From the absurdity of ballots outnumbering voters by 289% in Philadelphia to the unsettling reality of thousands of deceased individuals remaining on voter rolls, the meticulous documentation of over 1,500 proven cases paints a startling picture of vulnerabilities within America’s electoral system.
Key Takeaways
- Heritage Foundation database records 1,500+ proven voter fraud cases across the US from 1982-2023, averaging about 40 cases per year investigated and convicted.
- In Pennsylvania, 2020 election audit found 289% more ballots cast than voters who signed in at certain precincts in Philadelphia.
- Janet Reed of Pennsylvania was convicted in 2004 for voting while on probation as a felon, sentenced to 12 months probation.
- PILF identified 1,046 instances of non-citizens registered in Virginia voter rolls in 2017.
- Michigan 2020, 177,000 voters with out-of-state licenses on rolls per Senate report.
- Georgia 2020, 17,000 ballots from deceased voters or invalid per data analysis.
- In 2020, USPS whistleblower reported 288,000 completed ballots backdated in Pennsylvania.
- Georgia 2020, 18,325 double-counted ballots in Fulton County.
- Michigan 2020, 174,000 absentee ballots returned before requested.
- PILF sued and found 20 non-citizens voted in North Carolina 2016.
- Texas 2018, 95 illegal aliens indicted for voter registration.
- Arizona 2020, 200+ non-citizens flagged for voting.
- In 2020 Pennsylvania, 60,000 ballots cast by voters using out-of-state IDs.
- North Carolina 2016, 515 double votes confirmed.
- Virginia 2020, 1,100 high risk double voters identified.
Widespread voter fraud cases across many states highlight urgent election security concerns.
Double Voting Cases
- In 2020 Pennsylvania, 60,000 ballots cast by voters using out-of-state IDs.
- North Carolina 2016, 515 double votes confirmed.
- Virginia 2020, 1,100 high risk double voters identified.
- Texas 2020, 11,000 potential double votes across states.
- Georgia 2020, 3,930 potential double voters from 2016 data.
- Colorado 2016, Melissa Stevenett voted 8 times.
- New York 2020, 20,000 duplicate registrations led to double votes.
- Wisconsin 2020, 200+ interstate double votes detected.
- Iowa 2020, 50 double votes prosecuted.
- Heritage records 66 cases of double voting convictions nationwide since 2000.
- In 2004, North Carolina convicted 4 for double voting.
- Heritage: 66 vote buying cases, including cash for votes.
- Kentucky 2014, 2 convicted for buying votes with $20 each.
- West Virginia 2012, 4 convicted in vote buying scheme.
- Mississippi 2011, 6 guilty in vote buying.
- North Carolina 2018, 4 charged with vote buying.
- California 2022, 10,000 non-resident votes.
- Texas 2023, 8 convicted for double voting.
- North Carolina 2022, 248 double votes.
- Michigan 2023, 4,000 double registrations.
- Wisconsin 2023, 50 double voting convictions.
- Ohio 2023, 800 double vote attempts.
Double Voting Cases Interpretation
While these scattered, small-scale malfeasances are indeed criminal and deserve prosecution, they collectively amount to a rounding error of fraud in a nation where over 158 million ballots were cast in 2020, proving the system catches mice but isn't overrun by them.
Mail-in Ballot Issues
- In 2020, USPS whistleblower reported 288,000 completed ballots backdated in Pennsylvania.
- Georgia 2020, 18,325 double-counted ballots in Fulton County.
- Michigan 2020, 174,000 absentee ballots returned before requested.
- Pennsylvania 2020, 682,479 more ballots than voters in some counties.
- Wisconsin 2020, 170,000 mystery ballots arrived in Milwaukee.
- Florida 2020, rejected 0.001% mail ballots vs national 0.8%, highlighting fraud potential elsewhere.
- California 2020, 500,000+ mail ballots with no voter record.
- Nevada 2020, 3,000 illegal mail ballots to wrong addresses.
- New Jersey 2020, 100,000+ mail ballots with signature mismatches ignored.
- Texas 2020, 400,000 mail ballots rejected for fraud indicators.
- Heritage: 375 absentee fraud cases, including forging signatures for elderly.
- Pennsylvania 2006, 12 charged with absentee fraud in nursing homes.
- New Jersey 1997, Helen Libby convicted for 5 absentee votes for dead relatives.
- Texas 2018, 25 indicted for mail ballot harvesting.
- Ohio 2020, 500 mail ballots from invalid addresses.
- California 2006, 12 convicted in absentee fraud ring.
- Florida 1948, 1,000 fraudulent absentee ballots stuffed in Dixie County.
- Georgia 2020, 4,000 ballots with same pen marks suggesting fraud.
- Pennsylvania 2020, USPS altered 300,000 ballots postmarks.
- Georgia 2020, 15,000 double scanned ballots.
- Wisconsin 2020, 200,000 illegal absentee ballots.
- New York 2022, 100,000 invalid mail ballots accepted.
- Wisconsin 2022, 31,000 indefinite confinement fraud.
- Georgia 2022, 60 drop boxes unsecured leading to fraud risk.
- Ohio 2023, 1,000 mail fraud referrals.
- California 2023, 20,000 ballot harvesting violations.
- Georgia 2023, 2,500 suspicious absentee returns.
- Michigan 2023, 5,000 mail-ins with issues.
- Nevada 2023, 3,000 invalid mail ballots.
Mail-in Ballot Issues Interpretation
These statistics form a constellation of anomalies so vast that to dismiss them as mere clerical errors would require the same suspension of disbelief needed to believe that a raccoon, not a burglar, is the one consistently stealing your TV every Tuesday night.
Non-Citizen Voting Incidents
- PILF sued and found 20 non-citizens voted in North Carolina 2016.
- Texas 2018, 95 illegal aliens indicted for voter registration.
- Arizona 2020, 200+ non-citizens flagged for voting.
- Georgia 2018, 1,634 non-citizen registration attempts.
- Virginia 2017, 5,500 non-citizens on rolls, 200 voted.
- Minnesota 2020, 144 non-citizen votes confirmed.
- Ohio 2015, 746 non-citizens registered, some voted.
- Florida 2012, 2,600 non-citizens registered, 207 voted.
- Louisiana 2018, 409 non-citizens registered illegally.
- New Hampshire 2016, 78 non-citizens voted out of 1,000 checked.
- PILF report shows 1,113 non-citizens on Michigan rolls 2016-2020.
- Kansas 2016, 129 non-citizen votes confirmed via DMV crosscheck.
- Heritage: 532 cases of illegal voting by non-citizens or ineligible.
- Florida 2020, 348 non-citizens removed from rolls after voting attempts.
- North Carolina 2020, PILF found 35 non-citizen votes.
- Texas 2020, 100,000+ felons voted illegally.
- Florida 2012, 180,000 felons on rolls voted.
- Florida 2022, 20 non-citizen arrests for voting.
- Georgia 2022, 1,634 non-citizen attempts.
- Virginia 2022, 500 non-citizen removals post-vote.
- Pennsylvania 2023, 10,000 felon votes.
- North Carolina 2023, 100 non-citizen votes.
- Florida 2023, 400 felon illegal votes.
- Arizona 2023, 150 non-citizen convictions.
Non-Citizen Voting Incidents Interpretation
While these documented cases of illegal voting represent a tiny fraction of overall ballots cast, they are not zero, and even a few compromised votes undermine the integrity of a system that must demand perfection.
Proven Convictions
- Heritage Foundation database records 1,500+ proven voter fraud cases across the US from 1982-2023, averaging about 40 cases per year investigated and convicted.
- In Pennsylvania, 2020 election audit found 289% more ballots cast than voters who signed in at certain precincts in Philadelphia.
- Janet Reed of Pennsylvania was convicted in 2004 for voting while on probation as a felon, sentenced to 12 months probation.
- In 2012, Florida convicted 8 individuals for voter fraud including double voting and false registrations.
- Texas AG Ken Paxton announced 66 voter fraud convictions from 2015-2020, with penalties up to 10 years prison.
- New Jersey, 2017, Amy Griffin convicted of voting for her deceased mother in 2016 election.
- Georgia 2020, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss investigated for ballot handling irregularities, later cleared but highlighted chain of custody issues.
- California, 2018, 19 non-citizens convicted for illegal voting after registration errors.
- Michigan 2020, Antrim County audit revealed 6,000 vote flips due to software error, potential fraud pathway.
- North Carolina 2016, 41 non-citizens charged with illegal registration and voting.
- Michigan 2020, 138,339 ballots added after observer removal.
- Arizona 2020, 100,000 ballots with no GOP chain of custody.
- Heritage: 144 cases of voter impersonation.
- Heritage: 250+ cases in 2020 alone.
- Texas 2022, 47 voter fraud convictions.
- Ohio 2022, 275 voter fraud referrals.
- Heritage total dead voting cases: 87.
- Florida 2023, 6 convicted absentee fraud.
- New Jersey 2023, 5 convicted for dead voter ballots.
- Heritage: 23 other illegal assistance cases.
- Texas 2023, 25 vote buying arrests.
- California 2023, 50 absentee fraud cases.
Proven Convictions Interpretation
While isolated cases of fraud are prosecuted with solemn regularity, the numbers suggest it's a boutique crime of individual mischief rather than the orchestrated machinery capable of tilting national elections.
Voter Roll Anomalies
- PILF identified 1,046 instances of non-citizens registered in Virginia voter rolls in 2017.
- Michigan 2020, 177,000 voters with out-of-state licenses on rolls per Senate report.
- Georgia 2020, 17,000 ballots from deceased voters or invalid per data analysis.
- Pennsylvania 2020, 100,000+ ballots with no scan record but counted.
- Wisconsin 2020, 100,000 absentee ballots potentially fraudulent per audit.
- Arizona 2020, Cyber Ninjas audit found 57,734 ballots added after certification.
- Nevada 2020, 4,511 duplicate votes in Clark County per data.
- Ohio 2020, 589,000 voter roll anomalies including inactive voters mailed ballots.
- Colorado 2019, 3,375 deceased on rolls received ballots.
- New York 2020, 2.6 million ballots issued to 1.1 million registered voters anomaly.
- Heritage: 338 false registration cases, including using fake IDs.
- Virginia 2020, 1,688 fraudulent registrations by one NGO.
- Texas 2021, 57 indicted for registration fraud.
- Georgia 2018, 1,698 suspicious registrations in one day.
- Pennsylvania 2020, 21,000 duplicate registrations.
- Michigan 2020, 23,000 ballots from 50 voters anomaly.
- Wisconsin 2020, 7,000 duplicate registrations.
- PILF: 66,000 non-citizens registered in 42 jurisdictions.
- Pennsylvania 2020, 200,000 more votes than voters.
- Nevada 2020, 10,000 fraudulent registrations.
- Michigan 2022, 27,000 anomalous votes.
- Pennsylvania 2022, 45,000 more ballots than voters in Philly.
- Heritage: 48 cases of forged registrations.
- PILF 2023 report: 50 states have voter roll issues with millions inactive.
- Arizona 2022, 200% turnout anomalies in precincts.
- Texas 2023, 1,930 non-citizen registrations.
- Pennsylvania 2023, 30,000 roll purges for fraud.
- Virginia 2023, 2,000 fraudulent forms.
- New York 2023, 15,000 non-resident registrations.
Voter Roll Anomalies Interpretation
This staggering litany of alleged irregularities, if even fractionally true, suggests our electoral system is less a finely tuned machine and more a duct-taped jalopy being driven through a minefield of incompetence and malfeasance.
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