voter impersonation
Casting another's ballot
Voter impersonation is the act of casting a ballot under someone else's name—showing up at a polling place and claiming to be a registered voter you're not.
Often cited in debates over voter ID laws, though documented cases are rare.
The term sometimes appears in broader discussions of election fraud: Opponents argue voter impersonation is vanishingly uncommon.
- dead votersDeceased on voter rolls
- fake IDFraudulent identity document
- stolen identityFraudulent use of another's information
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- provisional ballotsVotes held until verified
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voter impersonationballot harvesting
Collecting others' completed forms
vote buying · double voting · election rigging · ballot stuffing · ballot tampering
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