Federal prosecutors have charged a foreign national with casting an illegal ballot in Nevada’s 2024 election, a move the Justice Department frames as a clear warning that noncitizen voting is a federal crime.
Just The News reported Friday that the Justice Department charged Jullie Ann Sumalinog Moore with voting illegally in the state of Nevada.
First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Nevada Sigal Chattah said Moore, a foreign national, illegally voted in the 2024 election. The department did not say what country she is from.
The case lands as election integrity remains a core concern for voters who expect only eligible citizens to decide American elections. Moore has not made an initial court appearance, and no appearance date has been set.
Chattah left little room for confusion about the law or the office’s intent.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah said:
"Let me be absolutely clear: if you are a noncitizen and you cast a ballot in our elections, you are committing a federal crime,"
She tied the charge to a broader enforcement pledge, not a one-off press release.
Chattah also said:
"We will not hesitate to use the full weight of federal law enforcement to investigate, indict, and prosecute anyone who attempts to compromise the integrity of our elections."
That stance matches a wider federal push seen in cases such as Justice Department charges against dozens of foreign nationals for illegal voting.
Chattah credited partner agencies for the work behind the charge and for guarding the ballot box from unlawful interference.
She said:
"I commend our partners at the FBI and [Homeland Security Investigations] for their diligence, assistance and unwavering commitment to ensuring our elections remain fair and free from unlawful interference,"
The maximum penalty for the charge is one year in prison, a fine of up to $100,000, or both. The public record released with the announcement did not spell out how the alleged illegal vote was found, which Nevada locality it involved, or the specific statute cited on the charging papers.
Related federal actions have stacked up in other states, including a federal grand jury indictment of 10 foreign nationals in Minnesota on illegal-voting counts.
What is known is narrow and concrete: a foreign national is accused of voting in Nevada in 2024, federal prosecutors brought the case, and she has not yet appeared in court. What is not known, her country of origin, the discovery method, and the precise local ballot site, still sits outside the public release.
Even so, the charging decision fits a pattern of cases in which the Justice Department has moved against alleged illegal ballots, including charges spanning multiple states over election crimes.
Separate enforcement stories have also tracked arrests tied to repeat illegal voting, such as the case of a legal immigrant charged with voting illegally in three elections.
Policy fights over who stays on the rolls run on a parallel track, including the fight that ended when the Supreme Court restored power to remove illegal immigrants from voter rolls.
For now, the Nevada case is a charging decision with real penalties on the table and no first court date on the calendar. Prosecutors say the rule is simple: citizenship is the line, and crossing it at the ballot box is a federal crime.
Election rules mean little if they are optional for people who are not citizens, and this charge treats that line as law, not a suggestion.
