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“In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election.”
Public Interest Legal Foundation report. a report. Claim dated 18 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

The California Secretary of State’s office and election experts said the 10 million ballots are simply ones that were not used or returned by voters. They do not consider the ballots to be unaccounted for or missing.

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In short

Public Interest Legal Foundation (report) made this claim around 18 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 January 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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