Cooper, 62-year-old Maria Dearaujo, 68-year-old Ramesh Patel, and 78-year-old Lorinda Miller. While the six non-citizens voted illegally in U. S. votes, including the 2016, 2018, and 2020 elections, all six of the citizens were officially living in the United States.
Expressing trust in the future 2024 presidential election, Yost said,” Abnormalities like this are unique, and this is a small number of cases. Knowing that the rules are being and will continue to be enforced, we should all have confidence in the upcoming election.
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According to The Washington Examiner, Yost told investigators that the new charges against the six non-citizens who voted in U. S. votes came as part of nearly 600 voting-related circumstances that Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, referred to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office in August.
Yost explained that while he has the authority to look into and possibly prosecute 138 of the almost 600 cases involving people allegedly voting, his business has no authority over the other cases because they only involve those who register to vote, as reported by The Washington Examiner.
Yost emphasized the government’s commitment to enforcing U.S. voting laws, saying,” This law is being enforced, and I think this really help everyone to take a deep breath and be more assured that our elections are actually safe and secure and that noncitizens are not going to voting. And if that may happen, the few that slip through the cracks may be held responsible”.