A 30-year-old Israeli citizen and U.S. lawful permanent resident faces a federal charge alleging he voted in Pennsylvania’s 2024 election, which included the presidential contest.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) identified Yehuda Peer as a resident of Merion Station, Pennsylvania. The department said an information filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania charges him with one count of voting by an alien and alleges he cast a ballot in the state’s general election.
Pennsylvania’s official election records identify Nov. 5, 2024, as the state’s presidential election. Peer’s case was among nine separate cases announced in Pennsylvania’s Eastern and Middle districts on Oct. 23, the DOJ said. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the cases.
Federal law generally bars an alien from voting in an election held wholly or partly to elect federal officials, subject to statutory exceptions. A conviction can bring a fine, up to one year in prison, or both. The DOJ said Peer faces those penalties if convicted.
U.S. Attorney Brian Miller of the Middle District of Pennsylvania called illegal voting “a serious affront to the principles of our democratic republic.” The department described the filing as an accusation, with guilt still to be determined through the court process.
EconoTimes has previously covered another federal charge involving alleged noncitizen voting.
