20511(2)), and persons who are not United States citizens
(currently all states) (52 U.S.C. §§ 10307(c), 20511(2);
18 U.S.C. §§ 1015(f), 611).
• Knowingly making a false claim of United States
citizenship to register to vote or to vote in any election (18
U.S.C. § 1015(f)), or falsely and willfully claiming U.S.
citizenship for, inter alia, registering or voting in any
election (18 U.S.C. § 911).
• Providing false information concerning a person’s name,
address, or period of residence in a voting district to
establish that person’s eligibility to register or to vote in a
federal election (52 U.S.C. §§ 10307(c), 20511(2)).
• Causing the production of voter registrations that qualify
alleged voters to vote for federal candidates, or the
production of ballots in federal elections, that the actor
knows are materially defective under applicable state law
(52 U.S.C. § 20511(2)).
• Using the mails or interstate wire facilities to obtain the
salary and emoluments of an elected official through any
of the activities mentioned above (18 U.S.C. §§ 1341,
1343). Depending on the Circuit, this “salary theory” of
mail and wire fraud has potential as a prosecutive theory
that would extend federal criminal jurisdiction to election
fraud schemes, including those that occurred in non-federal
elections. 10
10
Compare United States v. Ratcliff, 488 F.3d 639, 647 (5th Cir. 2007)
(candidate lied to election ethics board about illegal campaign loans), United States
v. Turner, 459 F.3d 775, 784–90 (6th Cir. 2006) (defendant fraudulently concealed
illegal contributions and bribed voters to vote for candidate), Westchester Cnty.
Indep. Party v. Astorino, No. 13–CV–7737(KMK), 2015 WL 5883718, at *11–12
(S.D.N.Y. Oct. 8, 2015) (holding that “a person who has committed election fraud in
order to obtain the normal salary given to the person holding that elected office has
not committed money or property fraud, because the victim the government – has not
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