Elections · state
Washington: proven election fraud
The Heritage Foundation's database lists 15 proven election-fraud cases in Washington since 1982, 15 of them since 2000, most commonly absentee fraud. Against 5,597,156 registered voters, the since-2000 cases equal 0.00027% of the rolls, or 1 in 373k registered voters. Per ballot, that is 0.66 cases per million presidential votes since 2000: 0.4× the national rate (below average), #36 of 51. Even here, proven fraud touches a vanishing sliver of the vote. What new voting rules would cost →
Washington cases by type of fraud, 1982–2025. A case can involve more than one type.
Washington cases by year the case concluded, 2000–2025 (15 total). 2025 is incomplete.
Every Washington case in the database
9 criminal conviction · 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Absentee fraud, Impersonation | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2017 | Absentee fraud, Impersonation | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2010 | Absentee fraud, Double voting | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2009 | Absentee fraud | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2008 | Absentee fraud | Diversion program | source |
| 2008 | Felon voting | Diversion program | source |
| 2007 | False registration | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2007 | False registration | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2007 | False registration | Diversion program | source |
| 2007 | False registration | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2007 | False registration | Criminal conviction | source |
| 2006 | Absentee fraud, False registration | Diversion program | source |
| 2005 | Absentee fraud | Diversion program | source |
| 2005 | Absentee fraud | Diversion program | source |
| 2004 | Double voting | Criminal conviction | source |