“Maricopa County announced that on Election Day over 540,000 voters visited one of the 223” vote centers, but final official results data claimed that “only 248,070 people voted.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 28 Nov 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The data is missing context. More than 540,000 people visited vote centers Nov. 8, but only about 251,000 of them were there to vote in person. The majority were dropping off early ballots.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 November 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 January 2023, 43 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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