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Maricopa County

Fact-Checks | Election Disinformation | Voter Fraud | Trump Lost

No Evidence for Kari Lake’s Claim that Maricopa County Ballots Lacked Chain of Custody Records

January 11, 2023

A judge on Dec. 24 dismissed Kari Lake’s claim that there was no chain of custody for 300,000 mail-in ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona, during the 2022 election, yet posts on social media continue to spread the baseless claim. Every mail-in ballot in the county had a unique barcode and chain of custody documents to ensure security, election officials said.

Ballot Printer Delayed Maricopa Voting, Contrary to Unfounded Claims

November 9, 2022

Tabulating machines at some polling locations in Maricopa County, Arizona, couldn’t process ballots during part of Election Day, though affected voters could leave their ballots in a secure box or go elsewhere to vote. But some conservatives, including former President Donald Trump, made the unfounded claim that the setback indicated an attempt to “steal” the election.