“In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
Mark Finchem
Republican candidate for Secretary of State. Claim dated 25 Aug 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
In Arizona, voters who want to receive a mail ballot for a specific election or on a continuing basis must opt in.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mark Finchem (Republican candidate for Secretary of State) made this claim around 25 August 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 August 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Mark Finchem has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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