Voting Machines

Do Dominion voting machines use Smartmatic vote counting software? No, that's not true. The companies are rivals and have been involved in legal battles against each other. President Donald Trump's attorney Sidney Powell has claimed that the election results in favor of Joe Biden are inaccurate, insinuating the frequently used Dominion voting machines were compromised because they used software from…

Does a theft at a Philadelphia warehouse mean the 2020 election should be considered "illegitimate"? No, that's not true: The theft of a laptop and USB drives had "no impact whatsoever on the election," according to a spokesman for the Philadelphia City Commissioners. A spokeswoman for Election Systems & Software, maker of the city's election machines, further explained that the…

Did whistleblower and Dominion staffer Melissa Carone see Detroit voter fraud? No, this claim is missing context. Carone was not a "staffer" for Dominion Voting Systems, she was contracted as a freelance worker to work for the company on election day. She did file an affidavit claiming she saw voter fraud in Detroit, but Chief Judge Timothy Kenny of the…

Did the U.S. Army seize vote-count servers in Germany operated by Dominion, the company that provides voting machines to many American states? No, that's not true: There is no sourcing for a tweet cited by U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert for the claim, which the congressman admits he does not know to be true. Dominion is not affiliated with Scytl, the…

Is Dominion Voting Systems software developed by engineers from Venezuela and were votes sent to servers in Spain? No, that's not true. Government and independent election technology experts confirm what Dominion's spokesperson says: Dominion, founded by Canadians, is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Votes are not stored on servers in Spain, since computer election systems avoid any connection to the internet…

Did a glitch in the Rock County, Wisconsin, vote-counting system swap Donald Trump's votes for Joe Biden's, giving Biden the lead and ultimately the win in that county? No, that's not true: The Associated Press erred in collection and transmission of Rock County tallies. The error made it temporarily seem like Trump had gotten Biden's 46,649 votes and Biden had…

Does data analysis show that an election software supplier deleted 2.7 million Trump votes and switched 435,000 votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, that's not true. The states using Dominion Voting Systems software have reported that minor hiccups in the vote-tallying process were the result of user errors, were corrected by the bipartisan "canvassing" system and would not…

Does a map that highlights states using Dominion Voting Systems software correspond to a second map showing where President Donald Trump is contesting election results in court? No, that is misleading. The Trump campaign has not filed lawsuits in all six states highlighted on the map and none of the lawsuits filed in any of the states have anything to…

Is it true that the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi owns a company whose software "glitched" during the election and switched votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, this is not true. Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, an investor and businessman, does not own the software company whose product Trump supporters allege rigged the election and Speaker…

Are Democrats colluding with the CIA to alter votings machines in key swing states to help Joe Biden? No, there is no evidence to support this. The source of the claim is a retired U.S. Air Force general, whose description as a "high-level intelligence official," is misleading. Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney was banned from appearances on FOX News in 2018…