The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 18 aliens, including one illegal immigrant, in North Carolina for allegedly illegally voting in the 2024 election.
Twelve people were previously indicted for the same charge in the state’s Eastern District, bringing the statewide total to 30 this year.
“Illegal voting is just that: illegal,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said in a statement. “If you’re not an American citizen, you cannot vote in our federal elections.
“We need to preserve the integrity of the ballot box by ensuring only those eligible are casting ballots,” he said.
The new indictments charge Selvin Porfidio Gonzalez Escobar, 43, an illegal alien from Guatemala living in Robeson County, with one count of falsely claiming citizenship to vote and one count of voting by an alien. He registered in 2020 and then voted in the 2020 and 2024 general elections, according to the DOJ. …