173 cases of alleged interstate voter fraud in Florida & Maryland

True the Vote (TTV), the nation’s leading voters’ rights organization, today announced new research findings of interstate voter fraud in Florida and Maryland. Florida and Maryland state election authorities and the U.S. Department of Justice were formally notified of 173 cases of voters casting ballots simultaneously in both states during federal elections.

“These 173 cases represent True the Vote’s continued effort to expose the fragility of our absentee voting systems,” True the Vote President, Catherine Engelbrecht said. “Last year Pew Research found that 2.75 million Americans were registered to vote in more than one state. We are unfortunately continuing to see the consequences of that startling statistic. True the Vote calls on Florida, Maryland and federal officials to investigate our latest research.”

Key Facts & Data Points

• Voters were identified matching full name, date of birth and residential address.
• True the Vote was able to study federal voting histories from 2006 to 2012.
• Cases of double voting by cycle
  • 2012: 10
  • 2010: 9
  • 2008: 17
  • 2006: 137
• Most common Florida counties (cases)
  • Escambia (28)
  • Clay (10)
  • Duval, Pinellas, Volusia (9)
• Most common Maryland counties (cases)
  • Anne Arundel (33)
  • Montgomery (18)
  • Prince George’s (17)
• 11 individuals double-voted in multiple federal election cycles.
• 12 married couples were identified double voting, some in multiple cycles.

Federal and state laws were potentially violated as a result of these activities. Federal law, specifically 42 U.S.C. § 1973i(e) clearly states that voters cannot cast more than one ballot in the same election.

True the Vote’s research follows a series of similar findings in Florida, Ohio, New York and Rhode Island, triggering criminal investigations between the states in late 2012. TTV coordinated its research with Annapolis-based Election Integrity Maryland.

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