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By Mark Magnier for South China Morning Post
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A Chinese student at the University of Michigan was arrested on Wednesday after he found himself caught up in the Republican campaign in recent months claiming widespread voter fraud by illegal immigrants.
The Michigan Department of State said the unnamed 19-year old student voted in the US presidential election on Sunday in Ann Arbor and was subsequently charged with acting as an “unauthorised elector attempting to vote” and with “perjury” for making a false statement to secure registration.
“Only US citizens can register and vote in our elections,” the state office said, noting that voting by non-citizens was extremely isolated and rare.
“It is illegal to lie on any registration forms or voting applications about one’s citizenship status,” it added. “Doing so is a felony.”
According to the secretary of state’s office, the Chinese student, who entered the states legally and holds US permanent residency but not American citizenship, registered to vote on Sunday using his student identification and other documents indicating he was a resident of the city of Ann Arbor.
He then reportedly signed a document identifying himself as a US citizen and entered his ballot into an automatic tabulator.
According to The Detroit News, the ballot was cast at an early-voting site in the university’s art museum.
Later, the student reportedly contacted the local clerk’s office, asking if he could retrieve his ballot, although this was not possible once the vote had entered the counting machinery.
US states determine their own voting rules, and under Michigan law, attempting to vote as an unauthorised elector is punishable by up to four years in prison. Perjury can result in up to 15 years in prison.
A joint statement released by Benson and Washtenaw county’s prosecutor, Eli Savit, voiced appreciation for the “swift action” of the clerk who discovered the issue and referred the case to law enforcement.
“Anyone who attempts to vote illegally faces significant consequences,” the two offices said, “including but not limited to arrest and prosecution”.
Source: South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3284534/chinese-student-michigan-arrested-trying-vote-2024-us-presidential-election
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