The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics sent Benjamin Wittes a letter stating he was suspected of voter fraud regarding the registration of Benjamin Sittis.
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The Lawfare PodcastOct 8, 2026
None of the provided sources addresses the DC Board of Elections and Ethics letter to Benjamin Wittes about the Sittis/Sidis registration, so the claim can be neither confirmed nor refuted.
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… A young research assistant at Brookings named Molly Reynolds and I followed the career of Benjamin Sittis, non-voter, for a number of years, until I received a menacing letter from the DC Board of Elections and Ethics saying I was suspected of voter fraud and Benjamin Sidis would be stricken from the rolls if he didn't show cause why he shouldn't be, and so on. The one hand, I think you can reasonably say that is a piece of evidence that, hey, mistakes on the voter rolls do happen. Somebody could have, in theory, voted in the name of Benjamin Sidis and wouldn't have been stopped from doing so. …
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Context. The FY2025 DC Board of Elections oversight report describes 144 potential voter fraud instances identified through ERIC tied to the 2024 General Election, but it does not mention Benjamin Wittes, Benjamin Sittis, or any letter sent to a specific voter.[4]
Context. The other sources (Snopes, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, a 2020 congressional letter about DC mail ballots, DC code provisions on voter objections, and a BOE FOIA page) are general or off-topic and do not address this specific letter or registration.[1][2][3][5][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Fact Checks Archivesnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Latest Fact-Checkspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Search - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT REPORT Fiscal Year 2025dccouncil.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5October 8, 2020oversight.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6FOIA Requests - District of Columbia Board of Electionsdcboe.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 72024 District of Columbia Code :: Title 1 - Government Organization :: Chapter 10 - Elections :: Subchapter I - Regulation of Elections :: § 1–1001.07. Voterlaw.justia.com · not rated · cited for: context
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