New York State Woman Charged with Voting Illegally Says She Recently Learned She Wasn’t a Citizen
Federal prosecutors say she voted in 14 primary and general elections while not a citizen, and she was released on her own recognizance.
- On Wednesday, federal authorities charged Syracuse resident Marva Cook with "illegal voting by alien," a misdemeanor stemming from her participation in the 2022 midterm elections as part of a Trump administration nationwide crackdown on noncitizen voting.
- Cook, 66, told Homeland Security investigators she was adopted as a toddler and always assumed she was an American citizen, only recently discovering she was born in Germany while searching for her biological mother.
- Despite voluntarily turning herself in, Cook was placed in shackles during her Wednesday court appearance, shocking supporters who described her as a "person of service" who never sought limelight.
- First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III claimed the arrest showed "voter fraud is rampant" in New York, with similar charges filed against residents in California and Minnesota earlier this month.
- The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of $100,000 and one year in jail, while policy experts warn nearly 200,000 adoptees lack proof of citizenship and face potential deportation under federal law.
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A Syracuse, New York, woman who says she only recently learned she wasn’t born in the U.S. has been charged with voting illegally, one of the latest arrests touted by the Trump administration as it hunts for
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A Syracuse, New York, woman who says she only recently learned she wasn’t born in the U.S. has been charged with voting illegally, one of the latest arrests touted by the Trump administration as it hunts for noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections. Marva Cook was adopted as a toddler and had always assumed...
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New York state woman charged with voting illegally says she recently learned she wasn’t a citizen
An upstate New York woman has been charged with voting illegally in one of the latest arrests touted by the Trump administration as it hunts for noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections.
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