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“What we have found is very disturbing,” Forlini said in a press release. “Our [Qualified Voter File] shows instances where some of these non-citizens potentially having a voting history. One in particular appears to have voted several times, all of which could result in felony charges.”
He warned the implications are serious: failing to address the problem could compromise not just elections but also jury trials.
Michigan has a troubling history with noncitizen voting. In the 2024 election, a University of Michigan student, Haoxiang Gao, a Chinese national, used his student ID to cast a ballot despite not being a U.S. citizen. When authorities charged him with two felonies, Gao fled the country on January 19, 2025, using a passport different from the one he had provided police.
U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon didn’t mince words: “Illegal voting by a foreign national who is from a country controlled by a communist party dictatorship – with no modern history or tradition of democratic government – is beyond the pale.”
The system makes this possible.
Michigan law allows noncitizens to legally obtain driver’s licenses and state IDs. Once they do, automatic voter registration kicks in unless they say no. That’s the loophole Democrats built right into the system.
Now, Comer and James are demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi investigate whether this loophole is a nationwide problem, using authority granted under the Civil Rights Act.
“Non-citizens have appeared in the state’s jury pool, and in some instances, have been registered to vote,” Comer wrote. “The Committee is requesting a briefing to understand the U.S. Department of Justice’s role in investigating such matters, and the potential for similar issues to be occurring nationwide.”
The timing couldn’t be worse for Democrats. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, running for governor, initially called Forlini’s findings “reckless,” claiming the accusations could harm legitimate voters.
“This is what happens when you prioritize headlines over facts, real people pay the price,” Benson said.
But she later admitted four flagged noncitizens were indeed registered to vote, and their cases would be investigated. Her own review in April 2025 found 15 noncitizens voted illegally in the 2024 election—which she tried to spin as “rare,” even though 15 illegal votes were confirmed. How many went undetected?
Michigan isn’t the only state with this issue.
In Ohio, Secretary of State Frank LaRose found 597 noncitizens registered, with 138 possibly having voted. Georgia flagged 20 noncitizens in voter rolls of 8.2 million, nine of whom had voted. Texas investigated 33 noncitizens for illegal voting in 2024.
Every case confirms what Republicans have warned for years: proof of citizenship and voter ID laws are essential. Democrats fought these reforms, labeling them “voter suppression,” yet noncitizen votes continue to slip through the cracks.
The SAVE Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship, passed the House twice but stalled in the Senate thanks to Democrats, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling it “Jim Crow style restrictions on voting.”
Comer and James now ask Bondi to examine whether states or local election officials resisted or ignored DOJ oversight on noncitizen voting. With at least 24 states and D.C. refusing to provide voter info, the list could be long.
Michigan’s jury pool cross-check exposed a systemic loophole: automatic voter registration allows noncitizens to slip in, vote, and remain undetected. Scale this across every swing state, and what Democrats dismiss as “rare” is actually a flaw built right into election infrastructure.
Noncitizen voting isn’t a theory. Michigan just proved it’s real, and Republicans are demanding accountability before the 2026 midterms.
