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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA Terre Haute man faces felony charges for voting in several elections since 2018 despite not being a U.S. citizen.
Francisco Aguilar Romero has been charged with fraudulent voter registration, perjury and three counts of being an ineligible voter, according to MyCase.
Romero, 41, was born in Mexico and is in the United States illegally, according to a press release from Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office. The statement says Romero voted in the 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024 general elections after first registering to vote in 2018.
The statement noted that when Romero initially registered to vote, neither state nor federal law required proof of citizenship.
“Voting by illegal aliens and other noncitizens is unacceptable, and anyone who commits that act must face consequences,” Rokia said in the press release. “Two years ago, I started a process to verify the citizenship status of registered voters in Indiana and was successful in obtaining that data from the federal government.
“Now, we are acting on that information and it’s certainly not the end of our enforcement.”
If convicted, he faces a maximum prison sentence of more than 11 years, according to the press release.
No attorney for Romero was listed in court documents, and he could not be immediately reached for comment by The Indiana Lawyer.
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