75-year-old Canadian woman charged in Florida for illegally voting in 3 federal polls

A 75-year-old Canadian national has been charged in Florida with allegedly voting in three US federal elections despite not being a US citizen.Christiane Vinette Young is accused of casting ballots in the 2024 general election, the 2022 general election and the 2022 primary election, US Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced.Federal prosecutors said Young was unlawfully present in the United States and knew she was not a US citizen when she voted.Young faces three counts of voting by an alien. If convicted on all charges, she could receive a maximum sentence of three years in federal prison.The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, with assistance from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Lee County Supervisor of Elections.Assistant US Attorney Benjamin S. Winter is prosecuting the case.Young's case comes alongside separate federal charges against two non-US citizens in Pennsylvania over alleged election-related offences.Cliff Sanon, 39, a Haitian national living in Philadelphia, has been charged with allegedly submitting a fraudulent voter registration application in February 2026. Prosecutors allege the application was among eight fraudulent registrations and that Sanon also voted in the November 2022 election. He faces a maximum of five years in prison if convicted.Dilea Ochoa-Perez, 43, a Mexican national living in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, has been charged with two counts of voting as an alien. Prosecutors allege she voted in Chester County in the November 2022 and November 2024 general elections. She faces a maximum of two years in prison if convicted.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.