MAGA Influencer and ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracist Voted in Swing State Pennsylvania But Might Be Living in Maryland

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MAGA influencer Jack Posobiec has been voting in swing state Pennsylvania but his true legal residence may be elsewhere, according to a report by Slate about the “long paper trail” tying him to Maryland.

Posobiec has been in the spotlight for years for his far right politics and for amplifying the false “Pizzagate” claims and other conspiracy theories. Recently, he’s become more outspoken about voter fraud issues, speaking at Republican events and pushing conspiracy theories accusing Democrats in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania of fraud that led to the RNC filing a lawsuit it later withdrew after the judge assessed the complaint as having “failed to produce any evidence that Montgomery County has violated any federal or state law … [or] that the testing procedures employed by Montgomery County are unlawful or inaccurate.”

The incentive for wanting to vote in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state, is clear over the deep-blue Maryland with few races where a Republican has a chance.

Posobiec, 40, grew up in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Voting records show he voted in Pennsylvania elections from 2004 through the November 2024 elections, in person and by mail, Slate reported, voting with overseas ballots through 2016. After he resigned from the Navy Reserve in 2017, ” he remained in Maryland while becoming a full-time influencer and political activist with groups such as Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA,” the article continued.

Posobiec then voted in Pennsylvania in 2018, 2022, and 2024 listing his parents’ home address in Montgomery County, the Slate report found in his voter records obtained with a public records request.

However, Slate noted, “the evidence is extremely strong that he doesn’t” live in Pennsylvania any more, and instead “has lived in Maryland for almost a decade.”

Among the proof cited by Slate are 1) Posobiec listing a Maryland apartment for his address in his 2017 divorce complaint from his first wife, 2) photos that both Posobiec and his current wife Tanya Posobiec “have posted on their personal social media accounts photos of the suburban Maryland home they appear to have resided in since 2018.”

“Tanya often calls the house ‘home’—at least five times, according to our review—and shows many milestones of family life there. She also lists her location as the District of Columbia on Facebook and enrolls in family crafts and lessons in the area, according to her social media posts,” Slate reported.

Tanya Posobiec “registered to vote at their Maryland address on Election Day 2020,” but her husband “voted that year in person in Pennsylvania.”

“Perhaps most damningly,” the report continued, Posobiec listed the address for that Maryland home that’s featured in his and his wife’s social media “more than a dozen times” for his political contributions in 2024. Mediaite independently checked the Federal Election Commission’s online records and there is a “John Posobiec” who lists as his profession “EDITOR” at “HUMAN EVENTS,” made that number of donations to President Donald Trump’s campaign committee, PAC, and other GOP committees — and lists an address in Hanover, Maryland.

Posobiec madę those donations, with his address listed as Maryland, two weeks after he posted a tweet showing a Pennsylvania ballot and a photo of him giving a thumbs up gesture at a voting booth. The caption read, “SECURED THE BAG. Just stopped by the county voting board and did the deed—easy and even open on Sunday! Vote Early, Pennsylvania!” Voting records reviewed by Slate confirm he voted by hand-delivering his mail ballot on the day of his tweet.

The conflicting details of Posobiec’s residence situation raised eyebrows for an election law expert the Slate reporters interviewed:

Determining legal residency for voting takes multiple factors into account, but Posobiec’s situation appears problematic, according to Pennsylvania election law expert and attorney Adam Bonin. “Your legal residence is where your life is rooted, the place you come back to,” he explained. “Usually, where your spouse lives is where you are presumed to live, but we look at the totality of the circumstances,” adding that other evidence, like where someone pays taxes, whether they have a full-time job nearby, and whether their home is intended to be permanent, all comes into play. “You only have one residence for voting, and you can’t choose where you vote based on convenience or politics,” Bonin said.

(College students and members of the military are two exceptions and are allowed to vote in the place of their most recent legal residency, Bonin noted, as those two groups’ situations are considered temporary.)