How many cases of voter fraud have been prosecuted and convicted in the us?

Answer 1

Very, very few. In fact, one non-partisan study conducted over the past decade found fewer than ten. And according to another study, out of more than 300 million votes cast between 2002 and 2007, only 86 people were convicted of voter fraud. But this has become a contentious political issue, with Republicans insisting it's an epidemic and passing strict laws they claim will prevent it, and Democrats saying there is little if any evidence of a problem and these laws are really about suppressing the votes of people who are poor, minority, or elderly.

First, there is a big difference between errors on voter registration forms and actual voter fraud. In a recent essay in the Wall Street Journal, the reporter noted that while there have indeed been some fake names presented, or some names of voters who had died and yet were still on the rolls, there is little credible evidence that there is widespread use of the names of fake voters or dead voters, and efforts to impersonate someone are similarly rare: he wrote, "[R]esearchers studying voter fraud-a term used to refer to cases in which one voter impersonates another at the poll to cast a fraudulent vote-say they have so far found little direct evidence that the practice is common enough to affect the results of elections, even close ones. " I enclose a link to his article, which gives both sides of the issue.