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1. www.findlaw.com › voting › how-u-s--elections-workWhat Is Electoral and Voter Fraud? - FindLaw

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   Apr 23, 2024 · Electoral fraud or election fraud is illegal interference with the election process. Examples of electoral fraud can include: Illegal discarding of voter registration cards.

2. ballotpedia.org › Electoral_fraudElectoral fraud - Ballotpedia

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   The following list provides examples of different types of alleged electoral fraud: 1. Ballot stuffing: Casting illegal votes or submitting more than one ballot per voter. 2. Votes cast in the names of deceased people: The name of a deceased person remains on a state's official list of registered voters and a living person fraudulently casts a ball...

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   Various studies, reports, and investigations have yielded different conclusions regarding the frequency of electoral fraud. Below is a sampling.

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   The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Voter fraud.These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

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   What are the different types of electoral fraud?

   • Electoral fraud can take different forms—including in-person voter fraud, fraudulent activity involving absentee or mail ballots, and voter suppression—and can occur at different points of the election process, from registration to the tallying of ballots. There is debate surrounding the extent to which various types of electoral fraud occur.

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   What is electoral fraud under law?

   • What defines electoral fraud under law varies from country to country. Many kinds of election fraud are outlawed in specific electoral laws. Other kinds violate general laws, such as those banning assault, harassment or libel. Technically, the term "electoral fraud" covers only acts that are illegal.

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   How does electoral fraud affect democracy?

   • In national elections, successful electoral fraud can have the effect of a coup d'état or corruption of democracy. In a narrow election, a small amount of fraud may be enough to change the result. Even if the outcome is not affected, fraud can still have a damaging effect if not punished. For example, it can reduce voters' confidence in democracy.

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   How does fraud affect vote counts?

   • Acts of fraud affect vote counts to bring about an election result. That can be by increasing the vote share of one candidate or by lowering the vote count of another. It can also be a person casting more than one vote if only one vote is permitted, which is called ballot-box stuffing.

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   Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share of rival candidates, or both.

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   Electoral fraud, or vote rigging, is any alteration or change of the vote count in an election. Acts of fraud affect vote counts to bring about an election result. That can be by increasing the vote share of one candidate or by lowering the vote count of another.

6. www.criminaldefenselawyer.com › resources › what-isVoter Fraud and Election Fraud Explained ...

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   Sep 20, 2022 · Every state defines voter fraud (sometimes called unlawful or illegal voting) differently. But, generally speaking, a person commits the crime of voter fraud by doing any of the following acts, intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: votes more than once in the same election (double voting)

7. www.annualreviews.org › content › journalsELECTORAL FRAUD: Causes, Types, and Consequences - Annual Reviews

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   First, fraud takes on a panoply of forms; it ranges from procedural violations of electoral law (that may or may not intend to distort results) to the outright use of violence against voters. Second, even when ballot rigging is an integral part of electoral competition, it is infrequently decisive.

8. www.nytimes.com › 2022/07/27 › usThe Fake Electors Scheme, Explained - The New York Times

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   Jul 27, 2022 · The brazen plan to create false slates of electors pledged to former President Donald J. Trump in seven swing states that were actually won by Joseph R. Biden Jr. was arguably the longest-running...