President Trump has put a $1 million price tag on voter fraud tips, announcing the reward in a Truth Social post on Monday, one week before the November 2026 midterm elections. He said anyone who reports voter fraud in past elections or in the upcoming midterms will be paid after the arrest and conviction of the people behind it. That means a tip alone is not enough, because the money depends on both an arrest and a conviction. The announcement comes days after he and Vice President Vance unveiled a separate $25 million whistleblower program aimed at rewarding people who report fraud in government programs.

The biggest question is where the money would come from, since Trump did not say who would fund or run the reward. Supporters see it as a bold step to protect election integrity, while critics see another attempt by the president to exert more influence over the midterms. Trump has long claimed that fraud cost him the 2020 election, but courts dismissed the challenges brought by him and his allies, often on procedural grounds. Reports note that available evidence does not support claims of widespread voter fraud, and that illegal-voting charges and convictions have risen during his term but not in numbers large enough to swing elections. Courts have also blocked some of his efforts to change mail voting and require proof of citizenship, so how this reward would work in practice is still unclear.