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Truth or Fiction?→ California’s Shasta County Drops Dominion Voting Machines Due to Unfounded Conspiracy Theories
On March 13 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/California_Politics reported that northern California’s Shasta County had just “dumped” Dominion voting machines, “leaving its election operations up in the air”: [Sh
PolitiFact→ Erin Paré – Wake’s county commissioner races stand out in North Carolina
Wake County is the only large county in North Carolina that elects its commissioners at-large countywide.
Poynter→ In a swipe at Fox News, Trump made a misleading statement about Los Angeles County’s elections
Former President Donald Trump, who continues to falsely call the 2020 election “rigged,” pointed to litigation in Los Angeles County as one sign that the election wasn’t fair. “Let’s ask […] The post In a swipe at Fox Ne
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – In swipe at Fox News, Trump misleads about Los Angeles County election
The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
The Dispatch→ Fairfax County Fairness?
A student sits in a math class at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)Virginia’s attorney general says in a Dispatch interview he's investigating high schools th
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence for Kari Lake’s Claim that Maricopa County Ballots Lacked Chain of Custody Records
Quick Take A judge on Dec. 24 dismissed Kari Lake’s claim that there was no chain of custody for 300,000 mail-in ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona, during the 2022 election, yet posts on social media continue to spread the baseless claim. E
PolitiFact→ Karen Bass – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass conflates county, city deaths among people without homes
“Literally five (homeless) people a day die on our streets” in the city of Los Angeles.
AllSides→ Post falsely claims that Maricopa County lost 291,390 Election Day votes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/12/13/fact-check-false-claim-maricopa-county-lost-291-390-votes/10841984002/
Truth or Fiction?→ Moore County Substation Attack: What We Know So Far
On the night of December 3 2022, residents of North Carolina’s Moore County lost power; subsequently, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office published a Facebook post indicating that the loss of power was being investigated as a “criminal
Logically→ Oxfordshire County Council approved plans for climate lockdowns.
There is no evidence that such measures are being planned. The measure in question is intended to reduce traffic.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Number of Election Day Votes in Maricopa County
Quick Take About 540,000 voters went to polling places in Arizona’s Maricopa County on Election Day, including roughly 250,000 who voted in person and over 290,000 who dropped off mail-in and provisional ballots, according to election officials
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maricopa County Did NOT Lose Hundreds Of Thousands Of Voters Or Ballots On Election Day
Did Maricopa County, Arizona, lose some 292,000 votes in its final vote tally for the November 8, 2022, elections? No, that's not true: The tweet making that claim left out voters who returned their mail-in ballots in person and people wh
The Dispatch→ The County Where ‘Stop the Steal’ Won’t End
A video explainer from the Dispatch. The post The County Where ‘Stop the Steal’ Won’t End appeared first on The Dispatch.
Truth or Fiction?→ An Arizona County Won’t Certify Election Results After 2022 Midterms
On November 29 2022, an Imgur account shared a text-based image containing the claim that a county in Arizona is refusing to certify the results of the November 2022 midterm election: The text said: A thing is going on in Arizona. A few counties, wher
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake claimed Maricopa County voters were ‘disenfranchised.’ Experts disagree
Election officials said Maricopa County voters who wanted to vote in person Nov. 8 could, despite election equipment issues at some vote centers. Voting rights experts rebutted claims that voters were disenfranchised.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – This video doesn’t prove ballots broke chain of custody in Maricopa County, Arizona
Video shows Arizona ballots “break chain of custody in Arizona.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No evidence that ballots found in California county signal Democratic scheme
Ballots recovered from a Santa Clara County, California, ravine are evidence of “how the left cheats to win.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, bags of ballots are not a sign of fraud in Maricopa County, Arizona
Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Election Fraud When ‘Bunch Of Bags Just Randomly Arrive’ At Maricopa County Counting Center — It’s Routine Process
Does a "bunch of bags" randomly arriving at the Maricopa County, Arizona, counting center prove that election fraud occurred there? No, that's not true: The black canvas bags in the image are used to transport voted ballots and results fr
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Is Billionaire Bill Gates on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors?
A viral Instagram post suggests that billionaire Bill Gates is on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Primo Radical (@primoradical) Maricopa County is governed by five elec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral 2020 Video Does NOT Show Election Workers Committing Fraud In Delaware County, Pennsylvania — NO Fraud In 2020, Either
Does a viral video show election workers in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, commiting voter fraud in November 2022? No, that's not true: This exact video and claim were previously debunked in 2020. The election worker shown was manually tr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Downticks In Election Graphs Do NOT Show ‘Election Crime In Real Time’ In Pennsylvania — Those Were Typos By County Board of Elections
Do large downticks in cumulative voting graphs for the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate and governor's races prove election fraud? No, that's not true: Edison Research, which supplies election data to news organization websites, told Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Suspicious – Just Factual — That Allegheny County Requested More Dem Mail-In Ballots Than Philadelphia Despite Having Fewer Dems
Was it suspicious that more Democrats in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, requested mail-in ballots than Democrats in Philadelphia County, even though 273,765 fewer registered Democratic voters live in Allegheny County in 2022? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates The Billionaire Is NOT On The Board Of Maricopa County
Is Seattle billionaire Bill Gates now chairman of the Maricopa County, Arizona Board of Supervisors? No, that's not true: A representative for Maricopa County told Lead Stories that a different Bill Gates serves Maricopa County. Gates the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Tabulators Were NOT Problem Machines Used In Maricopa County, AZ – Runbeck Supplied The Machines & Technology
Were Dominion Voting System tabulators the machines that caused problems in Maricopa County, Arizona on Election Day, November 8, 2022? No, that's not true: "Runbeck is our printer vendor," Maricopa County Elections Department Communicati
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence Bexar County election calls were made fraudulently
“Many elections in Bexar are being called with 0% of precincts reporting! I smell MAJOR FRAUD!”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a photo of Katie Hobbs in a Maricopa County ballot tabulation room
Image shows Arizona gubernatorial candidate and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the room where ballots were being counted in Maricopa County.
PolitiFact→ Julie Gunnigle – Democratic Maricopa County attorney candidate says Arizona has world’s eighth-highest incarceration
"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – Charlie Kirk is wrong, Maricopa County did not reduce polling places in 2022 elections
“Maricopa County intentionally reduced the polling places.”
PolitiFact→ We fact-checked misinformation about the midterm elections, from Maricopa County to Detroit
There were a few reports of glitches and problems at some polling locations Nov. 8, but none that kept people from voting. That didn’t stop some conservatives from using those incidents to cast doubt on the election.
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Tucker Carlson wrong about people not being able to vote in Arizona's Maricopa County
“Electronic voting machines didn't allow people to vote” in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Logically→ Technical issues at Maricopa County polling locations were due to electoral fraud.
Despite technical issues, there is no evidence of fraud. Officials have stated that nobody was prevented from voting.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show How To Cast Fraudulent Ballot Online In King County, Washington
Does a social media video demonstrate how to cast a fraudulent vote online in Washington state's King County, home to the greater Seattle area? No, that's not true: The county has an online system that allows voters to mark their ballots,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tabulator Trouble In Maricopa County Was NOT Proof Of Voter Fraud
Was the fact that Maricopa County, Arizona, experienced trouble with some of its tabulators early on Election Day proof of voter fraud? No, that's not true: There was a back-up plan in place to make sure every vote was counted. In the cas
The Dispatch→ ‘Every Single County Is Now a Border County’
Republicans look to dysfunction at the U.S.-Mexico border to animate their base.The post ‘Every Single County Is Now a Border County’ appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ballots found in drop box before the voting period opened were legitimate, county official says
Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots.
Truth or Fiction?→ How One Tennessee County Shows the Relationship Between Early Voting and Turnout
An activist’s thread about early voting activity in Tennessee illustrated how lack of access can negatively affect turnout going into the November 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Lisa Quigley, director of the group Solving Hunger, first drew attenti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Registering Dead People To Vote Is NOT Easy in Live Oak County, Texas
Is it possible to cheat the mail-in ballot elections system in Live Oak County, Texas, and vote on behalf of a deceased person? It's possible, but it would be extremely difficult. Many safeguards are in place to prevent that from happenin
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Most of Florida's Lee County wasn't in the cone three days before hurricane, but parts of it were
Lee County, Florida, wasn't "even in the cone" of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall.