Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says she’s asked the state Attorney General’s office to investigate 10 people who aren’t U.S. citizens but have voted in past Michigan elections. In a letter to Attorney General Bill Schuette, Johnson said they were referring the cases “for investigation, and if appropriate, prosecution. The law is clear – you must be a U.S. citizen to register to vote and to vote on Election Day,” Johnson said in a statement. “We have races that are decided on a handful of votes, and ballots cast by ineligible voters cancel out those by legitimate voters.”
The Secretary of State’s office says the people are from Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Roscommon and Wayne counties. Names of those involved haven’t been released, but Johnson’s office says they voted in presidential and gubernatorial elections in the past decade. Schuette spokeswoman Joy Yearout says they received the letter from Johnson and the referrals are under review.
In October, Johnson’s office sent letters to more than 600 registered Michigan voters, verified as non-U.S. citizens by federal records, asking them to contact state election officials to be removed from Michigan’s voter rolls. After the letter was sent out, dozens of people responded and requested to be immediately removed from Michigan’s voter rolls. The 10 individuals referred to the Attorney General’s office did receive the letter.
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