TYPES OF CASES –
CRIMINAL CONVICTION: Any case that results in a defendant entering a plea of guilty or no contest, or being found guilty in court of election-related offenses.
CIVIL PENALTY: Any civil case resulting in fines or other penalties imposed for a violation of election laws.
DIVERSION PROGRAM: Any criminal case in which a judge directs a defendant into a pre-trial diversion program, or stays or defers adjudication with the understanding that the conviction will be cleared upon completion of the program.
JUDICIAL FINDING: A finding by a court of law that fraud occurred in an election, including judicial orders overturning election results or ordering a new election due to fraud.
OFFICIAL FINDING: A finding by a government body that fraud occurred in an election, including orders overturning election results or ordering a new election due to fraud…
TYPES OF VOTER FRAUD –
IMPERSONATION FRAUD AT THE POLLS: Voting in the name of other legitimate voters and voters who have died, moved away, or lost their right to vote because they are felons, but remain registered.
FALSE REGISTRATIONS: Voting under fraudulent voter registrations that either use a phony name and a real or fake address or claim residence in a particular jurisdiction where the registered voter does not actually live and is not entitled to vote.
DUPLICATE VOTING: Registering in multiple locations and voting in the same election in more than one jurisdiction or state.
FRAUDULENT USE OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS: Requesting absentee ballots and voting without the knowledge of the actual voter; or obtaining the absentee ballot from a voter and either filling it in directly and forging the voter’s signature or illegally telling the voter who to vote for.
BUYING VOTES: Paying voters to cast either an in-person or absentee ballot for a particular candidate.
ILLEGAL “ASSISTANCE” AT THE POLLS: Forcing or intimidating voters—particularly the elderly, disabled, illiterate, and those for whom English is a second language—to vote for particular candidates while supposedly providing them with “assistance.”
INELIGIBLE VOTING: Illegal registration and voting by individuals who are not U.S. citizens, are convicted felons, or are otherwise not eligible to vote.
ALTERING THE VOTE COUNT: Changing the actual vote count either in a precinct or at the central location where votes are counted.
BALLOT PETITION FRAUD: Forging the signatures of registered voters on the ballot petitions that must be filed with election officials in some states for a candidate or issue to be listed on the official ballot…
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