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  • Ohio woman accused of illegally voting as a noncitizen acquitted at trial

    05/21/2026 10:20:59 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 38 replies
    AP ^ | May 20, 2026 | JAKE ZUCKERMAN
    A U.S. citizen was found not guilty Tuesday of illegally voting in the 2018 election when she was a lawful permanent resident of the United States. A guilty verdict would have led to up to 18 months in prison for Maria Dearaujo, 63. But Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Chris Brown sided with the defense’s argument of entrapment. This generally entails a government actor leading a person into committing a crime they wouldn’t have otherwise committed. Brown, a Democrat, said Dearaujo’s trial testimony lines up with the documentary evidence. She admitted to “inconvenient” facts like having voted when she knew...