Four New Jersey Residents Charged with Illegal Voting and Citizenship Fraud

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have charged four residents with illegally voting in federal elections while not being U.S. citizens, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office. The charges include illegally voting in federal elections, making false statements on citizenship applications, and unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization.

The individuals voted in at least one federal election between 2020 and 2024, a span that covers two presidential elections and one midterm election. After casting their ballots, they submitted naturalization applications falsely claiming they had never registered or voted in a federal election.

U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer emphasized that these charges demonstrate the office’s commitment to protecting election integrity. Frazer’s office launched a task force last year targeting election-related crimes such as voter registration fraud, fraudulent ballots, noncitizen voting, and multiple voting by individuals in the same election.

This development comes amid a backdrop of amplified claims of widespread voter fraud following the 2020 election, propagated heavily by former President Donald Trump and his allies. However, election officials and experts have consistently affirmed that voter fraud is rare and isolated. The decentralized nature of U.S. elections, with thousands of independent jurisdictions, makes large-scale vote-rigging virtually impossible.

Frazer, appointed in March, ended a contentious standoff between the judiciary and the Trump administration over control of the New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office. Previous Trump nominees for the position, including his former personal attorney Alina Habba, were disqualified.

While these cases are serious and merit prosecution, they do not support the false narrative of widespread election fraud used to justify restrictive voting laws and undermine democratic participation. We will continue to track such prosecutions while calling out the broader political machinery that weaponizes isolated incidents to attack voting rights.