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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show California Election Worker Committing Electoral Fraud By Scanning Ballots Three Times

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    Does a video show an Orange County, California, election worker committing electoral fraud by scanning ballots three times? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Orange County Registrar of Voters denied the accusation of fraud, saying the video "shows an Orange County election worker scanning a batch of ballots three times, but only saving the batch once." The first…

    • Jan 21, 2025
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show California Election Worker Committing Electoral Fraud By Scanning Ballots Three Times Saved Once
  • Fact Check: 60 Voters Registered At Municipal Address In Maricopa County, Arizona, Is NOT A Sign Of Electoral Fraud -- Homeless Allowed To Use Courthouse As Address For Voter Registration

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    Did election fraud occur when 60 people in Maricopa County, Arizona, registered to vote using a municipal building as their home address? No, that's not true: The Maricopa County public information officer told Lead Stories that the voters registered in this building, the West Court Building, do not have a permanent address and can use the courthouse as their address.…

    • Nov 5, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check:  60 Voters Registered At Municipal Address In Maricopa County, Arizona, Is NOT A Sign Of Electoral Fraud -- Homeless Allowed To Use Courthouse As Address For Voter Registration Homeless Use
  • Fact Check: CIA Did NOT Warn It Identified Vote Stuffing Using Identities Of Dead Americans Who Lived In Europe -- Post Matches Russian Misinfo Techniques

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    Does a video prove the CIA identified 20 people who organized vote stuffing by using the identities of dead Americans who had lived in Europe? No, that's not true: The CIA told Lead Stories the allegation that they identified deceased Americans voting is "absolutel false." The video spreading the vote-stuffing story has substantial evidence of manipulation, an AI detector organization…

    • Nov 5, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: CIA Did NOT Warn It Identified Vote Stuffing Using Identities Of Dead Americans Who Lived In Europe -- Post Matches Russian Misinfo Techniques Misinfo AI
  • Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Post Video Warning That Democrats Had Rigged Voting In Prisons In Swing States

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    Did the FBI post a video warning that Democrats had rigged voting by prisoners in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona ahead of the 2024 presidential election? No, that's not true: The FBI put out a bulletin calling this a "false narrative." It said the video was "not authentic" and its contents were "false." The claim appeared in a post for a…

    • Nov 5, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Post Video Warning That Democrats Had Rigged Voting In Prisons In Swing States FBI Refuted
  • Fact Check: FAKE FBI Video Announced Arrests Of Mail-In Ballot Fraud Groups -- More From Russia

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    Did the FBI publish a video reporting that it had apprehended three linked groups that had committed election fraud with mail-in ballots on behalf of the Democrats? No, that's not true: The FBI has published a statement on X that these videos are not authentic, are not from the FBI, and the content they depict is false. This bogus video…

    • Nov 2, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FAKE FBI Video Announced Arrests Of Mail-In Ballot Fraud Groups -- More From Russia Phony FBI Vid
  • Fact Check: Voter Turnout Was NOT Above 100% In 2020 In Some Precincts In Henrico County, VA

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    Was voter turnout above 100 percent in 2020 in some precincts of Henrico County, Virginia? No, that's not true: Data in a social media post inaccurately added county-level absentee ballots to precinct counts using a mathematical estimate. The county director of elections told Lead Stories that the assertion about impossible turnouts is "incorrect." Counties are not concealing precinct data by…

    • Oct 10, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Voter Turnout Was NOT Above 100% In 2020 In Some Precincts In Henrico County, VA Records Refute
  • Fact Check: Fulton County Election Worker 'Wanda Shaye Moss' Was NOT Arrested On Election Fraud Charges In June 2024

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    Was "Fulton County election worker, Wanda Shaye Moss" arrested on election fraud charges in June 2024? No, that's not true: The woman shown in a social media post is Wanda Geter-Pataky, who was arrested and criminally charged in connection with the misuse of absentee ballots in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She is not Wandrea ArShaye ("Shaye") Moss, the woman falsely accused of…

    • Jun 12, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Fulton County Election Worker 'Wanda Shaye Moss' Was NOT Arrested On Election Fraud Charges In June 2024 Different Lady
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iowa Caucus Voters Throwing Random Scraps Into Paper Bag -- Ballots Are Watermarked, Preprinted

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    Do social media reactions to video showing Republicans putting ballots in a brown paper bag during the Iowa Caucus correctly assume an absence of election integrity measures at the caucus? No, that is not true: Kelley Koch, the Republican chair of Dallas County, where the votes in the video were being tallied, told Lead Stories the ballots are preprinted with…

    • Jan 16, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iowa Caucus Voters Throwing Random Scraps Into Paper Bag -- Ballots Are Watermarked, Preprinted Secure Process
  • Fact Check: 32-Page Report Does NOT Provide Proof Of Widespread 2020 Election Fraud In 5 Swing States

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    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 verifiable data that would substantiate such a sweeping assertion. It promotes a repeatedly disproven assertion that "hundreds of thousands of votes were…

    • Jan 4, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 32-Page Report Does NOT Provide Proof Of Widespread 2020 Election Fraud In 5 Swing States Claims ≠ Proof
  • Fact Check: Fulton County Did NOT Count 20,713 Votes That Did Not Exist In 2020 Election

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    Did Fulton County, Georgia, count 20,713 votes that did not exist in the 2020 election and that there are "no records" for, such as poll tapes? No, that's not true: An election-watchdog expert said that claiming votes are missing because of missing poll tapes is "like telling me my house doesn't exist unless I can find all the bank documents."…

    • Dec 22, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Fulton County Did NOT Count 20,713 Votes That Did Not Exist In 2020 Election Absent ≠ Fraud
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