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  • 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: Lead Stories Staff
    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
  • Fact Check: Arizona Election Officials Did NOT Say 'We Accidentally Mixed Un-Counted Votes With Counted Votes, Maybe 15 To 17 Thousand'

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    Did Arizona election officials say "we accidentally mixed un-counted votes with counted votes, maybe 15 to 17 thousand"? No, that's not true: The elections department spokesperson told Lead Stories that Maricopa County officials never said that and there is no record of news organizations reporting Arizona election officials saying that. The claim appeared as an Instagram post on November 17,…

    • Nov 21, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Arizona Election Officials Did NOT Say 'We Accidentally Mixed Un-Counted Votes With Counted Votes, Maybe 15 To 17 Thousand' Never Said It
  • Fact Check: Arizona DOES Allow Dropping Off Mail-In Ballots For Other Voters

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    Does a video showing people dropping off multiple ballots at one time in a drop box prove election fraud and what "really happened" in Arizona? No, that's not true: Delivering more than one ballot for other voters is legal in Arizona. Individuals can return someone else's ballot if they are a relative, share a household or are a caretaker, a…

    • Nov 18, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Arizona DOES Allow Dropping Off Mail-In Ballots For Other Voters Can Deliver
  • Fact Check: NO Election Fraud When 'Bunch Of Bags Just Randomly Arrive' At Maricopa County Counting Center -- It's Routine Process

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    Does a "bunch of bags" randomly arriving at the Maricopa County, Arizona, counting center prove that election fraud occurred there? No, that's not true: The black canvas bags in the image are used to transport voted ballots and results from vote centers on Election Day. The bags are heavily secured and under constant surveillance by members of both the Democratic…

    • Nov 17, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Election Fraud When 'Bunch Of Bags Just Randomly Arrive' At Maricopa County Counting Center -- It's Routine Process Vote Process
  • Fact Check: Arizona Ballots Did NOT Make Unsupervised Stop At Runbeck Company On Way To Counting Room

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    Did Maricopa County, Arizona ballots make a stop with no observers at "Runbeck Printing Company" to be sorted before they were sent to the county for counting? No, that's not true: The claim was made without direct evidence. Maricopa County's spokesperson said bipartisan teams of election workers took sealed envelope packets to Runbeck Election Services, where envelope signatures are scanned…

    • Nov 16, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Arizona Ballots Did NOT Make Unsupervised Stop At Runbeck Company On Way To Counting Room Secure Process
  • Fact Check: Fox 10 Phoenix Mistake Does NOT Prove Voter Fraud In Arizona Gubernatorial Race

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    Was a Phoenix affiliate of Fox News part of an attempt to defraud voters by calling the Arizona governor's race 12 days before Election Day? No, that's not true: While the affiliate, Fox 10 Phoenix, did accidentally air a graphic in late October that showed Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs defeating Republican candidate Kari Lake by six points, the station acknowledged…

    • Nov 16, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Fox 10 Phoenix Mistake Does NOT Prove Voter Fraud In Arizona Gubernatorial Race Fox's Mistake
  • Fact Check: Pictures Of Thrown-Out Ballots Are NOT From 2022 -- They Were Reported In 2020

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    Did garbage collectors "from L.A. County California, to Chavez County New Mexico," find "thousands of midterm ballots" in the trash before the 2022 midterm elections? No, that's not true: The photos used in this claim are from news articles from 2020. Both photos indicated that U.S. postal mail had been diverted from its standard route, but neither photo was from…

    • Nov 15, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Pictures Of Thrown-Out Ballots Are NOT From 2022 -- They Were Reported In 2020 2020 News
  • Fact Check: Arizona 'Poll Watcher' Did NOT Have Access To Voter Check-In Data -- 200 Extra People Did NOT Cast Ballots

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    Did a Republican poll watcher in Arizona have access to voter check-in information where she claims to have seen evidence that 200 extra ballots were counted? No, that's not true: The Maricopa County Elections Department told Lead Stories that "[p]olitical [p]arty observers do not have access to voter check-in data," plus "there are processes in place every election to reconcile…

    • Nov 14, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Arizona 'Poll Watcher' Did NOT Have Access To Voter Check-In Data -- 200 Extra People Did NOT Cast Ballots She Can't See
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