An investigative journalist has unleashed a new report, heading into the 2026 midterm elections, explaining that it looks like Democrats are buying votes.
It is Natalie Winters whose report cites publicized Democrat giveaways include gift cards, food and concert tickets.
EXCLUSIVE: Are Democrats paying people to vote in the 2026 midterms?
A Democrat-linked Georgia nonprofit is advertising $25 gift cards for people who bring someone to register to vote. pic.twitter.com/DL6qIt1c4e
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) August 26, 2026
She noted one situation developed just before Arizona’s 2026 primary, with a “nonprofit” run by the former executive director of the Navajo County Democrats, who also previously worked for Hillary Clinton.
That group “invited Native voters to a ‘Ballot Party’ with food and said attendees would be ‘filling out our mail-in primary ballots together,’” she explained.
Then there was Florida, where “an Instagram account operated by a recent Democratic state House candidate advertised free fish dinners for people who brought a new voter to register.”
And, “In Georgia, a nonprofit funded for voter-registration and turnout work said it would give out $25 gift cards to people who brought an adult to register,” she confirmed.
Even more, “Nationally, a nonprofit funded by the dark-money organization behind the largest pro-Kamala Harris super PAC is running 2026 giveaways offering $400 gas cards, $500 grocery cards and a concert package worth approximately $4,900—while collecting personal information that it says is matched against voter files.”
The instructions appeared clear in a flyer for a fish fry at Movement for Change in Florida: “Bring someone to register to vote and receive a free fish dinner along with your new register voter.”
That social media statement appeared to come form Haley Morrissette, a Democratic state House candidate in 2024.
“The money trail leads to Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute. Its tax filings report a $14,500 ‘GOTV’ grant in 2022 and a $9,100 ‘GOTV/Voter Registration’ grant in 2023 to Movement for Change—a combined $23,600,” Winters documented.
“You will receive a $25 gift card,” promised an Instagram account for Eyvone’s Porch In-Centive Inc., if you “bring someone 18 years or older to register to vote.”
Winters reported, “EPIC is a Moultrie, Georgia, 501(c)(3) that describes voter registration and turnout as part of its work. The organization’s website thanks Black Voters Matter as a partner and says founder Carol Simpson received a ‘Georgia Democratic Lifetime Achievement Award’ in 2026. The site does not identify who issued that award.”
The investigation explained the Arizona stunt: “Arizona Native Vote published its Facebook invitation on July 11, 2026. It invited Hopi residents to a July 17 event in Polacca featuring ‘conversation, food, fun’ and ‘filling out our mail-in primary ballots together.’
“Arizona’s official calendar shows that early ballots had already been mailed. The event occurred just four days before the July 21 primary,” the report said.
The Native Vote organization got a $200,000 Henry Luce Foundation grant on March 5, 2026, for ‘Indigenous Knowledge.’ Official Katz Amsterdam Foundation records disclose another $375,000 across 2023, 2024 and 2025 for voter registration and civic engagement in rural and tribal communities. A Black Voters Matter 2024 Form 990 also lists $20,000 in general operating support,” Winters said.
She delivered multiple other examples of offerings for gas cards, grocery cards, Visa cards, concert experiences and more.
The report does confirm some offerings call themselves “incentive-driven voter-file” operations, so they are not a “proven payment for casting a vote.”
