“Reassigning Responsibility for Prosecuting Election-Related Offenses from the Civil Rights Division to the Criminal Division.”
Citation: Project 2025, Section 3.8: Department of Justice, Gene Hamilton, page 594, paragraph 4
Context:
This would effectively make voter fraud a criminal offense rather than a civil one. More about the current penalties here36.
This is a solution begging for a problem. Voter fraud, again, is extremely rare. A comprehensive study found 31 credible instances37 between 2000 to 2014, out of more than a billion votes cast.
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.8: Department of Justice here.
Section: Section 3.8: Department of Justice
Categories: Civil Rights, Election Security