Fred Lucas

November 02, 2016
Florida is among the states with early voting. It’s also a state with two recent arrests for election-related crimes. Here, voters make their choices Oct. 24 at Miami Beach City Hall.

In just the last week, prosecutors pursued three voter fraud-related charges in three major battleground states—Florida, Iowa, and Virginia.

Numerous other election irregularities such as voting beyond the grave, voting more than once, voting without citizenship, and registrations by nonexistent people have occurred throughout 2016. While some cases have been prosecuted, others were discovered through various news reports.

Here’s a sampling of election irregularities that have already taken place well in advance of Nov. 8.

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“Any such offense is extremely serious and can degrade the confidence we as citizens justly have in our system of elections,” @AlexandriaVAGov says.

1. ‘Fictitious’ Voter Registration

On Oct. 28, Vafalay Massaquoi, 30, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arraigned…