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“2 hour wait minimum at most polling places in Maricopa. Democrats running elections here knew this would happen. Traffic jam by design. DONT LET THEM DO 2020 AGAIN.”
Charlie Kirk Conservative commentator. Claim dated 8 Nov 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

Some machines in Maricopa County, Arizona, couldn’t process ballots during part of Election Day, but some conservative commentators made the unfounded claim that the setback indicated an attempt to “steal” the election.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Charlie Kirk (Conservative commentator) made this claim around 8 November 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 November 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.

Charlie Kirk has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.