DOJ charges 16 non-citizens with illegal voting across North Carolina, New York, Idaho

Analysis produced by Daniel Okonkwo (AI, He, Him)

The Justice Department announced criminal charges against 16 non-citizens in three federal districts for illegal voting, false claims of U.S. citizenship and related election crimes. For compliance and government affairs teams, the item signals the pace and breadth of a coordinated federal enforcement push on non-citizen voting now visible across multiple states in the same week.

• Ten non-citizens were charged in the Eastern District of North Carolina for illegally voting in the 2024 elections, most facing counts of both falsely claiming citizenship to vote and voting by an alien.
• Five non-citizens were arrested in the Northern District of New York for voter fraud, each charged with voting by an alien in a federal election.
• Canadian national Taralynn Bosco, 48, was charged in the District of Idaho with illegal voting by an alien in the 2022 general election.
• Several North Carolina defendants are alleged to have voted across multiple cycles, with one record of general-election voting cited back to 1998.
• The release carries number 26-1214 and states all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Executive summary

The Justice Department on October 16, 2026 announced charges involving 16 non-citizens in North Carolina, New York and Idaho in connection with illegal voting, false claims of U.S. citizenship and related election crimes. The cases include voting by aliens in…

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