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A Hancock County jury acquitted a man charged with illegally voting in a 2022 election.

The verdict is the first acquittal in a series of noncitizen voting prosecutions by Iowa's attorney general.

Another man was convicted in a separate noncitizen voting case and is awaiting sentencing.

A Hancock County jury has acquitted a man charged with illegally voting in a 2022 election, marking the first of Attorney General Brenna Bird’s noncitizen voting prosecutions to end in a not guilty verdict.

Jurors found Roque Ramirez Vasquez not guilty of first-degree election misconduct on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The verdict cleared the 75-year-old Britt resident of allegations that he cast a ballot in the June 2022 primary despite being a lawful permanent resident, not a U.S. citiz

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