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  • Fact Check: Newly Discovered Video Does NOT Show Late-Night Deliveries Of Illegal Ballots In Detroit, Michigan

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    Does a newly discovered video show late-night deliveries of illegal ballots in Detroit, Michigan? No, that's not true: The ballots were legal votes. The 8 p.m. Election Day deadline was for casting ballots not counting them. The Michigan secretary of state's office told Lead Stories that what took place was "standard and appropriate practice." The claim appeared in an article…

    • Feb 9, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Newly Discovered Video Does NOT Show Late-Night Deliveries Of Illegal Ballots In Detroit, Michigan Legal Votes
  • Fact Check: Michigan Officials Were NOT 'Caught On Video' Forcing Audit Volunteers To Count 'Multiple Ballots With Same Signature'

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    Were Michigan election officials caught on video forcing audit volunteers to count multiple ballots with the same signature and to count dubious ballots without asking questions? No, that's not true: In U.S. elections, ballots are not signed. The videos in question show Michigan elections staff insisting volunteers finish their task -- the audit that checks numbers of ballots against numbers…

    • Jan 15, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Michigan Officials Were NOT 'Caught On Video' Forcing Audit Volunteers To Count 'Multiple Ballots With Same Signature' No Signatures
  • Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT File Two Lawsuits Against Georgia Secretary of State for 'Leaking' Tape Of 'Confidential Litigation Call' About Overturning Election

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    Did President Donald Trump file state and federal lawsuits against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for allegedly "leaking" the tape of a "confidential litigation call" regarding the president's request to overturn election results? No, that's not true: Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, whom the Gateway Pundit article used as the source about lawsuits, told Lead Stories he was…

    • Jan 7, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT File Two Lawsuits Against Georgia Secretary of State for 'Leaking' Tape Of 'Confidential Litigation Call' About Overturning Election No Leak Suits
  • Fact Check: Fulton County Did NOT Defy Court Order Against Blocking Credentialed Republican Poll Monitors From Viewing Absentee Ballots In Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff

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    Did the Fulton County Board of Elections defy a judge's order to remove barriers that prevented credentialed Republican poll monitors from viewing absentee ballots in the Senate runoff election in Georgia? No, that's not true: In a January 6, 2021, email to Lead Stories, Richard Barron, director of the Fulton County Board of Elections and Registration, wrote that the board…

    • Jan 6, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Fulton County Did NOT Defy Court Order Against Blocking Credentialed Republican Poll Monitors From Viewing Absentee Ballots In Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff Obeyed Order
  • Fact Check: Georgia Ballots Were NOT Printed Differently for GOP Areas Versus Democrat Areas To Enable Election Rigging

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    Were ballots used in Republican areas of Georgia different from ballots used in Democratic areas of the state, resulting in a rigged election? No, that's not true: A purported elections expert -- who the Georgia secretary of state's office described as a "failed treasure hunter" -- claimed that since ballots have a unique bar code for each precinct, that "caused…

    • Jan 4, 2021
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Georgia Ballots Were NOT Printed Differently for GOP Areas Versus Democrat Areas To Enable Election Rigging No Party Code
  • Fact Check: The American Medical Association Did NOT Rescind Its Original Guidance On Hydroxychloroquine

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    Did the American Medical Association rescind its original guidance on the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19? No, that's not true: The AMA's guidance on hydroxychloroquine remains unchanged. Since the association's original March 25, 2020, statement on the use of the anti-malarial drug, the agency has added more information, but never back-tracked. The claim appeared in a blog post (archived…

    • Dec 16, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: The American Medical Association Did NOT Rescind Its Original Guidance On Hydroxychloroquine Unchanged
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Of 23,000 'Fraudulent' Ballots For Biden Identified In Georgia

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    Were 23,000 "fraudulent" ballots for Joe Biden identified in Georgia? No, there's no evidence that's true. An article making that claim cites as its source a video on YouTube, which relies on unofficial results reported in real time. State election officials have repeatedly defended the integrity of the vote. "We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the…

    • Dec 8, 2020
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Of 23,000 'Fraudulent' Ballots For Biden Identified In Georgia Not Official
  • Fact Check: Trump Team Does NOT Have Dominion Machine From A Small Georgia County That Shows Votes Flipped from Trump to Biden

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    Did Donald Trump's campaign gain control of voting machines in a small Georgia county and run tests that showed votes were flipped from Trump to Biden? No, that's not true: Articles and social media posts making the claim say the voting machines in Ware County, Georgia, were taken by the "Trump Team" for study and that they proved a flip…

    • Dec 6, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Trump Team Does NOT Have Dominion Machine From A Small Georgia County That Shows Votes Flipped from Trump to Biden Denied
  • Fact Check: Judge Did NOT Give Pennsylvania Legislators Power to Choose Electors

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    Did a judge give Pennsylvania's legislators the power to choose presidential electors? No, that's not true: Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough issued a memorandum to explain to the state Supreme Court what her thinking was when she ordered a temporary halt to the certification of Pennsylvania election results while the petition to declare a mail-in voting law unconstitutional was litigated.…

    • Nov 28, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Judge Did NOT Give Pennsylvania Legislators Power to Choose Electors Denied
  • Fact Check: Dominion Executive Eric Coomer Is NOT Missing And The Company Has Not Closed Its Headquarters

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    Is Dominion Voting Systems vice president Eric Coomer missing and has the company closed its headquarters? No, that's not true: A video repeats unfounded claims Lead Stories has previously debunked: that Dominion Voting Systems has shuttered its headquarters amid unfounded and rebutted claims that the company manipulated election results in favor of Joe Biden over Donald Trump. There is no…

    • Nov 27, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Dominion Executive Eric Coomer Is NOT Missing And The Company Has Not Closed Its Headquarters No Proof
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