Twelve US States Had More Voters Than Registered Voters
Question asked:
“Twelve U.S. states had more people vote than registered voters.”
Summary
No credible evidence shows that twelve states had more votes cast than registered voters. Fact‑checking organizations have identified far fewer states with such discrepancies, and the claim is not supported by reliable data.
Sources 58 searched
- Voter Turnout Percentage - Movement Advancement Project
Voter turnout is an important measure of the participation in and access to elections within a given state. This map depicts 2020 data from the MIT Election Data + Science?Lab's?Election Performance Index?on voter turnout.
- 7 States Did Not Count More Votes Than Voters | Snopes.com
An image graphic shows that seven U.S. states counted more votes than registered voters.
- Does the U.S. Have Millions More Registered Voters Than Eligible Adults? | Snopes.com
My tabulation of Judicial Watch's state-by-state results yielded 462 counties where the registration rate exceeded 100 percent. There were 3,551,760 more people registered to vote than adult U.S. citizens who inhabit these counties.
- DHS claimed 250K noncitizens are registered to vote across 4 states. Here's the truth | Snopes.com
Officials in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all disputed the allegation.
- No, Wisconsin doesn’t have more ballots cast than registered voters
“Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. … This is direct evidence of fraud.”
- No, there weren’t more votes cast than registered voters
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2021 in a viral image: “America has 133 million registered voters,” but “159 million votes” were cast in the 2020 presidential election.
- Fact-checking the avalanche of Wisconsin election misinformation – PolitiFact
One tweet claimed that the state recorded 101% voter turnout. Another, which has since been deleted, argued that more than 110,000 extra votes were cast beyond the number of registered voters.
- Voter turnout | MIT Election Lab
While the number of ballots cast ... need a denominator in order to calculate the turnout rate. Often, states and news sources use voter registration totals as the denominator when providing turnout numbers....
- Voter turnout in United States presidential elections - Wikipedia
↑ "Voter turnout in U.S. presidential elections by gender 1964-2020". Statista. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024. 1 2 "2024 Presidential Election Voting and Registration Tables Now Available". U.S. Census Bureau. April 30, 2025.
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