The Heritage Foundation's Election Fraud Map

Election Fraud Map

A Sampling of Proven Instances of Election Fraud

The Election Fraud Map displays a sampling of proven instances of election fraud. Every case ended in a finding that the individual engaged in wrongdoing in an election hoping to affect its outcome—or that the results were sufficiently in question to be overturned. While not comprehensive, this map demonstrates vulnerabilities in the election process and the ways in which fraud is committed.

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Notes: Last updated December 3, 2024. The Election Fraud Map presents a sampling of recent proven instances of election fraud from across the U.S. The map was first published in 2017.

Featured Cases

as of December 3, 2024

Criminal Conviction

Fraud Type

Fraudulent Use of Absentee Ballots

Kimberly Zapata, the former Milwaukee Election Commission Deputy Director, was charged by the state of Wisconsin with one felony count of misconduct in public office and 3 misdemeanor counts of absentee ballot fraud after requesting military absentee ballots under false names and sending them to a Wisconsin state legislator's home during the 2022 election.

Criminal Conviction

Fraud Type

False Registration

In 2024, Samunta Shomine Pittman was charged by the state in Fulton County, GA, with 70 counts of felony fraudulent entries for filling out and letting others fill out fictitious names on voter registration applications while canvassing for the Coalition for the People's Agenda, a left-wing advocacy group.

Criminal Conviction

Fraud Type

Duplicate Voting

Richard Rosen was charged by the state of New Hampshire with one felony count of voting in more than one state after voting twice in the 2016 General Election. He voted by absentee ballot in Holderness, New Hampshire, before the election and again in person in Belmont, Massachusetts, on election day.