Nevada U.S. Attorney’s Office Charges Alien for Illegal Voting Amid Ongoing Federal Crackdown

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada announced Friday that an alien has been charged with illegally voting in a federal election, with First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah underscoring that noncitizen voting is a federal crime that will be prosecuted.

According to information in the criminal information, on or about November 2, 2024, Jullie Ann Sumalinog Moore voted in an election held in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Member of the Senate, and Member of the House of Representatives. Moore is charged with one count of voting by an alien. The maximum statutory penalty is one year of imprisonment, a fine of up to $100,000, or both. An initial appearance date has not yet been scheduled.

“Let me be absolutely clear: if you are a noncitizen and you cast a ballot in our elections, you are committing a federal crime. 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,” Chattah stated in connection with the case. She praised FBI and Homeland Security Investigations partners “for their diligence, assistance and unwavering commitment to ensuring our elections remain fair and free from unlawful interference.” 

The Nevada charge comes days after the Department of Justice’s October 16 announcement of charges involving 16 aliens in North Carolina, New York, and Idaho for illegal voting, false claims of U.S. citizenship, and related election crimes. Those cases included voting by aliens in federal elections. 

In North Carolina’s Eastern District, 10 aliens were charged for illegally voting in the 2024 elections, among them Eduardd Omar Majano Sosa, a 22-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador who registered and voted in 2024. Additional defendants were lawful permanent residents from multiple countries who voted across several election cycles.

Chattah has repeatedly emphasized enforcement. In May, her office reminded Nevadans that federal elections are limited to eligible U.S. citizens. On October 16, the Nevada office also released its Election Integrity Plan for the 2026 midterms and early voting period, focusing on protecting eligible voters while investigating fraud.

These actions are part of a broader federal effort.

On October 19, the California Globe reported that federal authorities arrested 11 foreign nationals in California (part of 28 lawful permanent residents charged statewide) under “Operation Protect the Vote” for fraudulent voter registration and, in many cases, casting illegal ballots. The charges were tied to a list of more than 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants that California election officials declined to review or sequester, prompting a DOJ lawsuit. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter noted that every defendant appeared on that list. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli stated that the arrests showed California mailing ballots to noncitizens while refusing to comply with federal law. 

Earlier coverage detailed Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon’s December 2025 findings that reviews of tens of millions of voter records identified more than 260,000 dead people and thousands of noncitizens on the rolls in cooperating states, with the DOJ working to purge invalid registrations ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The Globe recently reported that under Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, Nevada inactivated or canceled more than 315,000 voter registrations in a large-scale roll cleanup over roughly a year—138,000 inactivated and 177,000 canceled in 2025, with further actions in 2026—contributing to a sharp reduction in the Democratic registration edge, even as Aguilar’s office has delayed or withheld complete unredacted voter data from the Justice Department.

Critics of lax election verification have long argued that automatic voter registration systems, mail-in ballot expansions, and refusal to cross-check citizenship data create opportunities for ineligible voting, even if individual cases are prosecuted after the fact. Federal law is unambiguous that only U.S. citizens may vote in federal elections, and recent DOJ actions across multiple districts indicate a shift toward active enforcement.