The Heritage Foundation's database lists 5 proven election-fraud cases in District of Columbia since 1982, 5 of them since 2000, most commonly double voting. Against 612,904 registered voters, the since-2000 cases equal 0.00082% of the rolls, or 1 in 123k registered voters. Per ballot, that is 2.54 cases per million presidential votes since 2000: 1.6× the national rate, #13 of 51. Even here, proven fraud touches a vanishing sliver of the vote. What new voting rules would cost →
5
proven cases, 1982–2025 (0 criminal convictions)
0.00082%
of registered voters: 5 cases since 2000 vs 612,904 registered voters (2024)
2.54
cases per million presidential ballots, 2000–2024 (U.S.: 1.58)
#13
of 51 by per-ballot rate · 0 noncitizen cases
District of Columbia cases by type of fraud, 1982–2025. A case can involve more than one type.
Double voting
5
District of Columbia cases by year the case concluded, 2000–2025 (5 total). 2025 is incomplete.
Every District of Columbia case in the database
5 official finding. Individuals are not named here; each row links to the court record or news report Heritage cites. Overturned races are named.