Deep dives into 2020 election lies, fraud claims, fake evidence, audits, lawsuits, and what the records actually show. Follow where each story started, how it spread, and the real-world damage it caused.
Arizona audit is the phrase people use when they claim Maricopa County proved the 2020 election was stolen. They usually mean the Cyber Ninjas review ordered by the Arizona State Senate in 2021. Here is what that review actually found, what it claimed, and what it did not prove. The Arizona audit is often cited
Affidavits can be evidence, but they are not automatic proof, no matter how often people try to use the word like a magic spell. In 2020, people waved around affidavits as if the existence of a sworn statement automatically proved election fraud. That is not how evidence works, and it is not how courts work.
Vote flipping is one of the most persistent 2020 election claims because it sounds technical, secret, and hard for ordinary people to verify. The story spread because it offered a simple conclusion: Trump really won, and some hidden system changed the numbers. The claim was not established by the audits, official investigations, or technical evidence
Italygate alleged that technology and actors in Italy were used to alter the 2020 U.S. election result. You check the paper trail. The allegation was not substantiated by the official investigations and evidence made public after the election. Italygate sounds dramatic, but dramatic election claims still need records, chain of custody, and proof that can
Ballot watermarks are one of the most persistent 2020 election myths because the story sounds dramatic, technical, and secret. The nationwide secret-watermark claim does not match how U.S. ballots are designed, printed, and administered. Every few months the same story comes back, even though it does not match how ballots are actually designed, printed, secured,
Ballot trucks became one of the most repeated 2020 election stories because the claim sounded dramatic, visual, and easy to repeat. The story says truckloads of fraudulent ballots moved from New York to Pennsylvania to help flip the election. That story gets much weaker when you slow down and check the records. Ballot trucks became
Sharpiegate became one of the biggest Arizona election rumors because it turned an ordinary marker into a secret plot. The claim said poll workers handed out Sharpies so Trump votes would bleed through, spoil ballots, and get rejected by tabulators. The allegation is contradicted by Maricopa County’s ballot design, tabulator testing, and published guidance on
Dead voters became one of the loudest 2020 election claims because the story sounded simple, creepy, and easy to repeat. The pitch was obvious: if a dead person appears on a voter list and that same name shows up in voting records, then fraud must have happened. That story falls apart when you check how
Michigan ballot dump is the phrase people still use for the claim that ballots appeared in the middle of the night to hand Joe Biden the state. The story usually combines two things: a famous graph showing Biden suddenly gaining more than 138,000 votes, and late-night ballot deliveries at Detroit’s counting center. The most widely
