Summary
A Chinese national, Haoxiang Gao, charged with illegal voting at the University of Michigan, has fled the U.S. after admitting to casting a ballot in the 2024 general election. Gao was ordered to surrender his passport but managed to board a flight to Shanghai on January 19 using his Chinese passport. He faces federal charges for fleeing prosecution, though extradition from China is unlikely, and his case highlights the rarity of noncitizen voting in federal elections, with only 30 suspected instances reported out of over 23 million votes cast.
