A Nigerian national living in Lynn faces a federal charge after authorities say she illegally voted in two elections.
Federal authorities arrested Gladys Adaeze Okafor, 56, on Wednesday.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts charged her with unlawful voting by an alien.
Prosecutors say Okafor voted in the November 2022 midterm election and the March 2024 presidential primary.
Okafor isn't a U.S. citizen. She's a Nigerian citizen who became a lawful permanent resident in December 2022.
She hasn't ever applied for American citizenship.
Okafor first submitted a voter registration form to Lynn election officials in July 2022. The form included a certification saying the person signing it was an American citizen.
Okafor allegedly signed that certification, and the city registered her to vote.
She then voted in the November 2022 midterm election.
In October 2023, she submitted another voter registration form. On it, she allegedly checked "Yes" when the form asked whether she was a United States citizen.
Lynn approved her again, and she voted in the March 2024 presidential primary.
A Homeland Security Investigations special agent interviewed Okafor on Sept. 10, 2026...