Somerset County woman pleads guilty to illegally voting in 2024 presidential election
BRIDGWATER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Somerset County) — A Somerset County woman who is a Jamaican citizen pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the November 2024 general election despite not being a U.S. citizen, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced.
Gaye Tyndale-Simpson, 55, of Bridgewater Township, pleaded guilty to one count of voting by a noncitizen in a federal election before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh in Trenton federal court.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Tyndale-Simpson immigrated to the United States from Jamaica and has never been a U.S. citizen.
Federal prosecutors said Tyndale-Simpson voted in the November 2024 general election, which included the presidential election.
Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in elections for federal offices, including president, vice president and members of Congress.
The charge of voting by a noncitizen in a federal election carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a $100,000 fine.
Tyndale-Simpson is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 24, 2027, before Singh.
