President-elect Donald Trump has often and repeatedly warned about the risks of voter fraud and how it undermines public trust in election integrity, only for those warnings to be dismissed by Democrats and media pundits who insist fraud never occurs.

Yet, despite those denials, prosecutors in Pennsylvania's Delaware County just announced that two individuals have been criminally charged with fraud related to the 2024 election, local ABC affiliate WPVI reported.

An elderly man was charged with voting twice, once in Pennsylvania as well as in Florida, while a young voting rights activist was charged with fraudulently registering dead and fictitious people to vote.

Voter fraud charges unveiled

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced on Thursday that 40 criminal counts, including four felony charges, were filed against Jennifer Hill, 38, who worked as a paid canvasser for a Democrat-aligned voting rights advocacy group known as the New Pennsylvania Project.

Hill is alleged to have submitted more than 300 voter registration forms through a state app, nearly half of which were rejected by election officials and which included at least three deceased individuals and at least one entirely fictitious person.

Prosecutors were quick to point out that no fraudulent ballots were cast in connection to Hill's fraudulent registration forms -- at least, none that they are aware of at this time.

The DA also announced a single misdemeanor charge against Philip Moss, 84, who is alleged to have voted in person in Florida but also submitted a mail-in ballot in Delaware County.

Registering dead and fictitious people to vote

Local NBC affiliate WCAU reported that Hill faces a plethora of criminal charges that include forgery, tampering with public records, and other election fraud-related offenses.

Of the 310 voter registration forms Hill submitted between April and September, 129 were rejected, and an investigation was launched after officials noticed that many of the submitted forms contained variations of the same name with slightly different addresses and email accounts. Investigators soon also realized that Hill had attempted to register at least four dead people, including her father and grandmother and a man who died in her home more than a decade earlier.

"She did register a fraudulent person and my understanding is this is sort of a gap in the system where by putting in no date of birth and no social security number, it goes through and became a verified voter registration," DA Stollsteimer said. "She did not take any further step. That fictitious person did not vote in the 2024 election. But that shows you how we still have gaps in our system that we need to have the legislature address."

"We don’t know from the other 129 that were non-verifiable, how many of those were made up names. The Pennsylvania Department of State, I believe, needs to take a look at all of the ones that were submitted by this individual and frankly, I think they should look at all of the ones that were submitted by this organization," the prosecutor added. "It could be just one bad canvasser, but they should take a look and make sure that all of those people are legitimate registrations."

Voting rights group distances itself from arrested member

WCAU reported that the New Pennsylvania Project, when contacted for comment about the charges against its paid canvasser, revealed that the group had been informed earlier this year by state authorities "about potential issues regarding attempted voter registration by one of our former canvassers working in Delaware County."

"Immediately upon being notified of the potential issues, we suspended the staff member pending investigation. An internal investigation was launched, and the organization paused our voter registration programs in several regions pending the outcome of our investigation," the group added.

The outlet noted that Hill, who was arrested and arraigned on Thursday, remained in custody at the Delaware County Prison after she was unable to post a bond. It is unclear if she has an attorney, and the prosecutor implied the possibility of more criminal charges against her given that the investigation into her fraudulent voter registration activities was still ongoing.