Trump Announces $1 Million Reward for Voter Fraud Tips Leading to Arrest and Conviction

President Donald Trump announced on October 26, 2026, via Truth Social that he would pay $1 million to any person who reports voter fraud, whether in past elections or the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, provided the tip results in an arrest and conviction. The announcement adds a high-dollar bounty specifically tied to electoral fraud to a broader administration push against fraud more generally, coming just weeks before the November midterms.

The reward represents a sharper, election-focused version of incentive programs the Trump administration has promoted in recent months. Trump had separately teamed with Vice President JD Vance on a DOJ-run tipster program offering up to $30,000 for information leading to federal fraud convictions, but the new $1 million figure is reserved exclusively for voter fraud cases. The announcement comes as polling shows Trump's repeated fraud allegations have already begun to erode voter confidence, with a Pew Research survey finding Democrats increasingly worried about administration interference in mail-in voting and Republicans receptive to claims about noncitizen ballots.