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North Carolina: proven election fraud

The Heritage Foundation's database lists 123 proven election-fraud cases in North Carolina since 1982, 82 of them since 2000, most commonly vote buying. Against 7,854,464 registered voters, the since-2000 cases equal 0.0010% of the rolls, or 1 in 96k registered voters. Per ballot, that is 2.63 cases per million presidential votes since 2000: 1.7× the national rate, #12 of 51. Even here, proven fraud touches a vanishing sliver of the vote. What new voting rules would cost →

123

proven cases, 1982–2025 (100 criminal convictions)

0.0010%

of registered voters: 82 cases since 2000 vs 7,854,464 registered voters (2024)

2.63

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

#12

of 51 by per-ballot rate · 38 noncitizen cases

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

Vote buying

Noncitizen voting

Felon voting

Absentee / mail ballot fraud

Double voting

False registrations

Election overturned

North Carolina cases by year the case concluded, 2000–2025 (82 total). 2025 is incomplete.

Noncitizen audit: 2016 post-election audit

Records checked	4,800,000
Of them (or in total), had voted	41 (0.00085%)
Voting window	Nov 2016 (of 4.8M ballots)

All 41 were legal residents. A July 2026 SAVE run flagged 1,599 registrants for review. All state audits →

Every North Carolina case in the database

100 criminal conviction · 18 diversion program · 5 official finding. 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
2022	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2022	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2022	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2022	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2022	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2022	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2022	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2022	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2022	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2021	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2020	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2020	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2020	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2020	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Double voting	Criminal conviction	source
2019	False registration, Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Absentee fraud	Official finding	source
2019	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2019	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2019	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	Case No. 5:18-cr-00328-BO
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2018	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2018	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2017	Double voting	Criminal conviction	source
2017	Double voting	Criminal conviction	source
2017	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2017	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2016	False registration, Double voting	Criminal conviction	source
2016	Election overturned Lumberton, NC	Official finding	source
2016	Election overturned Pembroke, NC	Official finding	source
2016	False registration, Noncitizen voting	Diversion program	source
2016	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2016	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
2016	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2016	Felon voting	Official finding	source
2015	Double voting	Criminal conviction	source
2015	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2015	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2015	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2014	Election overturned Pembroke, NC	Official finding	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2012	Felon voting	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Double voting	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Double voting	Criminal conviction	source
2004	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2004	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2004	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2004	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2004	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2003	Noncitizen voting	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
1986	Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source

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