A foreign national in Michigan has been charged with voting illegally - but his vote will still be counted.

The ridiculous situation vindicates Donald Trump's complaints about the "Third World" state of America's elections and the susceptibility to fraud.

Voter fraud caught

The man who voted illegally is a 19-year-old student from China at the University of Michigan. The suspect signed a sworn document attesting that he has U.S. citizenship, but that was false.

The man caught the attention of authorities when he called the local clerk to get his ballot back.

Even though his vote was illegal, it will still count. Ballots cannot be retrieved - this is by design, to protect the privacy of voters.

The state's Democratic top election official, Jocelyn Benson, downplayed the incident as an "extremely isolated and rare event." She applauded police for their "swift action" in the case.

“Anyone who attempts to vote illegally faces significant consequences, including but not limited to arrest and prosecution,” Benson said.

Democrat official shrugs...

Unfortunately, police intervention won't stop the ballot from counting - not that Democrats seem to care.

This was a "front-end" problem - Michigan failed to prevent the fraud before it happened. Michigan does not require voter ID - just a sworn affidavit claiming citizenship. That loophole is what allowed the suspect in this case to vote illegally.

“Democrats are responsible for letting this Chinese national illegally cast a ballot in our elections,” Matt Hall, House Republican leader in the Legislature, told the New York Post.

“Michigan Democrats have ripped away crucial election security measures over my objections.....only U.S. citizens should vote in American elections, but because of Democrats, this foreign national was able to just sign a form and vote without providing proof of citizenship.”

Democrats wage war on elections

The Chinese national was charged with perjury for allegedly making a false statement on an affidavit for the purpose of securing voter registration and being an unauthorized elector who attempted to vote.

Trump's critics have long said that concerns about voter fraud are overblown, despite the lack of reliable safeguards, like voter ID, in many states.

Democrats in Congress have rejected GOP legislation that would stop non-citizens from voting.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court this week ruled in Virginia's favor in a legal battle with the Justice Department, which is fighting to keep non-citizens on the voter rolls.