Great Lakes Wire

Fifteen people have been found guilty of election or voter fraud in Michigan since the year 2000, according to a Heritage Foundation database that details such cases nationwide.

The locations where voter fraud was committed in the state included Hamtramck, Wayne and Oakland counties, the database shows.

The types of voter fraud identified in the database include ineligible voting, duplicate voting, absentee ballot fraud, the purchasing of votes, impersonation fraud while voting, ballot petition illegalities, altering vote counts and fraudulent registrations.

Nationwide, the analysis uncovered 1,217 instances of voter fraud, including more than 1,000 criminal convictions and 48 civil penalties.

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Proven Instances of Michigan Voter Fraud Since 2000

Name	County	Type of Case	Type of Fraud
Brandon Hall	Ottawa	Criminal conviction	Ballot petition fraud
Adam Kane Easlick	Washtenaw	Criminal conviction	False registrations
Salim Ahmed	Hamtramck	Criminal conviction	Fraudulent use of absentee ballots
Armani Asad	Hamtramck	Criminal conviction	Fraudulent use of absentee ballots
Russell Mohammed	Hamtramck	Criminal conviction	Fraudulent use of absentee ballots
Edward Pinkney	Berrien	Criminal conviction	Ballot petition fraud
Mohammed Abdur Rahman	Hamtramck	Criminal conviction	Fraudulent use of absentee ballots
Dilsa Maria Saddler	Berrien	Criminal conviction	Ineligible voting
Lorianne O'Brady	Wayne	Criminal conviction	Ballot petition fraud
Don Yowchuang	Wayne	Criminal conviction	Ballot petition fraud
Paul Seewald	Wayne	Criminal conviction	Ballot petition fraud
Jason Bauer	Oakland	Criminal conviction	Ballot petition fraud
Mike McGuinness	Oakland	Criminal conviction	Ballot petition fraud
Edward Pinkney	Berrien	Criminal conviction	Buying votes, fraudulent use of absentee ballots

Source: Heritage Foundation