A Maryland resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraudulently submitting a voter registration application in New Mexico, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico announced on Monday, Oct. 26.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

According to court documents, Robert Glenn Johnson, 63, of Annapolis, Maryland, allegedly submitted a voter registration application in September 2022 to the Bernalillo County Clerk's Office Bureau of Elections in Albuquerque falsely claiming to be a New Mexico resident. ABQ Raw, reporting the same federal announcement in Albuquerque, carried the same court-document account and the statements from prosecutors and the FBI.

Source: ABQ Raw

Johnson was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, Oct. 26, and made his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He was released on bond pending further proceedings in the District of New Mexico, prosecutors said.

"New Mexico's elections are for New Mexico voters, and we intend to keep it that way," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison. "Residency isn't a matter of convenience when it comes to voting. We are aggressively investigating election fraud and prosecuting those who seek to undermine the integrity of our elections." Justin A. Garris, special agent in charge of the FBI's Albuquerque Division, said, "If you commit a crime in New Mexico, justice will find you."

The FBI's Albuquerque Field Office investigated the case, and federal prosecutors commended the Bernalillo County Clerk's Office Bureau of Elections for assisting. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sean J. Sullivan and Emil J. Kiehne are prosecuting. The case is a residency allegation against a U.S. citizen, separate from the Justice Department's wider election-crime charges against noncitizens announced the same day. An indictment is merely an allegation, and Johnson is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.