“An audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Ariz., “is confirming the rumors that real ballots have a special watermark.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 29 Apr 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Maricopa County says it doesn't use watermarks on its ballots. No evidence has emerged that the audit, led by a firm headed by Doug Logan, who was part of the “stop the steal” conspiracy theories, has found watermarks.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 May 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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