Chinese student to face criminal charges for voting in Michigan. Ballot will apparently count

[MichMan]

A University of Michigan student who is from China and not a U.S. citizen allegedly voted early Sunday in Ann Arbor and is being charged with two crimes, six days before a pivotal presidential election.

The 19-year-old individual from China was legally present in the United States but not a citizen, which meant he couldn't legally cast a ballot, according to information from the Michigan Secretary of State's office. He registered to vote on Sunday, he signed a document identifying himself as a U.S. citizen and his ballot was entered into a tabulator, according to the Secretary of State's office.

Later, the UM student voter contacted the local clerk's office, asking if he could somehow get his ballot back, according to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office.

It appears that the student's ballot might count in the upcoming election — although it was illegally cast — because there is no way for election officials to retrieve it once it's been put through a tabulator. The setup is meant to prevent ballots from being tracked back to an individual voter.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/30/chinese-university-of-michigan-college-student-voted-presidential-election-michigan-china-benson/75936701007/