Voter Fraud Scandals

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Displaying 15 Scandals
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  • Brian PritchardBrian PritchardGeorgia GOP Vice-President
       
    3/28/24
    Illegally voted in nine elections between 2008 and 2011 while he was on probation for a prior felony conviction and ineligible to vote in Georgia while also having hypocritically spread baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and was later fined $5,000 and given a public reprimand by the judge overseeing his case
    According to an investigative report by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • David ColeDavid ColeFmr. State Representative
       
    10/10/23
    Fraudulently claimed a 5-by-5-foot closet-sized space he rented for $5 a month was his official residence in order to run for office in a district he didn't actually live in
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Kim Phuong TaylorKim Phuong TaylorWife [R]
       
    1/12/23
    Illegally submitted dozens of phony voter registrations, absentee ballot requests and absentee ballots from members of the Vietnamese community in her district in the 2020 Iowa Republican primary in an attempt to help her husband Jeremy Taylor's campaign for the US House
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Drew FergusonDrew FergusonU.S. Representative [R-GA]Facebook iconTwitter iconInstagram icon43k
    12/21/22
    Voted using his former invalid address instead of the one he actually lived at in a different county 60 miles away in the 2022 primary, general and U.S. Senate runoff elections
    According to an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • John WahlJohn WahlAlabama GOP ChairFacebook iconTwitter icon3k
    10/03/22
    Used an illegal ID card he made that implied he was a state employee to vote in multiple elections
    According to investigative report by AL.com
  • Jason SchofieldJason SchofieldCommissioner [R-NY]
       
    9/13/22
    Filled out and submitted eight absentee ballots for unwitting voters without their knowledge or consent by taking advantage of his position on a local elections board to access their voter information
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Paul ManniPaul ManniFmr. City Council Nominee
       
    8/09/22
    Forged signatures on at least nine absentee voter applications for people who were unaware he was submitting the request and lied to the county clerk by attesting he had permission to deliver the applications
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Kimberly McPhersonKimberly McPhersonFmr. City Council Member
       
    6/08/22
    Cast three ballots in other people's names in a general election and in one other person's name in a primary election held in 2021
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Brian YoungBrian YoungFmr. City Council Member
       
    4/06/22
    Illegally voted in multiple elections and even represented a district he didn't actually live in after using his parents address as his own on his voter registration
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Mark MeadowsMark MeadowsFmr. Trump Chief of StaffTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram icon1.1m
    3/06/22
    Registered to vote from NC mobile home he never visited in violation of state law that says it's illegal to vote from an address where you are not a legal resident
    According to an investigative report by The New Yorker
  • Frederick GattusoFrederick GattusoFmr. Mayor Nominee [R-NJ]
       
    7/29/21
    Voted twice using two different but similar sounding names in the 2020 election
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Steve WatkinsSteve WatkinsFmr. U.S. Representative95.3% Voted with Trump
    7/14/20
    Illegally used a local UPS store as his legal address for voting purposes in violation of state election law
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Gabrielle LeDouxGabrielle LeDouxFmr. State Representative
       
    3/13/20
    Asked people who no longer lived in her home district to break the law and vote there anyway in two different elections, one of which she only won by 117 votes
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Don LeemanFmr. State Rep. Candidate
       
    5/03/17
    Voted in a district he no longer resided in and later unsuccessfully tried to bribe a local Housing Authority employee into falsifying a letter to election officials that attested he had only temporarily moved out of the district in exchange for a donation to the county Housing Authority
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Shawn WilmothShawn WilmothGOP Election Consultant
       
    5/05/11
    Paid two felons who weren't legally eligible to vote $2 per signature to fraudulently sign off on petitions for a local ballot proposal he supported
    According to charging documents filed by state officials