Chinese Student Charged With Illegally Voting in 2024 Election

Michigan officials charged Gao for casting an illegal vote after he approached a city clerk and tried to retract his ballot.

People cast their ballots during early voting for the general election at the University of Michigan Museum of Art Gallery in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Oct. 31, 2024. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

Federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint on June 3, charging Chinese student Haoxiang Gao with illegally voting in the 2024 presidential election.

Michigan officials had charged Gao for casting an illegal vote last year, after he approached a city clerk and tried to retract his ballot. They said Gao was studying at the University of Michigan and made a false affidavit that he had U.S. citizenship when registering for early voting in Ann Arbor, Michigan.