Michigan Poll Worker Directs O’Keefe Undercover Reporter in Arabic to Vote for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed (VIDEO)

The O’Keefe Media Group released undercover video appearing to show a Dearborn, Michigan, poll worker instructing an OMG journalist in Arabic to vote for Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. This alleged act of electioneering is against Michigan law, which prohibits attempts to persuade voters within or near polling places. The video also suggests the poll worker told a non-citizen reporter they could vote in the U.S. Senate race, which is a violation of federal law.

• O’Keefe Media Group released undercover video from Dearborn, Michigan.
• The video appears to show a poll worker directing an OMG journalist in Arabic to vote for Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
• Electioneering is illegal under Michigan Compiled Laws § 168.744, prohibiting persuasion of voters within 100 feet of a polling place.
• The poll worker reportedly told the undercover journalist, ‘You know there is someone [El-Sayed] you must vote for.’
• The video also suggests the poll worker told a non-citizen reporter they could vote in the U.S. Senate race, but not for president.
• Voting by non-citizens in federal elections is prohibited under 18 U.S.C. § 611, with narrow exceptions.