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New Jersey: proven election fraud

The Heritage Foundation's database lists 53 proven election-fraud cases in New Jersey since 1982, 53 of them since 2000, most commonly absentee fraud. Against 6,630,364 registered voters, the since-2000 cases equal 0.00080% of the rolls, or 1 in 125k registered voters. Per ballot, that is 1.96 cases per million presidential votes since 2000: 1.2× the national rate, #20 of 51. Even here, proven fraud touches a vanishing sliver of the vote. What new voting rules would cost →

proven cases, 1982–2025 (32 criminal convictions)

0.00080%

of registered voters: 53 cases since 2000 vs 6,630,364 registered voters (2024)

1.96

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

#20

of 51 by per-ballot rate · 1 noncitizen case

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

Absentee / mail ballot fraud

False registrations

Vote buying

Noncitizen voting

Impersonation at the polls

Election overturned

Double voting

Petition fraud

New Jersey cases by year the case concluded, 2000–2025 (53 total). 2025 is incomplete.

Every New Jersey case in the database

32 criminal conviction · 18 diversion program · 3 judicial 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
2025	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2024	Petition fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2024	Absentee fraud, False registration	Criminal conviction	source
2022	False registration, Impersonation	Criminal conviction	source
2020	Absentee fraud, Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2020	Absentee fraud	Judicial finding	source
2019	Absentee fraud, Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Absentee fraud, Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Absentee fraud, Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2019	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2018	Absentee fraud, Vote buying	Criminal conviction	source
2017	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2015	Election overturned Perth Amboy City Council	Judicial finding	source
2014	False registration	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2014	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2012	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	False registration	Diversion program	source
2011	False registration, Noncitizen voting	Judicial finding	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2011	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2010	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2010	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2009	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2009	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2009	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2009	Absentee fraud	Criminal conviction	source
2009	Absentee fraud	Diversion program	source
2003	Double voting	Criminal conviction	source

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