In May 2021, former President Donald Trump made more false claims of electoral fraud, this time linked to a Republican-led audit in Arizona.
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The Dispatch→ Has the Maricopa County Audit Yielded Hundreds of Thousands of Votes?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence The Audit In Maricopa County, Arizona, Is Confirming The Rumor That A ‘Special Watermark Is On The Real Ballots’
Is the audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, confirming the rumor that a "special watermark is on the real ballots"? No, there's no evidence that's true: Maricopa County ballots do not have watermarks, according to a spokeswoman for the Mari
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ballots From The 2020 Election Were NOT Found Shredded And Trashed In Maricopa County, Arizona
Were ballots from the 2020 election found shredded and trashed in Maricopa County, Arizona? No, that's not true: The ballots cast in that election are safely sealed and stored in a vault, according to a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 32-Page Report Does NOT Provide Proof Of Widespread 2020 Election Fraud In 5 Swing States
by: Ed Payne and Alexis Tereszcuk Does a 32-page report shared online in January of 2023 provide proof of widespread 2020 election fraud in five swing states? No, that's not true: The report lacks credible nonpartisan documentation or ver
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Massive Vote Discrepancy’ Found In 2022 Arizona Midterm Election
Was there a massive vote discrepancy found in the 2022 Arizona midterm election? No, that's not true: An election expert told Lead Stories the claims of vote discrepancy were "100% false." The Arizona Secretary of State spokesperson said
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents Legal Power of Arizona Resolution on Electronic Voting Machines
Quick Take The Republican majority leader of the Arizona Senate informed county election officials that a Senate resolution essentially bars electronic voting systems in the state. The state’s Democratic secretary of state and attorney genera
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Arizona video shows routine, pre-election preparations, not foul play, officials said
Video shows officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, "illegally breaking into" voting machines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts With Pictures Of Lost ‘Sweet Girl’ Are Bait-And-Switch Scam
Do social media posts about people "desperately trying to find the parents" of a lost "sweet girl" show a real-life call for help? No, that's not true: Entries with identical wording appeared in many places in the United States; as they g
FactCheck.org→ Explaining the Missing Context of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Presentation
Quick Take On Jan. 6, 2021, about 140 police officers were assaulted during the Capitol riot, and 326 participants — more than 100 armed with weapons — have been charged. But Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson has used recently re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Credible Evidence Arizona Lawmakers, Judges, Other Public Officials Taking Bribes From Sinaloa Cartel, Fixing Elections
Are lawmakers, judges and other public officials in Arizona taking bribes from the Sinaloa cartel and fixing elections? No, there's no reliable evidence that's true: Jacqueline Breger, an insurance agent who made the allegations during a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 1/4 Million Failed Voting Attempts Did NOT Result in Uncounted Arizona Votes In November 2022 Election
Did nearly a quarter of a million voting attempts fail in the November 8, 2022, election in Arizona and did that impact the vote count? No, that's not true: The communications director for the Maricopa County Elections Department called t
FactCheck.org→ Human Error, Not Fraud, Shown in Fox Election Coverage of Georgia Runoff
Quick Take In a clip from Fox News’ coverage of the Georgia Senate runoff, the vote tallies for both candidates briefly drop by thousands of votes. Social media posts use the clip to falsely claim election fraud. The Associated Press, w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona
Were ZIP codes for 31,000 mail-in ballots changed before they were sent out, quietly changed back when they were returned as undeliverable and then fraudulently used to vote in Arizona? No, that's not true: The secretary of state's office
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Did NOT Vote All Red Except For The Governor
Did Arizona drag out midterm election ballot-counting for a week so that the tally would award the governor's race to Katie Hobbs -- the Democrat in charge of all state elections -- despite voters going "red in every other category"? No,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democratic Win in AZ Governor’s Race NOT Sign of ‘Rigged’ Election Despite Republican Wins In Other Race
If Arizonans voted primarily for Republican candidates in the November 8, 2022, election, but a Democrat still won the race for governor, was the election rigged? No, that's not true: Election data from past years show ticket-splitting is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Inactive Voter Numbers Increase Does NOT Show Evidence Of Criminal Intent In Arizona 2022 Election
Does an increase in inactive voters show evidence of criminal intent in Arizona for the 2022 election? No, that's not true: The numbers in Maricopa County, Arizona, shown in the claim are accurate, representing tallies after several maili
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Election Officials Did NOT Say ‘We Accidentally Mixed Un-Counted Votes With Counted Votes, Maybe 15 To 17 Thousand’
Did Arizona election officials say "we accidentally mixed un-counted votes with counted votes, maybe 15 to 17 thousand"? No, that's not true: The elections department spokesperson told Lead Stories that Maricopa County officials never sai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona DOES Allow Dropping Off Mail-In Ballots For Other Voters
Does a video showing people dropping off multiple ballots at one time in a drop box prove election fraud and what "really happened" in Arizona? No, that's not true: Delivering more than one ballot for other voters is legal in Arizona. Ind
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Ballots Did NOT Make Unsupervised Stop At Runbeck Company On Way To Counting Room
Did Maricopa County, Arizona ballots make a stop with no observers at "Runbeck Printing Company" to be sorted before they were sent to the county for counting? No, that's not true: The claim was made without direct evidence. Maricopa Coun
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox 10 Phoenix Mistake Does NOT Prove Voter Fraud In Arizona Gubernatorial Race
Was a Phoenix affiliate of Fox News part of an attempt to defraud voters by calling the Arizona governor's race 12 days before Election Day? No, that's not true: While the affiliate, Fox 10 Phoenix, did accidentally air a graphic in late
PolitiFact→ Arizona’s widespread use of mail-in voting and close margins created longer wait for results
As election officials in Maricopa and other Arizona counties continued to count ballots, misinformation spread that falsely suggested the pace of the count was a sign of fraud. The pace is a result of vote by mail laws and close margins.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pictures Of Thrown-Out Ballots Are NOT From 2022 — They Were Reported In 2020
Did garbage collectors "from L.A. County California, to Chavez County New Mexico," find "thousands of midterm ballots" in the trash before the 2022 midterm elections? No, that's not true: The photos used in this claim are from news articl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona ‘Poll Watcher’ Did NOT Have Access To Voter Check-In Data — 200 Extra People Did NOT Cast Ballots
Did a Republican poll watcher in Arizona have access to voter check-in information where she claims to have seen evidence that 200 extra ballots were counted? No, that's not true: The Maricopa County Elections Department told Lead Stories
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – More than 1.13 million votes were counted within 24 hours of Election Day, not just 62,000
“We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes" in Maricopa County
FactCheck.org→ Ballot Processing Continues in Closely Watched States Amid Unfounded Claims of Fraud
Quick Take Close Senate races are underway in some states that have different laws regarding ballot deadlines and tabulation. But some high-profile Republicans — including former President Donald Trump — have suggested, without any evidence
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Claim to Show Hobbs in Arizona Election Tabulation Room
Quick Take An image shared on social media shows a woman with glasses and brown hair in an Arizona ballot tabulation room. The posts falsely identify the woman as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs, who is the secretary of state, implying t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence US Military Found ‘Election Fraud Amid Fizzled Red Wave’
Did the U.S. military find "evidence of election fraud amid fizzled red wave"? No, that's not true: This claim was made on a website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim originated in an article published by Real Raw News on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Democratic Candidate for AZ Governor, Katie Hobbs, In Ballot Counting Center
Does a photograph show the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, walking through a ballot-counting center in Maricopa County, the state's largest voting district? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Maricopa County t
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About Voting Machines in Arizona
Voting machine malfunctions on Election Day in Arizona led to a conspiracy theory that some form of election stealing or disenfranchisement was taking place to prevent Republicans from winning in the state. ANOTHER ONE! Officials say +20% of Voting
Truth or Fiction?→ Here’s Where the Justice Department Will Monitor the Midterm Election Polls
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will monitor polls in Maricopa County, Arizona — which has seen an influx of armed right-wing operatives harassing voters — as well as polls in 63 other locations across the United States in the November 8 20
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Victory for the Voters’: Arizona Ballot ‘Watchers’ Ordered to Stay Away from Drop Boxes
The right-wing, conspiracist-minded group that bragged about staking out election drop boxes in Arizona was ordered by a federal judge to stay at least 75 feet away from them, and forbidden from speaking to voters unless spoken to first. Judge Michael
FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Spouts Baseless Claim About Early Voting in Arizona
Quick Take Millions of Arizona voters requested ballots to vote early in the 2022 election. Early voting results cannot be released until after the election, and ballot security measures prevent widespread voter fraud. Yet a viral video advises Republi
Truth or Fiction?→ Immigrant, Retiree, Womens’ Groups File Lawsuits to Stop Voter Intimidation in Arizona
The right-wing group linked to various “poll watchers” in Arizona faces two separate lawsuits from organizations representing women, immigrants, and retirees. Both lawsuits — one by the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto
Truth or Fiction?→ Arizona Alerts DOJ After Complaints About Right-Wing Ballot ‘Watchers’
As election deniers and conspiracy theorists appeared to set their sights on Arizona (among other states), both state and federal officials have been alerted regarding possible voter intimidation in Phoenix in October 2022. According to KNXV-TV reporte
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, pens provided by Arizona election officials aren’t part of a plot to rig state primary
Pens provided by Maricopa County are part of a plot to rig the Arizona primary.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are Arizona Election Workers Breaking the Law with Mail-In Ballots?
(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)On July 19, Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward—who has has pushed baseless voter fraud claims about the 2020 election in Arizona—tweeted a picture of an early voting mailing envelope from Maricopa
Truth or Fiction?→ Disinformation Takes Center Stage at January 6 Committee Hearings
The role of weaponized disinformation campaigns in the January 2021 attempted coup at the United States Capitol was the main topic at the second January 6 Committee hearing about the events that culminated in a violent insurrection. The House select
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 19,000 Late, Invalid Ballots Were NOT Counted in 2020 Arizona Election
Were 19,000 late, invalid ballots counted in the 2020 Arizona election? No, that's not true: An article making the claim relies on a report that appears to misconstrue what a particular type of receipt shows. It's a record of when electio