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Nearly 30 people have been found guilty of election or voter fraud in North Carolina 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 Haywood, Cumberland, Caldwell, Cleveland and Randolph 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 North Carolina Voter Fraud Since 2000
| Name | Type of Case | Type of Fraud |
| Dewey Gidcumb | Criminal conviction | Duplicate voting |
| Edward Charles Green | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Dalton Shane Smith | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Pasco Parker | Criminal conviction | Duplicate voting |
| Samuel Walter Sylvester IV | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Verna Roehm | Criminal conviction | Fraudulent use of absentee ballots |
| Horatio Johnson | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Anita and Valerie Moore | Criminal conviction | Buying votes |
| Wayne Shatley | Criminal conviction | Buying votes |
| Carlos Hood | Criminal conviction | Buying votes |
| Ross Banner | Criminal conviction | Buying votes |
| Joshua Workman | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Robert Dean Hudson | Official finding | Ineligible voting |
| Robert Lee Youngblood | Criminal conviction | Duplicate voting |
| Roger Herres | Criminal conviction | Duplicate voting, false registrations |
| Alessandro Cannizzaro | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Roberto Hernandez-Cuarenta | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Jose Cruz Solano-Rodriguez | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Ramon Esteban Paez-Jerez | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Jose Jaime Ramiro-Torres | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Dieudonne Soifils | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Guadalupe Espinosa-Pena | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Maria Rufina Castillo-Boswell | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Dora Maybe Damata-Rodriguez | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Juan Francisco Landeros-Mireles | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Hyo Suk George | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Merious Jean | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
| Daniel Tadeusz Romanowski | Criminal conviction | Ineligible voting |
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