Feds file voting fraud charges against 19 foreign nationals

[bullmarket79]

Republican Richard Lugar a senator from Indiana voted in elections even though he wasn't legally registered to vote in Indiana, or any other state and he now draws a pension from the senate even though he wasn't legally eligible. The Republicans voted NOT to prosecute an old man, hmmm. Hypocrites.

 

[exGOPer]

So how many election cycles did they vote in before being caught? It appears some may have voted for decades.

Good to see they finally stepped up and started to enforce the law. Let's hope they continue to make progress indicting illegal voters across the country to ensure the integrity of our elections.

Obama won by 3 million votes, I am sure the sub 100 voters really made the difference. If people were intentionally committing these crimes and trying to change outcomes, you think a photo ID law will stop them?

 

[gwb-trading]

Obama won by 3 million votes, I am sure the sub 100 voters really made the difference. If people were intentionally committing these crimes and trying to change outcomes, you think a photo ID law will stop them?

Actually a REAL ID drivers license -- which is now required in most states -- as a picture ID for voting would be very successful in stopping foreign nationals from voting illegally in person in our elections.

While a few people voting illegally may not swing a national race -- they certainly will swing local and state elections. Many of our elections for local and state district offices are won only by a few votes.

It is time to protect the integrity of our voting system and ensure that only citizens vote.

 

[exGOPer]

Actually a REAL ID drivers license -- which is now required in most states -- as a picture ID for voting would be very successful in stopping foreign nationals from voting illegally in person in our elections.

While a few people voting illegally may not swing a national race -- they certainly will swing local and state elections. Many of our elections for local and state district offices are won only by a few votes.

It is time to protect the integrity of our voting system and ensure that only citizens vote.

What do you mean by REAL? Anything can be faked these days especially IDs.

All you guys will do is create REAL Id requirements and then make it very hard for poor and working people to get them. People who live far away, people who can't travel during work hours, people who are old. We know your game.

 

[smallfil]

Thought the left stated that non-citizens never vote in elections. Glad to see they are finally cracking down on this nonsense. The Wilmington N.C. jurisdiction is the first to pursue charges in our state. Supposedly they are about to file the same charges against 76 more people according the evening news.

Feds file voting fraud charges against 19 foreign nationals
https://www.wral.com/feds-file-voting-fraud-charges-against-19-foreign-nationals/17792928/

Federal voting fraud charges were filed in Wilmington, N.C., Friday against 19 foreign nationals who allegedly voted in the 2016 election. A 20th person was charged with aiding and abetting one of the 19 in falsely claiming U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote.

The 19 were from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, the Philippines, Panama, Grenada, Guyana, Japan, El Salvador, Italy, Haiti, Korea, Germany and Poland. They ranged in age from 26 to 71.

Nine of the defendants were charged with making a false claim of citizenship in order to register to vote. Eight were charged with "voting by an alien."

One of the 19 was charged with fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents as well as with voting by an alien.

One foreign national, from the Dominican Republic, was charged on Aug. 14 and pleaded guilty to two counts of passport fraud and voting by an alien. Ramon Esteban Paez-Jerez, 58, voted in Wake County in 2016.

Paez-Jerez was one of three foreign nationals who allegedly voted in Wake County in 2016. Others voted in Columbus, Cumberland, Wilson, Washington, Johnston and Beaufort counties.

Paez-Jerez first came to the United States in the 1980s. He was deported, then returned using a fake identity. In 1999, under that assumed identity, Paez-Jerez became a citizen and subsequently obtained a U.S. passport.

Paez-Jerez faces 11 years in prison and a $350,000 fine. He is to be sentenced Dec. 11 in New Bern.

The maximum penalties for the others range from six to 26 years in prison, with maximum fines of $100,000 to $350,000.

At least nine of the defendants were longtime legal permanent residents of the United States. One, Dieudonne Soifils of Haiti, has been a legal permanent resident since 1976. Two have been legal permanent residents since the mid-1980s and two since 1990.

Two of the defendants had applied for but were denied citizenship. One of them was not denied citizenship till 2017, after the election.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the cases are being investigated by the newly created Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

North Carolina elections officials reported in 2017 that they had found that about 500 ineligible voters cast ballots in the 2016 general election – not enough to change the outcome of any race. The vast majority of those voters have a felon in their criminal history. Under North Carolina law, active felons are not allowed to vote. That report did not include any evidence of fraud, and many of those who voted claimed to be confused about their eligibility.

About 4.8 million votes were cast in North Carolina in the 2016 general election.

The North Carolina General Assembly has voted to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot this November that would require voters to show a photo ID.

This is probably, just the tip of the iceberg. In California where they gave drivers license to illegals, how many have voted in elections both local and nationally for President of the United States? The Secretary of State who is a Democrat refused to cooperate in cleaning up the voter rolls. I would not be surprised if dead people still vote for Democrats even today! When President Trump manages to clean up the DOJ, these Democrat officials aiding and abetting illegals to vote in US elections should be very afraid!

 

[gwb-trading]

What do you mean by REAL? Anything can be faked these days especially IDs.

All you guys will do is create REAL Id requirements and then make it very hard for poor and working people to get them. People who live far away, people who can't travel during work hours, people who are old. We know your game.

The Real ID requirements for drivers licenses were put in place by the Obama administration. All states must comply by 2019. To get a REAL ID drivers license you must bring all sorts of documentation with you to the DMV office for a new license.

Please see the following link with documentation requirements - https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/license-id/nc-real-id/Pages/requirements.aspx

 

[exGOPer]

REAL ID drivers license you must bring all sorts of documentation

As I already pointed out, this won't work for a lot of people - people who are old, people who are immobile, people who are poor, people who can't afford to miss work.

And most importantly people living in conservative areas where Cons intentionally make it harder for people to get their IDs.

 

[gwb-trading]

As I already pointed out, this won't work for a lot of people - people who are old, people who are immobile, people who are poor, people who can't afford to miss work.

And most importantly people living in conservative areas where Cons intentionally make it harder for people to get their IDs.

Well if you want to drive or fly in a plane (without a passport)... you are going to need to get one. You can thank the Obama administration.

Time that we used proper picture ids to stop illegal voting as well.

 

[exGOPer]

Well if you want to drive or fly in a plane (without a passport)... you are going to need to get one. You can thank the Obama administration.

Time that we used proper picture ids to stop illegal voting as well.

Driving and flying are optional activities, they are not civic duties guaranteed as a fundamental right.

If you want everyone to have proper picture IDs, find enough funding to have them delivered to every registered voter. Any other half baked way is just another way for you Cons to win elections illegitimately because majority will never go along with your bullshit ideology.

 

[gwb-trading]

Driving and flying are optional activities, they are not civic duties guaranteed as a fundamental right.

If you want everyone to have proper picture IDs, find enough funding to have them delivered to every registered voter. Any other half baked way is just another way for you Cons to win elections illegitimately because majority will never go along with your bullshit ideology.

As usual the left does not want to protect the integrity of our election system -- but simply desires to build on the Democratic party's long history of voter fraud.