Democracy Dies in Darkness

The inevitable end to claims of rampant voter fraud: None is found

All that’s missing from the fraud claims is actual fraud

Analysis by
National columnist
August 2, 2022 at 12:16 p.m. EDT
Trump supporters protest alleged voter fraud at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center in Phoenix on Nov. 7, 2020. (Caitlin O’Hara for The Washington Post)
6 min

In section 6.6.7 of the “audit” of votes cast in Maricopa County, Ariz., two years ago, one finds an estimate that 282 dead people submitted ballots.

The methodology is offered with a complicated abundance of jargon. Using an “identity and address validation tool” called “Personator,” the team hunting for fraud in Arizona’s largest county cross-checked deaths with votes as indicated in the file “VM55 Final Voted Nov2020 PBRQ” (MD5 hash: 43070bc7afdf40a37cd45092e9733654). And, lo: 282 suspected dead voters were found.