Here’s a Guide to Identifying Voting-Related Fraud
Type of Accusation
Registration fraud
Violations of the voter-registration process, typically
occurring when people are paid to get registrations; they
invent names to get paid more.
Vote buying
A candidate or campaign worker pays individuals money or
provides services in exchange for votes.
Absentee ballot fraud
Election fraud occurring when a corrupt campaign gains
control of voters’ absentee ballots and fills them out to
its candidate’s benefit.
Falsification of election counts
Election officials or others who have access to ballots,
falsify the count and election results.
Campaign fraud
Procedural violations of election laws involving matters
like campaign finance, qualifying for office, gathering
nominating petition signatures, etc.
Casting an ineligible vote
Individuals whose ballots are ineligible because they
aren’t registered, or are voting outside their home
precinct, or other reasons.
Felon casting an ineligible vote
Felons voting in states where they are ineligible.
Noncitizen casting ineligible
vote
Noncitizens who vote.
Double voting
Individuals who vote more than once in the same election,
often by absentee ballot and then in person.
Voter impersonation fraud
Individuals who vote in person on Election Day by
impersonating another registered voter.
Intimidation
Individuals, typically associated with a particular
campaign, coercing voters to cast ballots a certain
way.
Petition fraud
Similar to registration fraud, these cases typically
involve people paid to gather petition signatures who
instead make up names and forge signatures to be paid
more.
Other
Accusations that do not fall into any of the other
categories, such as making false statements on campaign
literature.
Unknown
Cases for which News21 did not receive adequate
information from state officials or news media accounts
to be able to categorize the type of accusation.
Type of accused
Voter
Ordinary individual.
Election official
Government worker who organizes elections and counts the
votes.
Campaign official
Political candidate or campaign worker, including
unofficial supporters such as relatives.
Third-party organization
Group that seeks to register voters or get signatures for
a cause, typically by hiring workers who are paid
according to the number of registrations or signatures
they get.
Unknown
Cases for which News21 did not receive sufficient
information from state officials or media to categorize
the type of accused.
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