Macomb Clerk Anthony Forlini flags ANOTHER 198 noncitizens reporting for jury duty so far in 2026 — including 18 registered to vote! https://t.co/72zzr1NcMz
— The Midwesterner (@Th_Midwesterner) May 13, 2026
Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini is finding so many noncitizens reporting for jury duty he created a page dedicated to tracking the problem on the county’s website.
In the first quarter of 2026 alone, the Republican candidate for Secretary of State flagged 198 non-US citizens who presented green cards or other documentation confirming they were not US citizens and therefore ineligible for jury service.
Eleven of those individuals were also registered voters at some point, including seven with “active” status in the state’s Qualified Voter File, though there’s no evidence any have cast illegal ballots.
That’s on top of 640 self-reported noncitizens who were summoned for jury duty in 2025, which included 18 who were registered to vote. Of those 18, four were removed from the state’s voter database, including one with a voting record, one was placed in “challenged” status, three were referred for removal, and 10 previously had their registrations canceled, including two with a voting record.
“It is unconscionable that this problem continues,” Forlini said in a statement Wednesday. “To bring greater transparency to this issue, our office will begin posting a running tally on our website so the public can remain informed, and legislators can better understand the scope of the problem and craft reform to prevent it from continuing.”
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