Election fact check: How voting machines work and why they're hard to hackTrust in the voting process is critical, especially amid ongoing misinformation and conspiracy theories about voting machines.
Trump Supporters Are Pushing a Clip of a Voting Machine Being Hacked. It's Not What It SeemsElection machine conspiracy narratives intensified post-2020, fueled by influential figures despite government assurances of election security.
Election conspiracy theories fueled a push to hand-count votes, but doing so is risky and slowHand-counting votes is more error-prone, expensive, and delays results compared to machine counting, yet some jurisdictions continue to push for it.
Trump Supporters Are Pushing a Clip of a Voting Machine Being Hacked. It's Not What It SeemsElection machine conspiracy narratives intensified post-2020, fueled by influential figures despite government assurances of election security.
Election conspiracy theories fueled a push to hand-count votes, but doing so is risky and slowHand-counting votes is more error-prone, expensive, and delays results compared to machine counting, yet some jurisdictions continue to push for it.
Former Pro-Trump County Clerk Is Found Guilty of Tampering With Voting MachinesFormer clerk Tina Peters convicted of tampering with voting machines in failed attempt to prove 2020 election rigging.
Former County Clerk Gets 9 Years in Prison for Tampering With Voting MachinesTina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for tampering with voting machines in connection with false claims about the 2020 election.
Former Pro-Trump County Clerk Is Found Guilty of Tampering With Voting MachinesFormer clerk Tina Peters convicted of tampering with voting machines in failed attempt to prove 2020 election rigging.
Former County Clerk Gets 9 Years in Prison for Tampering With Voting MachinesTina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for tampering with voting machines in connection with false claims about the 2020 election.