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Gladys Adaeze Okafor, a 56-year-old Nigerian woman living in Massachusetts as a permanent resident, has been charged by the Justice Department with illegally voting in at least two federal elections after falsely claiming to be a US citizen on registration documents. Authorities allege she voted in both the 2024 presidential primary and the 2022 midterm elections despite not holding citizenship status. Okafor faces up to one year in prison and fines of up to $10,000 for her actions.
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Gladys Adaeze Okafor, a 56-year-old Nigerian woman living in Massachusetts as a permanent resident, has been charged by the Justice Department with unlawful voting after allegedly casting ballots in the 2024 presidential primary election and the 2022 midterm elections despite not being a US citizen. In July 2022, Okafor submitted a voter registration card certifying she was an American citizen, which led to her being registered to vote by the City of Lynn. She repeated this act in October 2023, again falsely claiming citizenship on another voter registration form. Born in Nigeria and granted lawful permanent resident status in December 2022, Okafor has not applied for US citizenship. She faces up to a year in prison and potential fines if convicted.
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A Nigerian woman living in the United States as a permanent resident in Massachusetts illegally voted in at least two elections after lying about her citizenship, authorities said.
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Gladys Adaeze Okafor, 56, has been charged by the Justice Department with unlawfully voting as an alien for allegedly casting ballots in the 2024 presidential primary election and the 2022 midterm elections despite not being a US citizen.
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She is expected to appear in a Boston federal courtroom on Wednesday.
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Okafor repeatedly falsified her citizenship status on official documents under penalty of perjury to gain access to the ballot, federal prosecutors allege.
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In July 2022, she submitted a voter registration card and signed her name certifying that she was a US citizen, authorities said.
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The City of Lynn subsequently registered her to vote.
In October 2023, Okafor submitted another voter registration card where she checked a box saying she was an American citizen, prosecutors said.
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Okafor was born in Nigeria and obtained lawful permanent resident status in December 2022.
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However, she is not a US citizen and has not applied for US citizenship, prosecutors said.
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She faces up to a year in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.
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Recently, seven noncitizens were indicted in connection with an election integrity investigation in Texas.
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Earlier this month, the DOJ charged five people in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin in cases involving alleged illegal voting or fraudulent registration during the 2022 or 2024 elections.
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