The Heritage Foundation's database lists 4 proven election-fraud cases in Massachusetts since 1982, 4 of them since 2000, most commonly absentee fraud. Against 5,142,343 registered voters, the since-2000 cases equal 0.00008% of the rolls, or 1 in 1.3M registered voters. Per ballot, that is 0.18 cases per million presidential votes since 2000: 0.1× the national rate (below average), #48 of 51. Even here, proven fraud touches a vanishing sliver of the vote. What new voting rules would cost →
4
proven cases, 1982–2025 (3 criminal convictions)
0.00008%
of registered voters: 4 cases since 2000 vs 5,142,343 registered voters (2024)
0.18
cases per million presidential ballots, 2000–2024 (U.S.: 1.58)
#48
of 51 by per-ballot rate · 0 noncitizen cases
Massachusetts cases by type of fraud, 1982–2025. A case can involve more than one type.
Absentee / mail ballot fraud
2
False registrations
1
Impersonation at the polls
1
Massachusetts cases by year the case concluded, 2000–2025 (4 total). 2025 is incomplete.
Every Massachusetts case in the database
3 criminal conviction · 1 diversion program. Individuals are not named here; each row links to the court record or news report Heritage cites. Overturned races are named.