A 31-year-old man has been charged with three felony counts related to allegations that he illegally registered to vote and cast a ballot in a California election, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced Monday.
The charges come amid a broader U.S. Department of Justice election-fraud enforcement effort called Operation Protect the Vote.
“This is the first case that my office has filed since we received the list of registrants from our federal partners, and we are close to making filing decisions in 16 other similar cases,” Dow said in a press conference Monday.
John Ruel S. Ambos is being accused of claiming to be a U.S. citizen on his voter registration form, illegally registering to vote in August 2016 and casting a ballot in California’s gubernatorial recall election in September 2021.
He has been charged with voter registration fraud, perjury and…
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