Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Charges Involving 16 Individuals for Election Crimes – Department of Justice (.gov)

Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Charges Involving 16 Individuals for Election Crimes  Department of Justice (.gov)

Today the Justice Department announced charges involving 16 individuals, including an illegal alien, in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes across the country. The cases include voting by aliens in federal elections, false claims of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote or to vote, voting on behalf the deceased Today the Justice Department announced charges involving 16 individuals, including an illegal alien, in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes across the country. The cases include voting by aliens in federal elections, false claims of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote or to vote, voting on behalf the deceased, voting multiple times in the same election, false statements on citizenship applications, and unlawful procurement of citizenship.

Patrick Perea, 62, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of fraudulent voting. Perea attempted to cast his deceased wife’s absentee ballot in the November 2024 general election by submitting it to the Bureau of Elections of the Bernalillo County Clerk’s Office in Albuquerque. An illegal alien and three aliens have been charged with voting by an alien. Two aliens have been charged with voting as an alien. Forrest Scott Woody, 68, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, has been charged with illegally voting more than once. According to