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Election Legislation Changes

Changes to election legislation in response to claims of voter fraud and election manipulation.

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Jan 29, 2026
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Facts about the U.S. 2020 election “stolen”

Claims that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” centered on allegations of massive , rigged voting machines, and improper handling of absentee ballots, claims that were extensively litigated a...

Jan 30, 2026
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how frequent is voter fraud in federal elections

Extensive, peer-reviewed and investigative reporting finds in federal elections is vanishingly rare—measured in fractions of a percent, and typically so small it could not have changed outcomes in con...

Jan 29, 2026
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What forensic evidence would prove a state or individual hacked U.S. voting systems in 2024?

Proving that a state or individual hacked -us-state-voting-system-security">voting systems in 2024 requires a constellation of technical, procedural and corroborating non‑technical evidence: authentic...

Feb 4, 2026

Were any 2024 election fraud cases prosecuted and what were the outcomes?

Multiple criminal and civil actions touching the were prosecuted or advanced: local prosecutors filed charges and opened investigations into alleged , advocacy groups launched lawsuits seeking discove...

Feb 4, 2026

How have past federal searches of election offices been conducted and how do those precedents compare to the Fulton County action?

The ’s Jan. 28 search of ’s election hub—seizing roughly 700 boxes and seeking “all physical ballots…tabulator tapes…ballot images, and voter rolls” from the —was carried out under a federal criminal ...

Feb 3, 2026

FBI raids Georgia elections office

executed a court-authorized search warrant at the in seizing roughly 700 boxes of 2020 election-related material — described in reporting as ballots, voter rolls, ballot images, tabulator tapes and ot...

Feb 2, 2026

Have any state or federal courts ever invalidated certified election results based solely on procedural rule violations in the chain-of-custody?

No clear precedent exists in which a state or federal court has solely because of chain-of-custody or other procedural handling errors; courts confronted with such allegations in the typically rejecte...

Jan 31, 2026

What rulings did appellate and supreme courts issue on 2024 election fraud claims?

Federal appellate courts and the repeatedly narrowed the legal paths available to broad , often rejecting requests to block ballot counting or to disqualify candidates while permitting discrete litiga...

Jan 31, 2026

How did state-level prosecutions or referrals for alleged 2020 voting irregularities distribute across battleground and non‑battleground states?

State-level prosecutions and administrative referrals tied to alleged irregularities in the were real but numerically limited, scattered across many states, and concentrated both in some high-profile ...