A federal grand jury in Wichita, Kansas, indicted Mariana Alexandra Dewey, a 24-year-old Peruvian national living in Wichita, on four charges arising from allegations that she voted in a federal election despite not being a U.S. citizen. Dewey was scheduled to make her initial appearance on Sept. 14 before a U.S. magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
The indictment charges Dewey with one count of false claim of citizenship, one count of false claim of U.S. citizenship to vote, one count of fraudulent election conduct, and one count of voting by an alien in a federal election. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas announced the case.
According to court documents, Dewey allegedly represented herself as a U.S. citizen in November 2024 when registering to vote in an election covering federal, state, and local offices. Prosecutors further accuse her of casting a ballot after falsely certifying that she was a U.S. citizen and eligible to vote.
The ballot included candidates for U.S. president, vice president, Senate, and House of Representatives. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations is investigating the case, with assistance from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.