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Arkansas: proven election fraud

The Heritage Foundation's database lists 6 proven election-fraud cases in Arkansas since 1982, 6 of them since 2000, most commonly absentee fraud. Against 1,835,723 registered voters, the since-2000 cases equal 0.00033% of the rolls, or 1 in 306k registered voters. Per ballot, that is 0.78 cases per million presidential votes since 2000: 0.5× the national rate (below average), #34 of 51. Even here, proven fraud touches a vanishing sliver of the vote. What new voting rules would cost →

6
proven cases, 1982–2025 (6 criminal convictions)
0.00033%
of registered voters: 6 cases since 2000 vs 1,835,723 registered voters (2024)
0.78
cases per million presidential ballots, 2000–2024 (U.S.: 1.58)
#34
of 51 by per-ballot rate · 0 noncitizen cases

Arkansas cases by type of fraud, 1982–2025. A case can involve more than one type.

Arkansas cases by year the case concluded, 2000–2025 (6 total). 2025 is incomplete.

1 2 3 4 5 0 2000 2002: 1 case 2004 2008 2012: 4 cases 4 2012 2016: 1 case 2016 2020 2024

Every Arkansas case in the database

6 criminal conviction. Individuals are not named here; each row links to the court record or news report Heritage cites. Overturned races are named.

YearTypeOutcomeSource
2016Double votingCriminal convictionsource
2012Absentee fraud, Vote buyingCriminal convictionsource
2012Absentee fraud, Vote buyingCriminal convictionsource
2012Absentee fraud, Vote buyingCriminal convictionsource
2012Absentee fraud, Vote buyingCriminal convictionsource
2002Absentee fraudCriminal convictionsource
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