A 76-year-old Canadian citizen admitted Monday to illegally registering and casting votes in the 2016 primary and general elections, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced.
The Fullerton resident, as part of a negotiated deal with prosecutors, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of violating the state elections code and voter registration fraud. In return, a felony count of perjury was dismissed.
As part of the plea, the man agreed to remove himself from California’s voter registry. He was also ordered to serve one year of informal probation.
Prosecutors have described the man as a Canadian citizen and a legal permanent resident of the United States. The accusations that led to the criminal charges against him were first reported to the District Attorney’s Office’s election fraud hotline.
