Minnesota man charged with perjury and voting in 2024 as non-citizen

Minnesota man charged with perjury and voting in 2024 as non-citizen

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A man in Minnesota is going through felony expenses after being accused of registering to vote and then voting in the 2024 election regardless of not being a citizen of the United States. 

Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, 39, was charged with perjury and a voting violation on Monday after authorities say they obtained information exhibiting he submitted a poll in the 2024 election after registering to vote in 2023, Fox 9 Minneapolis reported.

Authorities say that Chaudhari denied he voted at first when interviewed however later claimed he “made a mistake” and admitted to voting whereas additionally telling investigators he isn’t a U.S. citizen. 

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz testifying during a House Oversight Committee hearing in the U.S. Capitol

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz testifies throughout a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee listening to in the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Chaudhari, in keeping with investigators, acquired a voter registration discover from the state of Minnesota in a transfer that was probably triggered in the system after he obtained his driver’s license. Chaudhari is alleged to have informed authorities that he didn’t be taught he shouldn’t have voted till his lawyer knowledgeable him throughout his inexperienced card course of.

“Only U.S. Citizens are eligible to vote in Minnesota,” the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State informed Fox News Digital, including that ineligible voting is “extremely rare.”

“When an individual completes a voter registration application, they attest that they meet all eligibility requirements, including that they are a U.S. citizen,” the workplace mentioned. “Before casting a ballot, one must again swear to their eligibility before they are allowed to vote. If a noncitizen attempts to vote in an election, they will be caught and held to account. Penalties for voting while ineligible may include deportation, a permanent bar on future citizenship, a fine of up to $10,000, and up to five years in prison.”

HOUSE OVERSIGHT PROBE PUTS MINNESOTA ELECTIONS UNDER SCRUTINY OVER NONCITIZEN VOTING CONCERNS

A sign reading vote here outside a polling place in Minneapolis Minnesota

A polling place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 3, 2020. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

News of the costs come as Republicans continue to push voter ID laws, recognized as the SAVE America Act, in opposition to fierce pushback from Democrats who make the argument that voter fraud and non-citizens voting are uncommon.

Conservatives on social media have been fast to level the finger at Democrats in response to Chaudhari’s expenses.

“That thing that never ever happens happened again,” Center of the American Experiment coverage fellow Bill Glahn sarcastically posted on X.

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People holding signs supporting the SAVE act at Upper Senate Park

People rally in help of the SAVE Act at Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

State Rep. Pam Altendorf, a Republican, known as out Minnesota Democrats in a post on X for 3 particular actions that she mentioned have weakened election safeguards and invited scrutiny: loosening election laws in 2023 and 2024, issuing driver’s licenses to noncitizens, and making a 46-day voting season throughout which the state mass-mailed voter registration playing cards and absentee ballots.

“Welcome to Tim Walz’s Minnesota,” Townhall columnist Dustin Grage posted on X.

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Glahn beforehand spoke to Fox News Digital about his considerations over the shortage of safeguards in Minnesota’s voting system, together with registered voters having the ability to “vouch” for as much as eight different voters’ residency who need to enroll in same-day voter registration with out an ID.

Fox News Digital reached out to Gov. Tim Walz’s workplace.

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