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Three Arrested for Illegal Voting in Arkansas Primaries
10/4/2025
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- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced the arrest of three noncitizens for illegally voting in 2024.
- Cecilia Castellanos, 59, Cuban national with a 1999 removal order, and Chi Baum, 59, Nigerian national, face perjury and election-law violations.
- Zlata Risley, 50, a lawful permanent resident from Kazakhstan, is charged with illegally voting in the Republican primary.
