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  • Fact Check: Tabulator Trouble In Maricopa County Was NOT Proof Of Voter Fraud

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    Was the fact that Maricopa County, Arizona, experienced trouble with some of its tabulators early on Election Day proof of voter fraud? No, that's not true: There was a back-up plan in place to make sure every vote was counted. In the case of a problem with a precinct tabulator, a voter could place his or her ballot in a…

    • Nov 8, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Tabulator Trouble In Maricopa County Was NOT Proof Of Voter Fraud Secure Box
  • 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: Arizona Audit Did NOT Show Trump Won The State

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    Did the Arizona audit show that Donald Trump won the state? No, that's not true: The audit in Maricopa County, Arizona's most populous county, showed that Joe Biden beat Trump there by nearly 45,000 votes. That edge contributed to Biden's victory in the state as a whole, where he won by close to 10,500 votes. The claim appeared in a…

    • Sep 28, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Arizona Audit Did NOT Show Trump Won The State Biden Won
  • Fact Check: Ballots In Arizona Audit Did NOT Show 'Verified & Approved' Stamps Behind Triangles

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    Did ballots in Arizona show "VERIFIED AND APPROVED" stamps behind a black triangle, meaning that the image was fake or not a valid ballot? No, that's not true: The image shown during the presentation of the Maricopa County election audit was an inversed image made by the scanner, the Office of Maricopa County Records told Lead Stories. The claim appeared…

    • Sep 24, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Ballots In Arizona Audit Did NOT Show 'Verified & Approved' Stamps Behind Triangles Flipped Image
  • Fact Check: 'Duplicate Ballots' In Maricopa County, Arizona, Are NOT Proof Of Voter Fraud

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    Are "duplicate ballots" in Maricopa County, Arizona, proof of voter fraud? No, that's not true: "Duplicate ballots" or ballot envelopes don't prove duplicate votes. If a voter sends back a mail-in ballot and the signature on the envelope is questioned, or there is no signature, election officials will work to cure that signature by contacting the voter. If the issue…

    • Sep 24, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: 'Duplicate Ballots' In Maricopa County, Arizona, Are NOT Proof Of Voter Fraud Not Votes
  • Fact Check: This Is Another Foreign Spam Network's Clickbait Bid For American Eyeballs: Disconnected Headlines, Tell-Tale Avatars

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    Does the headline on this post correctly summarize the contents? No, that's not true: This video is another example of a clickbait tactic of a spam network that deceptively captures the attention of an American audience with hot-topic headlines that bear little relation to the content of the underlying video. The video is typically a well-produced package lifted from mainstream…

    • Sep 24, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: This Is Another Foreign Spam Network's Clickbait Bid For American Eyeballs: Disconnected Headlines, Tell-Tale Avatars Clickbait
  • Fact Check: 'Your Wake Up Call' Film Does NOT Back Extraordinary Claims Of Election Hack, Chinese Control, With Commensurately Solid Evidence

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    Was the fifth Mike Lindell election fraud video correct in claiming a major American voting machine company is controlled by Chinese Communist Party investors and that voting machines used in the 2020 election were hacked via the internet? No, the claims were made without accompanying evidence. Federal banking and finance forms fall well short of supporting the claim that Dominion…

    • Aug 12, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: 'Your Wake Up Call' Film Does NOT Back Extraordinary Claims Of Election Hack, Chinese Control, With Commensurately Solid Evidence W/out Sources
  • Fact Check: Mike Lindell Cyber Symposium Final Wrap-Up, August 12, 2021 -- No PCAP Evidence, Questions Remain

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    Did the materials released by Mike Lindell at his Cyber Symposium meet evidentiary standards of relevance, proof of origin, chain-of-secure-custody and reproducibility that online security experts say would be needed to take seriously his claim that he holds massive data files showing the 2020 election was stolen by hackers? No, that's not true. Lead Stories asked for the information necessary…

    • Aug 12, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Mike Lindell Cyber Symposium Final Wrap-Up, August 12, 2021 -- No PCAP Evidence, Questions Remain
  • Fact Check: Several New Pieces of Evidence Link Mike Lindell's Election Data and Videos To Accused Con Man Dennis L. Montgomery

    Analysis

    After Mike Lindell's appearance on the April 28, 2021, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show, Lead Stories published a story titled "Attention Mike Lindell: What You May Want To Know About The 'Data' Used In Your Stolen Election Claims" that traced some of the data used in Lindell's movies to a man named Dennis L. Montgomery. Lindell has been quite vague on…

    • Aug 10, 2021
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Several New Pieces of Evidence Link Mike Lindell's Election Data and Videos To Accused Con Man Dennis L. Montgomery New Links
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get Subpoenas For Arizona Routers, They Could NOT Pave The Way To Reinstatement

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    Did former President Donald Trump get subpoenas for routers associated with Arizona's voting-counting machines and does that pave the way for Trump to be reinstated as president? No, that's not true: While Arizona's senate is attempting to obtain Maricopa County's routers, Trump is not directly involved in that. If the routers are handed over, and contain evidence of fraud, both…

    • Aug 2, 2021
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get Subpoenas For Arizona Routers, They Could NOT Pave The Way To Reinstatement Way Not Paved
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