Election Fraud Has Long Been A Problem 

The U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged in 2008 that “flagrant examples” of fraud “have been documented throughout this Nation’s history by respected historians and journalists.” This fraud, as the Court further observed, “demonstrate[s] that not only is the risk of voter fraud real but that it could affect the outcome of a close election.” ¹³

Election Vulnerabilities by the Numbers 

In a review of voter registration lists and voter histories in the 2016 and 2018 elections from 42 states, the Public Interest Legal Foundation found more than 144,000 cases of potential election fraud¹³, including:

 A review of state voter registration list by the Pew Center on the States in 2012 found:

ENDNOTES:

3. Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 553 U.S. 181, 195–196 (2008), https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep553/usrep553181/usrep553181.pdf (accessed July 24, 2025).

4. Tracy Campbell, Deliver the Vote: A History of Election Fraud, An American Political Tradition—1742–2004 (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005), p. 20. 

5. Ashley Zimmerman, “Verifiable Oddities in Colorado’s History,” Colorado General Assembly, Office of Legislative Legal Services, Colorado LegiSource, https://legisource.net/2011/09/22/verifiable-oddities-in-colorados-history (accessed July 24, 2025). 

6. Colorado State Archives, “Alva Adams,” https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/alva-adams (accessed July 24, 2025). 

7. Amy Zimmer, “Three Governors in One Day,” Colorado Virtual Library, Resource Sharing, Colorado State Publications Blog, November 6, 2006, https://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/resource-sharing/state-pubsblog/three-governors-in-one-day/ (accessed July 24, 2025). 

8. James W. Mangan, “AP Was There: Uncovering Lyndon B. Johnson’s Stolen Election,” Associated Press, March 31, 2023, https://apnews.com/article/lbj-stolen-election-box-13-mangan-c818e478ec509c65585d3094bda69f96 (accessed July 24, 2025). 

9. James Wooten, Dasher: The Roots and the Rising of Jimmy Carter (New York: Warner Books, 1979), p. 242- 251. 

10. In the Matter of Confidential Investigation R84-11, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Kings: Criminal Term, 1984, https://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/1984_grand_jury_re

11. Press release, “Former U.S. Congressman and Philadelphia Political Operative Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud Charges,” U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, June 6, 2022, https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-us-congressman-and-philadelphia-political-operative-pleads-guilty-election-fraud (accessed July 24, 2025)