Election Integrity Group Says Tied Election Results Show Need for Ballot Security

In 2023, there were 26 elections across America that resulted in a tie, with another seven being decided by one vote. Pennsylvania led the nation with seven tied elections. The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) announced the 2023 data on March 25, 2024. PILF researchers reported that there have been 602 ties and 146 elections decided by a single vote since the foundation began collecting nationwide information in 2002. “These elections illustrate that one illegal vote or error can affect the outcome of an election,” the organization said. As part of its evidence, PILF highlighted a one-vote margin mayoral race in Wisconsin where a court ordered a new election after discovering at least two mail-in ballots were illegal. One ballot came from a person who had not asked for it, and another mail-in ballot came from a person residing in Illinois who was not registered to vote in Wisconsin....