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Nebraska: proven election fraud

The Heritage Foundation's database lists 3 proven election-fraud cases in Nebraska since 1982, 3 of them since 2000, most commonly double voting. Against 1,263,487 registered voters, the since-2000 cases equal 0.00024% of the rolls, or 1 in 421k registered voters. Per ballot, that is 0.52 cases per million presidential votes since 2000: 0.3× the national rate (below average), #42 of 51. Even here, proven fraud touches a vanishing sliver of the vote. What new voting rules would cost →

3
proven cases, 1982–2025 (3 criminal convictions)
0.00024%
of registered voters: 3 cases since 2000 vs 1,263,487 registered voters (2024)
0.52
cases per million presidential ballots, 2000–2024 (U.S.: 1.58)
#42
of 51 by per-ballot rate · 0 noncitizen cases

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

Nebraska cases by year the case concluded, 2000–2025 (3 total). 2025 is incomplete.

1 2 3 4 5 0 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2017: 2 cases 2 2020 2023: 1 case 2024

Every Nebraska case in the database

3 criminal conviction. Individuals are not named here; each row links to the court record or news report Heritage cites. Overturned races are named.

YearTypeOutcomeSource
2023Nonresident votingCriminal convictionsource
2017Double votingCriminal convictionsource
2017Double votingCriminal convictionsource
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