Title: Voter Fraud Evidence: Statistics show the problem is hardly as big as some claim
Headings: Voter Fraud Evidence: Statistics show the problem is hardly as big as some claim
Voter Fraud Evidence: Statistics show the problem is hardly as big as some claim
Nationwide instances of voter fraud
Statewide instances of voter fraud
Voter fraud and voter ID laws

Content: Voter fraud — defined as "the intentional corruption of the electoral process by the voter" — does exist, whether through the casting of multiple ballots, voting by noncitizens or the impersonation of others at the polls. But the practice is so overwhelmingly rare compared to the total number of votes cast that it doesn't have a statistical impact on elections. "The best facts we can gather to assess the magnitude of the alleged problem of voter fraud show that, although millions of people cast ballots every year, almost no one knowingly and willfully casts an illegal vote in the United States today," Rutgers University professor Lorraine Minnite wrote in The Myth of Voter Fraud. Here's just some of the evidence demonstrating why voter fraud isn't the problem some claim it is. Nationwide instances of voter fraud
In the cases where voter fraud has been tracked nationwide, it's become abundantly clear it isn't much of a problem. A 2014 analysis of voter fraud studies by the Government Accountability Office concluded the studies "identified few instances of in-person voter fraud." The Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law conducted a nationwide investigation of voter fraud in 2007, concluding "it is more likely that an individual will be struck by lightning than that he will impersonate another voter at the polls." In the specific cases examined, the Brennan Center study found voter fraud rates ranging between 0.0003% and 0.0025% of votes cast. A sign detailing voter ID regulations in Arlington, Texas LM Otero/AP
In 2014, the study's lead author, Justin Levitt — a Loyola Law School professor and the deputy assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice's civil rights division under former President Barack Obama — outlined his findings on voter fraud in the Washington Post. Levitt reported 31 credible instances of voter fraud since 2000 — out of more than 1 billion total ballots.