{"id":2624017,"date":"2026-07-04T21:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-illegal-voting\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T21:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:24:17","slug":"illegal-immigrant-charged-with-illegal-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-illegal-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Immigrant Charged with Illegal Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillegal-immigrant-charged-with-illegal-voting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2624017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bank-of-america-is-without-the-knowledge-or-the-consent-of-customers-sharing-private-info-with-feds-tucker-carlson-reports\/\" title=\"Bank Of America \u2018Is Without The Knowledge Or The Consent... Of Customers \u2018Sharing Private... Info With Feds, Tucker Carlson Reports\">federal law enforcement officials<\/a> in New Jersey have arrested Marian Charitun, a 62-year-old Slovakian national, for illegally voting in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Charitun registered to vote by falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and cast ballots, then later applied for U.S. citizenship, during which he again lied about never having voted. His submission was denied after authorities discovered his voting history. The piece emphasizes that illegal immigrants of all ages and backgrounds can and do lie on official documents, highlighting the importance of verifying citizenship to protect election integrity. Several cases of noncitizens-including illegal immigrants and foreign nationals-who voted in U.S. elections are cited, illustrating ongoing concerns about voter fraud. The article advocates for stricter verification measures, such as crosschecking voter rolls with federal immigration data or requiring proof of citizenship, but notes opposition from some partisan groups who argue these measures could unfairly restrict voting rights. Ultimately, the piece argues that measures to ensure only eligible citizens vote are essential for maintaining fair elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Federal law enforcement has arrested an illegal immigrant in New Jersey and charged him with illegally voting in the 2022 federal midterm election, according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/07\/01\/justice-department-illegal-alien-voting-federal-election-new-jersey\/\">report<\/a> in The Daily Caller. The incident is neither surprising nor unique, but it does illustrate several important points about the immigration and election integrity debates.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged details of the latest case are as follows. Marian Charitun is a 62-year-old Slovakian national. Charitun registered to vote in New Jersey. To do so, he falsely stated under penalty of perjury that he was a U.S. citizen. He then subsequently voted in the 2022 federal midterm election. Charitun subsequently applied for U.S. citizenship. To do so, he falsely stated under penalty of perjury that he had never voted in a U.S. election. However, federal officials then discovered his prior voting history, and his citizenship application was denied.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s address the simplest point first. When Americans hear the term \u201cillegal immigrant,\u201d their mental image is not a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >male nearing retirement age<\/a> from a developed European nation. The common image is that of young, Hispanic (or Haitian) families fleeing poverty and war. In fairness, such immigrants are more common. When this stereotype is filtered through the matrix of critical race theory, it misleads the Left to oppose all enforcement of immigration laws. Charitun illustrates that the class known as \u201cillegal immigrants\u201d draws from all ages, ethnicities, and continents. The conclusion is: immigration laws are not inherently racist.<\/p>\n<p>With that basic observation out of the way, we proceed to another principle almost too obvious to mention. As Charitun\u2019s case allegedly illustrates, some people are willing to lie on official forms. This should be obvious. Marking false but unflagged answers on a citizenship application of voter application (or other official forms, such as a gun purchase application) carry immediate, known benefits, accompanied by only a conditional risk. This creates clear incentives for some unscrupulous individuals to try and cheat the system. If it were not so, then why has Congress deemed it necessary to attach perjury penalties to such lies?<\/p>\n<p>Yet this obvious point is too often ignored. Perhaps it strikes imprecise thinkers as offensive to an entire class of people, or perhaps the more calculating deliberately overlook it for partisan gain. Certainly some people would naturally recoil from affirming an untruth, while others would be deterred by fear of punishment (Romans 13:3). But some non-zero number of those with hardened consciences and no fear of either the government or God will readily lie on an official application, if it means an advantage to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>If this principle is once established, we should not be surprised to find illegal immigrants among the category of those who are willing to lie on a government form. By definition, illegal immigrants have already broken U.S. federal law. Some portion of them has broken the law knowingly and would do so again. And, if illegal immigrants remain in the country, then they have escaped consequences for their lawbreaking. This could induce them to believe they will escape the consequence for other illegal acts, such as lying on a government form. Again, this will not be true for every illegal immigrant, but we would be na\u00efve to believe it is true for none of them.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is that the Trump administration has already caught a number of foreign nationals \u2014 including other illegal immigrants \u2014 who have voted in U.S. elections. On March 9 of this year, the Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-who-voted-seven-federal-elections-2008\">announced<\/a> the arrest of Mahady Sacko, an illegal immigrant from Mauritania who had voted in federal elections in the swing state of Pennsylvania no fewer than seven times since 2008. Sacko lost his final appeal against a deportation order in 2002 but somehow was never deported.<\/p>\n<p>On May 19, the U.S. Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ma\/pr\/legal-permanent-resident-arrested-voting-federal-elections-2008\">announced<\/a> the arrest of Sunny Manhertz, a Canadian national and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX...s Hiring Practices After Non-U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">lawful permanent resident<\/a> who nevertheless voted in the last four presidential elections. To register to vote in Massachusetts, Manhertz claimed that he was a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n<p>On June 22, the U.S. Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdfl\/pr\/three-noncitizens-convicted-illegal-voting-and-related-election-offenses-federal\">announced<\/a> that three foreign nationals in Florida had pled guilty to illegally voting in federal elections. Moises Lima Junior is a Brazilian national and lawful permanent resident. Gordon Louis is a Haitian national and also a convicted felon, which would have disqualified him from voting even as a citizen (the DOJ did not specify Louis\u2019s immigration status). Roberto Figueredo is a Cuban national and also a convicted felon, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-s-economic-policy-sidelines-almost-20-million-american-men\/\" title=\"D.C.&#039;s Economic Policy Sidelines Almost 20 Million American Men\">lawful permanent resident status<\/a> was revoked (likely due to the felony conviction) before he falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen while registering to vote in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>As if it were necessary, these examples merely serve to drive home the point that some people (specifically, noncitizens) are going to lie on official forms (specifically, voter registration applications). And while the documentary evidence sometimes enables government investigators to catch these fraudulent voters in their lie, sometimes their lie goes undetected for multiple elections.<\/p>\n<p>This presents a threat to the integrity of American elections. American elections are based on the principle of \u201cone person, one vote,\u201d with \u201cperson\u201d here referring specifically to \u201ccitizens.\u201d If noncitizens vote in elections, it dilutes the votes of citizens, thus undermining their voting rights. Elections are sometimes decided by one vote, or a handful of votes. Under the current porous rules, undetected illegal voters could make up the margin of victory in extremely close elections.<\/p>\n<p>A certain brand of globalist would object that voting should be open to all residents, but that system would only work if it applied equally around the world. Americans living abroad cannot even vote in a place like Germany or Canada, much less Mauritania or China. So what justice is there in extending unrequited reciprocity to foreigners by allowing them to vote in the United States?<\/p>\n<p>However, the challenge posed to election integrity is not insurmountable. All that is required is some form of verification of the self-reported citizenship status of voter applicants. There are multiple policy safeguards that could prevent this type of voter fraud. For instance, state voter rolls could be crosschecked against federal citizenship and immigration data. Alternatively, voter applicants could be required to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote (the idea behind the SAVE America Act).<\/p>\n<p>Yet partisans on the American Left vehemently oppose all forms of identity verification that would weed out voting noncitizens. They falsely claim that these laws are designed to restrict legitimate citizens from voting, as citizens are incapable of obtaining documentary proof of their citizenship. Rather, the laws would merely catch those who are willing to blatantly lie on their voter application form.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition to such commonsense solutions to an obvious problem suggests a partisan or ideological motive at play. Either immigration opponents oppose policies that would catch noncitizens who try to vote illegally because they hope those noncitizens will vote for their preferred candidates, or they deeply believe that American elections should be no longer for Americans only, but elections for the whole world.<\/p>\n<div><em>Joshua Arnold is a senior writer at The Washington Stand.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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