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Maryland: proven election fraud

The Heritage Foundation's database lists 10 proven election-fraud cases in Maryland since 1982, 10 of them since 2000, most commonly noncitizen voting. Against 4,555,217 registered voters, the since-2000 cases equal 0.00022% of the rolls, or 1 in 456k registered voters. Per ballot, that is 0.54 cases per million presidential votes since 2000: 0.3× the national rate (below average), #41 of 51. Even here, proven fraud touches a vanishing sliver of the vote. What new voting rules would cost →

proven cases, 1982–2025 (8 criminal convictions)

0.00022%

of registered voters: 10 cases since 2000 vs 4,555,217 registered voters (2024)

0.54

cases per million presidential ballots, 2000–2024 (U.S.: 1.58)

#41

of 51 by per-ballot rate · 4 noncitizen cases

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

Noncitizen voting

Absentee / mail ballot fraud

Miscellaneous

Petition fraud

Felon voting

Double voting

Maryland cases by year the case concluded, 2000–2025 (10 total). 2025 is incomplete.

Every Maryland case in the database

8 criminal conviction · 2 diversion program. 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
2023	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Petition fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	Case Number: GC15007564-00
2017	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2014	Felon voting, Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2013	Double voting	Criminal conviction	source
2013	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2013	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2012	Misc.	Criminal conviction	source
2012	Misc.	Criminal conviction	source

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