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#voter-fraud

2 incidents

Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Georgia Election Interference: Trump Demands Secretary of State 'Find' 11,780 Votes

Trump's January 2, 2021 phone call with Raffensperger was a direct attempt to pressure a state election official to falsify vote tallies. Trump made factually false claims about the election, threatened Raffensperger with unspecified legal 'risk,' and specifically demanded he 'find' a precise number of votes matching the margin Trump needed to win Georgia. Raffensperger refused. The conversation was recorded and published; Trump was later indicted for conspiracy and RICO violations in Georgia, but the case was dropped in November 2025 without trial.

Grade 1 of 5: Significant Democratic Concern

Voter Fraud Commission: Using Government Power to Propagate Election Lies

The commission was predicated on Trump's false claim that he had lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million due to illegal voting. It attempted to collect sensitive voter data including partial Social Security numbers, party affiliation, and voting history from all states. At least eight lawsuits challenged the commission. It found no evidence of widespread voter fraud and was shut down in January 2018; the White House said the work would pass to DHS, but the Justice Department later disclosed in court that no state voter data would be turned over to DHS. Critics documented its primary purpose as political: to validate Trump's fraud claims and build infrastructure for voter suppression.