‘Election integrity’ proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin

‘Election integrity’ proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin

Prosecutors charged just 192 people with election-related crimes since 2012, but more than half of the cases were related to felony probation status

‘Election integrity’ proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin

Prosecutors charged just 192 people with election-related crimes since 2012, but more than half of the cases were related to felony probation status

‘Election integrity’ proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin

Election fraud is rare in Wisconsin, with fewer than 200 cases prosecuted over the past decade. More than half of those cases are for those with felony convictions who vote or register while still on probation. (Amena Saleh/Wisconsin Watch) Election fraud is exceptionally rare: Over the past decade in Wisconsin, it has been prosecuted fewer than 200 times, or about once for every 163,000 ballots cast. And within that tiny universe, the most comm…