Nigerian lady Gladys Adaeze Okafor charged with voting as noncitizen
A Nigerian lady residing in the USA as a everlasting resident in Massachusetts illegally voted in a minimum of two elections after mendacity about her citizenship, authorities mentioned.
Gladys Adaeze Okafor, 56, has been charged by the Justice Division with unlawfully voting as an alien for allegedly casting ballots within the 2024 presidential major election and the 2022 midterm elections regardless of not being a US citizen.
She is anticipated to seem in a Boston federal courtroom on Wednesday.
Okafor repeatedly falsified her citizenship standing on official paperwork underneath penalty of perjury to achieve entry to the poll, federal prosecutors allege.
In July 2022, she submitted a voter registration card and signed her title certifying that she was a US citizen, authorities mentioned.
The Metropolis of Lynn subsequently registered her to vote.
In October 2023, Okafor submitted one other voter registration card the place she checked a field saying she was an American citizen, prosecutors mentioned.
She then voted within the 2024 presidential major election, courtroom paperwork state.
Okafor was born in Nigeria and obtained lawful everlasting resident standing in December 2022.
Nevertheless, she is just not a US citizen and has not utilized for US citizenship, prosecutors mentioned.
She faces as much as a 12 months in jail and as much as $10,000 in fines.
Lately, seven noncitizens have been indicted in reference to an election integrity investigation in Texas.
Earlier this month, the DOJ charged 5 individuals in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin in instances involving alleged unlawful voting or fraudulent registration in the course of the 2022 or 2024 elections.
