Trump Offers $1 Million Reward for Voter-Fraud Tips Leading to Convictions

President Donald Trump said people who report voter fraud in past elections or the 2026 midterms would receive $1 million if the information leads to an arrest and conviction, but the White House provided no funding or program details.

President Donald Trump offered a $1 million reward on Monday, October 26, 2026, to people who report voter fraud in past elections or the approaching midterm elections, provided the information results in an arrest and conviction. The announcement, made on Truth Social and repeated to reporters, introduced a potentially large financial incentive less than two weeks before Election Day.

Trump wrote that anyone reporting fraud would be paid after “the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud.” He later described the payment as a bonus or reward while speaking to reporters before flying to a campaign rally in Mississippi. NBC News, ABC News and The Guardian each reported the offer and its stated conditions.

Offer leaves basic questions unanswered

The president did not say who would fund the payments, which office would receive tips, what evidence a claimant would need to provide or how competing claims would be evaluated. The White House did not supply additional details when contacted by NBC and ABC. NBC reported that a spokesperson referred it back to Trump’s social-media post.

Those omissions leave the status of the proposal unclear. Trump announced an incentive, but the reports reviewed for this article did not identify an executive order, congressional appropriation, formal Justice Department program, published eligibility rules or a process for awarding the money. A report of suspected wrongdoing would not by itself qualify under Trump’s stated terms; he tied payment to both an arrest and a conviction.

Announcement follows years of disputed fraud claims

Trump has repeatedly asserted that widespread fraud affects U.S. elections, including his unsupported claim that fraud cost him the 2020 presidential election. Courts, election officials from both parties and reviews of the 2020 vote did not substantiate fraud on a scale that could have changed that result. Individual election crimes do occur, but their existence does not establish the broader pattern Trump has alleged.

NBC cited the conservative Heritage Foundation’s database of more than 1,600 voter-fraud cases over roughly four decades. Against the hundreds of millions of ballots cast during that period, the collection illustrates that prosecutions happen while providing no evidence of pervasive fraud. Trump’s new offer nevertheless could generate a large volume of allegations, making transparent screening standards important if the administration turns the announcement into an operating program.

Part of a broader midterm election push

The offer comes as Trump presses lawmakers to enact the SAVE America Act, which ABC reported would require identification at the polls and documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration. The House passed the measure earlier in 2026, but it has repeatedly failed to advance in the Senate.

The administration has also devoted federal resources to checking state voter rolls for possible noncitizens and has sued election officials in several states. On Monday, a federal appeals court separately dismissed an emergency Justice Department appeal seeking to segregate certain California mail ballots because the district court had not yet ruled. That case and the reward announcement are distinct developments, but both reflect the administration’s intensive focus on election administration before the midterms.

A previous reward produced an unexpected result

The Guardian pointed to a smaller reward program announced by Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick after the 2020 election. Its first reported $25,000 payment went to Eric Frank, a Democratic poll worker in Pennsylvania whose tip led to the conviction of a Republican voter who cast ballots in his own name and his son’s. The example shows that a tip program can identify isolated misconduct without supporting claims of coordinated or widespread fraud.

For now, Trump’s $1 million offer remains a public announcement with a clear outcome condition but no disclosed administrative framework. Whether it becomes a formal government program—and what legal authority, funding source and safeguards would govern it—will determine how the promise operates beyond the campaign trail.

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Offer leaves basic questions unanswered

Announcement follows years of disputed fraud claims

A previous reward produced an unexpected result