Election Integrity & Foreign Influence Database
The truth about elections, held to a single standard.
Elections documented, attacked, and defended — with proven falsification kept strictly apart from interference, propaganda, and mere anomaly. Every finding is tiered by the strength of its evidence.
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Database last updated August 5, 2026
The database at a glance
Documented findings by category
Documented cases over time
2019–2027 · 52 of 65
Five categories, never conflated
The difference between these is the whole point. An attacked election is not the same as a falsified one.
The recorded numbers do not reflect the votes cast.
Process violationsUnequal media access, repression, illegal financing, vote buying, misuse of state resources.
Foreign interferenceCyberattacks, hack-and-leak, covert foreign financing, impersonation of media or institutions by a foreign state or proxy.
Information operationsTroll farms, fake local-media networks, covert political ads, coordinated inauthentic amplification — foreign or domestic.
Statistical anomaliesPatterns in the data worth examining — explicitly not proof of fraud.
A finding sits in exactly one category. Colors and icons carry the same meaning everywhere on the site.
From the case files
What was proven — and what was not
The clearest test of a trustworthy record is whether it can hold both statements at once.
United Kingdom 2016 EU Membership Referendum
What is established
- Process violationsConfirmed
The Electoral Commission found both Leave campaigns broke spending law: Vote Leave exceeded its £7 million limit by almost £500,000 through undeclared joint working with BeLeave and was fined £61,000 (its responsible person was referred to the police; the fines were paid in 2019 and the appeal withdrawn), and Leave.EU overspent by at least 10% with misreported loans and missing invoices and was fined £70,000, with its responsible person also referred to the police.
What is not established
- Foreign interferenceAlleged
Possible Russian interference was never investigated: the Intelligence and Security Committee found in 2020 that the government 'actively avoided' looking for evidence of Russian interference in UK democratic processes including this referendum, and no official assessment has ever been made — interference is neither established nor ruled out.
Sources:1 - Result falsificationDebunked
No credible claims of a falsified count: paper ballots were hand-counted overnight in 382 local counting areas with accredited observers present, and the Electoral Commission found the referendum well-run. The collapse of the voter-registration website hours before the June 2016 deadline was caused by exceptional demand, not an attack, and Parliament legislated to extend the deadline.
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Method
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- SourceIllegal Doppelganger operation: targeting the Polish elections
- SourceConstitutional Court of Romania, Decision No. 32/2024 (annulment)
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- SourceEuropean Union Election Observation Mission Ecuador 2025 final report