New Hampshire authorities have charged a non-U.S. citizen with voting in three separate elections, a direct violation of both state and federal election laws. Attorney General John Formella’s office announced that Naseef Bryan, 34, now faces three felony counts of wrongful voting.
According to prosecutors, Bryan illegally voted in the Manchester City Election on November 7, 2023, the New Hampshire Presidential Primary on January 23, 2024, and the General Election on November 5, 2024. The charges allege that Bryan was not a U.S. citizen during any of those votes and was therefore ineligible to participate. He is expected to appear in court this August.
Formella’s office clarified that the charges are accusations and that Bryan remains presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The case highlights ongoing concerns about election integrity in New Hampshire. Former President Donald Trump has long criticized the state’s election system, especially following the 2016 election, when he claimed that voters were bused in from Massachusetts to cast illegal ballots. Although those claims were dismissed by former Secretary of State Bill Gardner, a Democrat, Trump’s concerns about voter fraud remained a central theme in the 2020 election.
A 2022 report by the Special Committee on Voter Confidence stated that voter fraud in New Hampshire is rare and isolated. However, the state has taken steps to reinforce election security. In 2023, Republican Governor Chris Sununu signed into law a bill requiring all voters to show identification and new voters to provide documented proof of U.S. citizenship before registration.
The Bryan case marks a serious test of those election safeguards. Despite state assurances of voter system reliability, this incident demonstrates that illegal voting remains a concern and that enforcement mechanisms must stay vigilant to protect electoral integrity.
