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  • Fact Check: NOT Proof Of Cheating If Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania Do Not Have Final Results Election Night

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    Have key battleground states Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania officially announced that they will not have election results available on election night, pointing to election cheating already in the works? No, that's not true: The rules for certifying election results vary between states, and some states have rules in place that result in an anticipated delay in processing all the ballots…

    • Oct 23, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: NOT Proof Of Cheating If Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania Do Not Have Final Results Election Night It Takes Time
  • Mike Lindell's WMD Online Detection Viewer: Dennis Montgomery And A Cryptic Message

    Analysis

    Mike & Dennis At Lead Stories we have a long history of looking at Mike Lindell's election fraud claims. Readers will remember our fact checks about Lindell's four conspiracy-filled election fraud "documentaries" here, here, here and here, or our coverage of his Cyber Symposium here. We also warned him about Dennis Montgomery, a man with a long history of providing…

    • Aug 25, 2023
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Mike Lindell's WMD Online Detection Viewer: Dennis Montgomery And A Cryptic Message Him Again?
  • Fact Check: Maggie Hassan Did NOT Win 1,100 Votes From 700-Person Town -- It Was 'Human Error'

    Fact Check

    Did Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat who ran for Senate in the 2022 midterms, win 1,100 votes from a town with only 700 people? No, that's not true: The New Hampshire Secretary of State told Lead Stories the inflated vote tally was the result of "human error" and had since been corrected. Election results for New Hampshire can be…

    • Nov 18, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Maggie Hassan Did NOT Win 1,100 Votes From 700-Person Town -- It Was 'Human Error' Typo
  • Fact Check: Arizona Woman Did NOT Plead Guilty To Role In Supposed Ballot Trafficking Ring From 2020 Presidential Election

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    Did a Yuma County, Arizona, woman plead guilty to a role in a sophisticated ballot trafficking ring that supposedly stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Guillermina Fuentes did plead guilty on June 2, 2022, to "one count of Ballot Abuse, a Class 6 Felony, for her role in an August 2020 Primary Election 'ballot…

    • Jun 3, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Arizona Woman Did NOT Plead Guilty To Role In Supposed Ballot Trafficking Ring From 2020 Presidential Election Wrong Election
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Law Enforcement Raided Arizona Nonprofits In '2000 Mules' Ballot Trafficking Investigation

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    Is there proof of law enforcement raids on multiple Arizona nonprofit organizations in a "2000 Mules"-driven ballot trafficking investigation? No, there's no evidence that's true: Reporting by The Arizona Republic puts two uniformed officers and two plainclothes investigators from the Arizona attorney general's office at the office of just one nonprofit: Comité de Bien Estar in San Luis in May…

    • Jun 1, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Law Enforcement Raided Arizona Nonprofits In '2000 Mules' Ballot Trafficking Investigation No Raids
  • Fact Check: 'New Evidence' On Voting Systems In Antrim County, Michigan, Lacks Context

    Fact Check

    By Dana Ford and Maarten Schenk Does "new evidence" on voting systems in Antrim County, Michigan, give a full and complete picture of how tabulation machines and software work? No, that's not true: The evidence, which consists of a video showing that it is theoretically possible to swap votes, is missing important information. It ignores the safeguards in place to…

    • May 6, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: 'New Evidence' On Voting Systems In Antrim County, Michigan, Lacks Context Theoretical
  • Fact Check: There Was NO Evidence Of 'Ballot-Dumping' Found In Wisconsin And Michigan

    Fact Check

    Is there evidence of ballot dumping found to help Joe Biden in Wisconsin and Michigan? No, that's not true. An article published by OAN claimed there were instances of ballot dumps in both states from the November 3, 2020 presidential election. Both of these claims have been debunked by Lead Stories and other national news outlets. Ballots in Wisconsin were…

    • Nov 20, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: There Was NO Evidence Of 'Ballot-Dumping' Found In Wisconsin And Michigan Ballot Count
  • Fact Check: Some Social Security Checks DO Still Go Through U.S. Postal Service

    Fact Check

    Have no Social Security checks been delivered by the U.S. Postal Service since 2013 because of security issues with the U.S. mail? No, that's not true. While nearly 99% of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits are electronically transfered to people's bank accounts each month, 1.2% of benefits -- or 850,000 checks -- are still mailed every month. The…

    • Sep 21, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Some Social Security Checks DO Still Go Through U.S. Postal Service Mail Optional
  • Fact Check: Fake State Driver Licenses Seized By Feds In Chicago Are NOT Implicated In A Voting Fraud Scheme

    Fact Check

    Did almost 20,000 fake IDs seized by Customs and Border Protection officers in Chicago turn out to be for fake names registered to vote Democrat? No, that is not true: While customs investigators seized 19,888 fake ID cards in the first half of 2020, the agency never suggested that these IDs are part of a voter fraud scheme. Voter registration…

    • Sep 21, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Fake State Driver Licenses Seized By Feds In Chicago Are NOT Implicated In A Voting Fraud Scheme Not for Votes
  • Fake News: New York Democrats Did NOT Move To Register Illegal Aliens, Noncitizens To Vote

    Fact Check

    Did New York Democrats move to register illegal aliens and noncitizens to vote? No, that's not true: A state law in New York that took effect on December 14, 2019, allows undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses. However, the measure does not permit noncitizens to register to vote, which is against the law. A separate piece of legislation passed…

    • Jan 10, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: New York Democrats Did NOT Move To Register Illegal Aliens, Noncitizens To Vote
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