Free and fair democratic elections are one of the founding pillars of the United States. The FBI is committed to protecting every eligible citizen’s right to vote. Consistent with past practice, the FBI is providing this information to educate voters about Federal election crimes and how to avoid them, and to encourage voters to report suspected violations to your local FBI field office.

Election Crimes

Election crimes threaten the integrity of elections and undermine public confidence in our democracy. Election crimes fall into broad categories:

• Ballot/voter fraud
• Campaign finance violations
• Civil rights violations, such as voter suppression or voter intimidation

While individual states and localities have the constitutional authority and responsibility to manage their own elections and election laws, an election crime becomes a federal crime when one or more of the following occurs:

• A ballot includes one or more Federal candidates
• Election or polling place officials abuse their office
• The conduct involves false voter registration
• The crime is motivated by hostility toward protected minority groups
• The activity violates federal campaign finance law

Examples of Federal election crimes include, but are not limited to:

• Giving false information when registering to vote
• Voting more than once
• Changing ballot markings or otherwise tampering with ballots
• Vote buying
• Threatening voters with physical or financial harm
• Intentionally lying about the time, manner, or place of an...

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