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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 →
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.
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.
| Year | Type | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Double voting | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2012 | Absentee fraud, Vote buying | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2012 | Absentee fraud, Vote buying | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2012 | Absentee fraud, Vote buying | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2012 | Absentee fraud, Vote buying | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2002 | Absentee fraud | Criminal conviction | source |