“Voters in Maricopa County, Ariz., were forced to vote using Sharpie pens that aren’t read by voting machines.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 3 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Voters could use ink pens to fill out their ballots, but the county gave Sharpie markers to voters because ballots filled in with Sharpie pens are processed more precisely by voting machines.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 November 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/marko.trickovic.3/videos/vb.100000211175008/4130512783632387/?ty…
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