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  • Fact Check: Video Of Students Wearing Face Masks Was NOT Recorded In 2024 As Post Implies -- It Was Filmed In 2021

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    Does a video circulating on social media in February 2024 show several journalism students who were recently recorded wearing medical-style face masks outdoors? No, that's not true: The video dates back to September 24, 2021 when the Arizona State University students were at the state capitol to cover the release of the Arizona election audit results for Cronkite News. They…

    • Feb 20, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Of Students Wearing Face Masks Was NOT Recorded In 2024 As Post Implies -- It Was Filmed In 2021 Filmed In 2021
  • Fact Check: AZ Senate Did NOT Bring 'Rico Indictments Against Katie Hobbs, Adrian Fontes' And Others

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    Did the Arizona Senate bring indictments against Gov. Katie Hobbs, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Runbeck Election Services, banks and local police for election fraud and other crimes? No, that's not true: The Arizona Senate is not authorized to issue indictments, the state Senate GOP spokesperson told Lead Stories. The video shown in the social-media post that made the claim…

    • Oct 2, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: AZ Senate Did NOT Bring 'Rico Indictments Against Katie Hobbs, Adrian Fontes' And Others Wild Claims
  • Fact Check: NO Credible Evidence Arizona Lawmakers, Judges, Other Public Officials Taking Bribes From Sinaloa Cartel, Fixing Elections

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    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 joint meeting of the Arizona House and Senate elections committees on February 23, 2023, did not provide credible proof to back up her explosive…

    • Feb 28, 2023
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Credible Evidence Arizona Lawmakers, Judges, Other Public Officials Taking Bribes From Sinaloa Cartel, Fixing Elections Uncorroborated
  • Fact Check: 1/4 Million Failed Voting Attempts Did NOT Result in Uncounted Arizona Votes In November 2022 Election

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    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 the allegation "textbook disinformation." While many ballots were scanned and rescanned multiple times, the votes were ultimately counted. Arizona Secretary of…

    • Jan 25, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 1/4 Million Failed Voting Attempts Did NOT Result in Uncounted Arizona Votes In November 2022 Election Votes Counted
  • Fact Check: Arizona Did NOT Vote All Red Except For The Governor

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    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, that's not true: election results showed several other races in Arizona -- known for split-ticket ballots -- went blue…

    • Dec 8, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Arizona Did NOT Vote All Red Except For The Governor Blue Too
  • Fact Check: Arizona Election Officials Did NOT Say 'We Accidentally Mixed Un-Counted Votes With Counted Votes, Maybe 15 To 17 Thousand'

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    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 said that and there is no record of news organizations reporting Arizona election officials saying that. The claim appeared as an Instagram post on November 17,…

    • Nov 21, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Arizona Election Officials Did NOT Say 'We Accidentally Mixed Un-Counted Votes With Counted Votes, Maybe 15 To 17 Thousand' Never Said It
  • Fact Check: Arizona 'Poll Watcher' Did NOT Have Access To Voter Check-In Data -- 200 Extra People Did NOT Cast Ballots

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    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 that "[p]olitical [p]arty observers do not have access to voter check-in data," plus "there are processes in place every election to reconcile…

    • Nov 14, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Arizona 'Poll Watcher' Did NOT Have Access To Voter Check-In Data -- 200 Extra People Did NOT Cast Ballots She Can't See
  • Fact Check: IRS Did NOT Donate To Katie Hobbs Campaign -- Government Agencies Can NOT Donate To Political Campaigns

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    Did the Internal Revenue Service donate thousands of dollars to the campaign of Katie Hobbs, the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona? No, that's not true: The U.S. government agency told Lead Stories in an email that "it does not contribute to political campaigns in any way, shape or form." In addition, the payment on the Hobbs campaign's financial report…

    • Nov 10, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: IRS Did NOT Donate To Katie Hobbs Campaign -- Government Agencies Can NOT Donate To Political Campaigns IRS Refund
  • Fact Check: 19,000 Late, Invalid Ballots Were NOT Counted in 2020 Arizona Election

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    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 election officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, gave early ballot envelopes to a vendor to be scanned, not a receipt of…

    • Jun 3, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: 19,000 Late, Invalid Ballots Were NOT Counted in 2020 Arizona Election On Time
  • Fact Check: Non-Professional's 'Trend Analysis' Does NOT Explain Away Recent Election Results, Prove Trump Won

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    Does this DIY statistical analysis explain away recent election results and prove Donald Trump won the 2020 election? No, that's not true: In at least one state addressed by the model, experts trained in the specifics of election data analysis say the Seth Keshel analysis is flawed in the same way prior attempts by non-experts have failed to prove Trump…

    • Aug 3, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Non-Professional's 'Trend Analysis' Does NOT Explain Away Recent Election Results, Prove Trump Won Skews Data
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