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Election Fraud Claims

Claims of election fraud and the response from election officials and fact-checkers.

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Jan 19, 2026
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trump said, "go peacefully"

The record shows that at his Jan. 6 rally former President Trump told supporters they would be “marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard,” and after...

Feb 4, 2026

Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney sided with the Election Board and ruled that the county must turn over documents to the board, including scanned ballot images from the 2020 election, immediately. 

Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled in December 2025 that the State Election Board may obtain 2020 ballots and related records from Fulton County, and several local outlets reported he ordered ...

Jan 31, 2026

What are common nonfraud explanations (demographic change, turnout models) for precinct‑level correlations between turnout and candidate vote share?

Precinct‑level correlations between and a candidate’s commonly arise from ordinary, non mechanisms: changing precinct composition, differential mobilization of partisan groups, administrative or repor...

Jan 9, 2026

What legal outcomes resulted from Dominion’s and Smartmatic’s defamation suits related to 2020 election conspiracy claims?

Dominion Voting Systems secured multiple high-dollar settlements and favorable pretrial rulings after suing news outlets and individuals for repeating 2020 election conspiracy claims, most notably a $...

Jan 5, 2026

What were the outcomes of the criminal prosecutions and civil litigation tied to the Mesa County 2021 breach?

The criminal prosecutions stemming from the May 2021 Mesa County election-office breach produced convictions and prison time for the county’s former clerk, while cooperating pleas from at least one su...