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  • Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Massive Vote Discrepancy' Found In 2022 Arizona Midterm Election

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    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 the claim falsely used a "static" voter registration list versus a list that showed accurate updates from election day that provides information…

    • Jul 3, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Massive Vote Discrepancy' Found In 2022 Arizona Midterm Election Bad Analysis
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Maricopa Officials Breaking Into Election Machines -- It Shows Routine Pre-Election Installation

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    Does a post show "new video evidence" of Maricopa County election officials breaking into sealed election machines? No, that's not true: The "new" video is a recording of a 2022 public live stream of the Maricopa County, Arizona, election headquarters where workers were installing new memory cards into the ballot tabulators prior to the November 2022 election, the spokesperson for…

    • May 30, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Maricopa Officials Breaking Into Election Machines -- It Shows Routine Pre-Election Installation Out In Open
  • Fact Check: Posts With Pictures Of Lost 'Sweet Girl' Are Bait-And-Switch Scam

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    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 gained traction, the content of those posts changed to promote dubious rent-to-own schemes and extract personal information. A sheriff's…

    • May 3, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Posts With Pictures Of Lost 'Sweet Girl' Are Bait-And-Switch Scam Not In Danger
  • 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: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona

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    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 told Lead Stories the claims were incorrect and baseless. An election expert said they had never heard of a situation involving…

    • Dec 12, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona No Tampering
  • 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: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Arizona Did NOT Vote All Red Except For The Governor Blue Too
  • Fact Check: Democratic Win in AZ Governor's Race NOT Sign of 'Rigged' Election Despite Republican Wins In Other Race

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    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 common in Arizona. An Arizona pollster with two decades experience tracking election data told Lead Stories it is not unusual for the…

    • Dec 6, 2022
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Democratic Win in AZ Governor's Race NOT Sign of 'Rigged' Election Despite Republican Wins In Other Race Fickle, Again
  • Fact Check: Maricopa County Did NOT Lose Hundreds Of Thousands Of Voters Or Ballots On Election Day

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    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 who cast provisional ballots. The implied claim that Maricopa County had misrepresented the true number of voters who took part…

    • Nov 30, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Maricopa County Did NOT Lose Hundreds Of Thousands Of Voters Or Ballots On Election Day True Tally
  • Fact Check: Inactive Voter Numbers Increase Does NOT Show Evidence Of Criminal Intent In Arizona 2022 Election

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    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 mailings were sent to voters to update information as required by state law, a county official told Lead Stories. The claim appeared in…

    • Nov 29, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Inactive Voter Numbers Increase Does NOT Show Evidence Of Criminal Intent In Arizona 2022 Election Common Process
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