New York Woman Charged with Illegal Voting Says She Recently Learned She Wasn’t a Citizen

Marva Cook, a 66-year-old Syracuse resident, was charged with voting by an alien after casting a ballot in the 2022 midterm elections, prosecutors say. Cook told investigators she had always believed she was a U.S. citizen until searching for her biological mother led her to discover a German birth certificate. Prosecutors say she held a green card at the time. The misdemeanor charge carries up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine if convicted. She could also face deportation