Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced charges against a Canadian citizen for allegedly “voting illegally for two decades.”

“Last year, we signed an historic agreement with the Trump admin for SAVE database access to stop non-citizens from voting, and we just arrested a Canadian who’s been voting illegally for two decades,” Uthmeier said.

“Now a Biden-appointed activist judge is trying to take this vital tool away,” he added.

In a video announcement, Uthmeier said the judge “overstepped her authority and blocked access to the SAVE database.”

“Her activist ruling makes it harder to verify citizenship and slows our ability to hold aliens accountable for stealing votes in Florida elections,” Uthmeier said.

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“But no, we will not back down. And we are currently fighting her unlawful order in court, to protect the integrity of every American ballot,” he added.

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“We prosecute and put people in jail for election fraud in Florida,” Uthmeier added.

Florida Politics has more:

Investigators say the 66-year-old Mucelli is a Canadian citizen and swore under oath that he was a U.S. citizen when he registered to vote in Melbourne. He’s accused of casting illegal votes in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2020, 2022 and 2024.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security records confirmed he was a permanent resident of Melbourne and renewed that status in April 2023. But he does not have U.S. citizen status.

In January, an investigation by the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections Office found Mucelli was not eligible to vote on the Space Coast based on information in its database. He was confronted by elections officials and denied that he had voted in elections in Florida.

But during a follow-up interview, Mucelli allegedly admitted he voted in multiple elections this century. He also acknowledged lying to elections officials, according to the officials. He also admitted he knew he wasn’t eligible to vote but claimed it was the “right thing to do,” Uthmeier said Thursday.

The charges are third-degree felonies. If he’s convicted, he could be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in prison.

“Florida will not allow non-citizens to steal the vote of Americans at the ballot box,” Uthmeier said.

“This individual knowingly registered and voted while ineligible, lied about it when confronted, and undermined the integrity of our elections. Thanks to the outstanding investigative work of FDLE’s Election Crime Unit and our Statewide Prosecutors, he is being held accountable,” he added.

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The database where state investigators detected Mucelli’s legal status came from the DHS’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system. The SAVE database was originally designed to help government agencies verify immigration status for eligibility purposes, such as access to public benefits. It has been modified to allow state and local officials to do voter citizenship checks.

In 2025, President Trump signed an executive order requiring DHS to allow states access to verify the legal status of voters on their rolls. In response, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services made changes to the SAVE database, including adding Social Security records and allowing states to conduct bulk searches. The League of Women Voters sued after that action last fall, alleging violation of federal law.

Meanwhile Florida, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio reached an agreement last year with DHS to use the SAVE database system to remove voters from registration rolls. In June, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, D.C., blocked DHS from using its database for the rest of the country, writing that the system violated federal privacy laws.

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