Voter Fraud

When the Voter Fraud Myth Comes for You

Sustaining the "big lie" that Trump was robbed of re-election requires small lies, including investigating and prosecuting individuals to sustain the myth of widespread cheating. This explains Texas's prosecution of Crystal Mason for casting a provisional ballot that was never even counted. 

The Great Knights of Donald Trump and their Quest for the Voter Fraud

by Alexandra Petri

The Washington Post's house satirist gets medieval on the voter fraud allegations. 

My Party is Destroying Itself on the Altar of Trump

by Benjamin L. Ginsberg

"Proof of systematic fraud has become the Loch Ness Monster of the Republican Party. People have spent a lot of time looking for it, but it doesn’t exist."

Republicans Have Insufficient Evidence To Call Elections ‘Rigged’ And ‘Fraudulent’

by Benjamin L. Ginsberg

"Republicans trying to make their cases for stricter voting procedures in courts must deal with the basic truth that four decades of dedicated investigation have produced only isolated incidents of election fraud," writes a longtime Republican election lawyer.

The 200-Year History of Using Voter Fraud Fears to Block Access to the Ballot

by Pema Levy

It didn't start with Donald Trump.

‘Voter fraud’ is a myth that helps Republicans win, even when their policies aren’t popular

by Heather Cox Richardson

The myth of voter fraud persists only because it is ingrained in modern politics, after a decades-long effort by Republicans to portray Democratic votes, and especially African-American votes, as fundamentally suspect.

The Republican Approach to Voter Fraud: Lie

by Carol Anderson

They use the fallacy of rampant cheating at the polls to make it harder for people to vote.

Stolen Elections, Voting Dogs And Other Fantastic Fables From The GOP Voter Fraud Mythology

by Rick Perlstein and Livia Gershon

The GOP has cried “voter fraud” for decades — and used it as justification to target minorities at the polls.

With Trump's claim that there's been massive vote fraud, new attention is being paid to JFK's victory over Nixon. Was it through fraud?

The definitive answer is no.  Here's the analysis. 

There was real voting fraud in Chicago in the old days

by Rick Perlstein

Here’s how it worked.

NYT calls out the GOP for its history of vote fraud

Since 1982 the Republican Party has been under court supervision in connection with efforts to intimidate minority voters.

The Strange, True History of Voting While Dead

Donald Trump has warned that zombies might tip the scales on Election Day. They won’t—but that doesn’t mean that they haven’t in the past.

A Strange but True Tale of Voter Fraud and Bioterrorism

by Scott Keyes

The 1984 Rajneeshee attack, which poisoned hundreds of Oregonians, shows how hard it is to steal an election—even with millions of dollars and a dedicated group.