Republican Election Fraud Scandals - Extremists Have to Cheat to Win

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Displaying 19 Scandals
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  • Michelle MorrowMichelle MorrowFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
       
    Voter Fraud
    11/22/24
    Ran for local office and illegally voted in a district she didn't reside in by fraudulently attesting that she lived there
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Austin SmithAustin SmithState Representative [R-AZ]
       
    Election Fraud, "Tough on Crime" Hypocrisy
    4/18/24
    Forged "rows" of voter names, addresses and signatures on petitions he filed to qualify for the 2024 Republican primary in Arizona while also championing himself as an "election integrity warrior" who routinely espoused voter fraud conspiracy theories
    According to an exclusive report by The Arizona Republic
  • Brian PritchardBrian PritchardGeorgia GOP Vice-President
       
    Voter Fraud, Hypocrisy Scandal
    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
       
    Voter Fraud
    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
  • Shawn WilmothShawn WilmothGOP Election Consultant
       
    Election Fraud
    6/22/23
    Forged thousands of fake signatures over hundreds of petitions his third-party company conducted that the State AG charged were full of “obvious fraud” and done in such a “sophomoric” way that he misspelled people's names and cities and had signatures of people who were dead or had moved and then submitted them to candidates who contracted his services and proceeded to inadvertently submit the fraudulent petition signatures to election officials
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Kim Phuong TaylorKim Phuong TaylorWife [R]
       
    Voter Fraud
    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
    Facebook iconTwitter iconInstagram icon43k96.9% Voted with Trump
    Voter Fraud
    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
    Facebook iconTwitter icon3kMAGA Enthusiast
    Voter Fraud
    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]
       
    Voter Fraud
    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
       
    Voter Fraud, Illegal False Statements
    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
       
    Voter Fraud
    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
       
    Voter Fraud
    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
    Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram icon1.1mLauded by Trump
    Voter Fraud
    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]
       
    Voter Fraud
    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
    95.3% Voted with Trump  
    Voter Fraud
    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
       
    Voter Fraud
    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
  • Russ CaseyRuss CaseyFmr. Justice of the Peace
       
    Election Fraud
    1/11/18
    Forged more than 100 signatures on a candidate petition to ensure he could get on the ballot for the 2018 Republican primary
    He pled guilty to tampering with govenment records and was sentenced to five years of probation
  • Don LeemanFmr. State Rep. Candidate
       
    Witness Tampering, Bribery, Voter Fraud
    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
       
    Voter Fraud
    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

Principled politicians who believe in democracy and America don't cheat at elections. That's why so many election fraud scandals are committed by modern day Republicans who propagate extremism and conspiracy theories. And of course, to try to cover up their nefarious behavior, a large percentage of Republicans promote and actually believe election fraud conspiracy theories such as that the 2020 election was stolen.

Here are some actual real election fraud scandals committed by Republicans.