According to the poll, conducted by Rasmussen Reports and The Heartland Institute, approximately 44 million Americans would vote illegally in 2024 election “to prevent other side from winning.”
In late 2023 and early 2024, The Heartland Institute released a poll and a follow-up policy report showing that in the 2020 general election, more than one-in-four mail-in voters admitted to voting illegally. Unfortunately, widespread illegal voting in presidential elections seems to be the new normal in the United States
Based on our latest poll, 28% of all voters say they would engage in at least one kind of illegal voting practice in order to help their preferred candidate win the 2024 election. Examples of illegal voting scenarios that voters say they would engage in include:
- voting in multiple states;
- destroying mail-in ballots of friends or family members;
- paying or offering rewards to fellow voters;
- deliberately providing incorrect information about the place, time, or date associated with casting a ballot;
- and/or altering candidate selections on mail-in ballots.
Clearly, this is a major problem and does not bode well for the future of election integrity in the United States.
Click here to read the poll results
With approximately 200 days before the 2024 election, time is of the essence to safeguard the veracity of this pivotal presidential election. As such, states should do everything in their power to ensure that illegal voting is minimized as much as possible. Fortunately, The Heartland Institute has prepared a set of policy solutions that states could undertake that would surely reduce the amount of illegal voting in the future.
What the designers of the poll say about the results …
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| “Our new poll shows, given the opportunity, millions of voters are willing to cheat in the upcoming general election. For the sake of our country, this cannot be allowed to happen. If people are truly dedicated to preserving the democratic process in America, action must be taken to shore up our elections and promote voter integrity.” |
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| “As deeply troubling as these survey results are, the even bigger story is that state lawmakers have not put election integrity policies in place that will stop cheating in 2024 and beyond. We need common-sense election rules imposed immediately, to ensure the 2024 elections are truly free and fair. A powerful and simple solution would be to require that anyone voting by mail sign his or her ballot or ballot envelope in front of a notary. Only three states currently have such a requirement. |
 “The results of this poll will hopefully galvanize state policymakers to craft legislation designed to ensure election integrity by vastly restricting mail-in voting. In turn, that legislation must be enforced to the greatest possible extent by states’ executive branches. Failure to implement such solutions will allow our elections to become even more tainted by election fraud. Without secure elections, we will collectively lose faith in our electoral system, and our republic will die with a whimper.” |
 “Election integrity is absolutely vital for the future of the American republic. It is beyond concerning that nearly 30% of Americans openly admit that they are willing to engage in at least one kind of illegal voting in the 2024 election. Since this is the case, it is imperative that state legislatures do everything in their power to guarantee the veracity of elections.” |
