Voter Fraud & Suppression

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Fact check: Post falsely claims that Maricopa County lost 291,390 Election Day votes

Officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, announced on Nov. 28 that they certified the county's 2022 midterm election results. But some social media users claim there are missing votes in the county.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/12/13/fact-check-false-claim-maricopa-county-lost-291-390-votes/10841984002/

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Fact check: Chain of custody for Maricopa County ballots was secure

The claim: A video shows ballots breaking chain of custody in Arizona

During any election, state and local officials document the control and possession of election materials through a process known as the chain of custody. But some social media users claim this process was disrupted in Arizona's Maricopa County during the recent midterm elections.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/12/09/fact-check-chain-custody-ballots-secure-maricopa-county/10793380002/

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Fact check: Arizona law allows relatives, caregivers to deposit ballots for others

The claim: People depositing multiple ballots in Arizona drop boxes is proof of election fraud

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/28/fact-check-its-legal-drop-off-multiple-ballots-arizona/10751456002/

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Fact check: Post misleads on mail-in voting, 'ballot harvesting' in Florida

The claim: Florida banned mass mail-in ballots and 'ballot harvesting,' requires voter ID and added an election police

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/28/fact-check-post-misleads-florida-mail-voting-ballot-harvesting/10695235002/

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Fact check: As predicted, key election winners were declared in Florida before Nevada

The claim: Florida counted all votes within two hours of polls closing, while Nevada's results flipped suddenly after days of counting

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/30/fact-check-nevada-florida-vote-counting-shaped-different-rules/10766087002/

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Fact check: Cyber Command watched for foreign threats on Election Day

The claim: U.S. Cyber Command found evidence of election fraud following the 2022 midterm elections

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/30/fact-check-cyber-command-focuses-foreign-threats-not-domestic/10805833002/

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Fact check: Video shows spilled trash in Australian mall, not ballots from Arizona midterms

The claim: Video shows Arizona midterm election ballots spilling down an escalator

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/24/fact-check-no-video-doesnt-show-spilled-arizona-midterm-ballots/10762506002/

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Fact check: Vote spike in chart of Michigan AG race shows reports from left-leaning area, not fraud

The claim: Chart shows election fraud in Michigan attorney general race

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a frequent purveyor of baseless voter fraud claims, shared a series of posts on social media in the days after the 2022 midterms claiming voter tally charts were evidence of voter fraud.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/23/fact-check-no-vote-spike-chart-michigan-ag-race-isnt-fraud/10662185002/

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Recount requests delay Pennsylvania election certification

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Five weeks after Election Day, winning candidates in Pennsylvania from governor to Congress are waiting for their victories to become official.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-government-and-politics-d3281c225578e922b228418b27cc4380

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Fact check: Herschel Walker's changing vote count was due to human error, not election fraud

The claim: Herschel Walker's fluctuating vote count on Fox News was proof of election fraud

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/12/14/fact-check-georgia-runoff-vote-count-fluctuated-due-human-error/10883607002/?

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Fact check: Arizona's voting equipment was certified ahead of the 2022 midterms

The claim: Voting machines in Arizona were not certified and thus the election can’t be legally certified

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/12/14/fact-check-arizonas-voting-equipment-certified-ahead-midterms/10847865002/?

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Arizona lawyers: Kari Lake election loss lawsuit lacks merit

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake didn’t offer evidence to back her claims of widespread, intentional misconduct on Election Day at her two-day trial challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona governor’s race, lawyers for the state said Thursday.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-politics-arizona-katie-hobbs-d5d05d7359698db2c166909467d719f8

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Arizona Republican loses lawsuit over attorney general race

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh’s challenge of election results in his race against Democrat Kris Mayes for Arizona attorney general, concluding that Hamadeh didn’t prove the errors in vote counting that he had alleged.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-lawsuits-arizona-race-and-ethnicity-f2cb488f98f75fd757389bd98c24e7af

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Congress approves new election rules in Jan. 6 response

Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump’s violence-inflaming push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-donald-trump-e4366ca9e350ef87ebbb7638517cbde3

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Lake loses suit over her defeat in Arizona governor’s race

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at some polling places on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-katie-hobbs-2a1ef57c4902c8460eaee8ec0bc394d6

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Fact check: Post falsely links military vote count in Wisconsin to election tampering

The claim: A decrease in active military votes in Wisconsin shows election tampering

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/12/30/fact-check-post-falsely-links-wi-military-votes-election-tampering/10888689002/?

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Majority of 16k canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New data from Pennsylvania’s elections agency shows an early November state court decision that barred mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes resulted in otherwise valid votes being thrown out.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-united-states-government-a1c75c9cfc2f1bfca21ac4a4cbfe60f0

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Pennsylvania certifies election results after recount delay

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top elections official fully certified results from the November vote late last week after recount petitions in some counties had delayed the process, the Department of State said Tuesday.

https://apnews.com/article/josh-shapiro-politics-pennsylvania-state-government-4512311ae05c07a3d6b67f27eb7cda43

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Clerk pleads no contest in 2020 Flint-area ballot sabotage

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman who was a public official in a Michigan community admitted Wednesday that she broke a seal on a ballot box to ensure that votes could not be recounted in her 2020 race, prosecutors said.

https://apnews.com/article/flint-b07e6a838aaca467c78503070c694381

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Pro-Trump Florida man gets absurdly light sentence after admitting to bona fide voter fraud

Apparently, if you’re a white Republican who clumsily commits voter fraud in America, you get a slap on the wrist. Maybe a kiss, too. And possibly even a corsage—assuming Donald Trump thinks you’re hot enough to be seen in public with him.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/1/2150515/-Pro-Trump-Florida-man-gets-absurdly-light-sentence-after-admitting-to-bona-fide-voter-fraud?

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Trump campaign staff on 2020 election lies: ‘fan the flame’

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. But even as they acknowledged defeat, they pivoted to allegations of widespread fraud that were ultimately debunked — repeatedly — by elections officials and the courts.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-madison-166e3f52e42cc45cff8f28b75dd23cfc?

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Fact check: Kari Lake falsely claims that nearly 250,000 voting attempts failed in midterms

The claim: Nearly 250,000 voting attempts failed in Arizona midterm election

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/03/fact-check-false-claim-250-000-arizona-voting-attempts-failed/11169708002/

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Fox hosts didn’t believe 2020 election fraud claims

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hosts at Fox News had serious concerns about allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election being made by guests who were allies of former President Donald Trump, according to court filings in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.

https://apnews.com/article/technology-news-media-donald-trump-denver-business-03e8f8f052c69aebbe3f6e07b2ee7f9a?

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Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims

Two years after former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false.

https://apnews.com/article/politics-2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-georgia-cfb7bdb05ef8fe25879fb49f9ed44882

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AZ Kris Mayes investigating Trump’s ‘fake electors,’ focusing on threats to election workers

While her predecessor used a dedicated election crimes division to investigate hundreds of bogus election fraud claims, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she will redirect the unit’s focus to prosecute election-related threats and protect voting rights.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/03/03/az-kris-mayes-investigating-trumps-fake-electors-focusing-on-threats-to-election-workers/?