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More than 40 people have been found guilty of election or voter fraud in Kentucky 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 Magoffin, Monroe, Clay and Knott 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 Kentucky Voter Fraud Since 2000

Name	County	Type of Case	Type of Fraud
Gary Risner	Magoffin County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Larry Shepherd	Magoffin County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Tami Jo Risner	Magoffin County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Scott McCarty	Magoffin County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Jeffrey Newport,	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Martha Hughes	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Tony Gumm	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
William Proffitt	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Corey Page	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Michael Page	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Randy Salyer	Magoffin County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Wilbur Graves	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Wanda Moore	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Gary Bartley	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Ronald Muse	Monroe County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Chester Jones	Perry County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Sherman Neace	Perry County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
R. Cletus Maricle	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Douglas Adams	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Freddy Thompson	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Stanley Bowling	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Charles Jones	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
William Stivers	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
William Morris	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Debra Morris	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Hugh Melvin Perkins	Lawrence County	Diversion program	Ineligible voting
Robert Madon	Bell County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Brent Madon	Bell County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Stephen Ray Thomason	Jefferson County	Criminal conviction	Ineligible voting
Charles Hart	Bath County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Darnell Hipsher	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Fred Clinton Johnson	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Donald "Champ" Maze	Bath County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Walter Bascom Shrout	Bath County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Daugh White	Clay County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Randy Thompson	Knott County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
John Mac Combs	Knott County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Phillip Champion	Knott County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Ronnie Adams	Knott County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
State Sen. Johnny Ray Turner	Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Ross Harris	Pike County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Newton Johnson	Knott County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes
Phillip Slone	Knott County	Criminal conviction	Buying votes

Source: Heritage Foundation