WILMINGTON, N.C. (WNCN) — A Canadian man was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of illegally voting in North Carolina, prosecutors said.
According to the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 69-year-old Denis Bouchard has lived in the U.S. since the 1960s, but never became an American citizen.
Bouchard is accused of voting in the 2022 congressional election and the 2024 presidential election after falsely claiming to have American citizenship on his registration, according to federal prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors said Bouchard is charged with two counts of falsely claiming to be an American citizen to vote in an election and two counts of preventing a fair election by casting a fraudulent ballot.
"Every single time a noncitizen ca