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Fact-check any claim in minutes

On election night, claims move faster than facts. Here, every number has public records behind it, and you can check them before you hit publish.

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Every result comes with receipts.

Results don’t just say who won. They show how many independent checkers re-ran the count, and whether any tripwire went off.

Measure 1 · Sample CountyCertified
Option A48.3%
Option B44.5%
Option C7.2%
✓ 37 re-runs agree✓ 0 tripwires✓ Paper audit passed
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Check any precinct in a minute.

Registered voters, people who voted, and ballots counted, side by side. If they don’t line up, it’s flagged.

Precinct 12
2,000
Registered
1,412
Voted
1,412
Ballots
✓ One ballot for every voter
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Fact-check a claim.

A viral post says a precinct had thousands more votes than voters. You don’t have to guess or wait for a statement.

Pull the public record and you have your answer.

@viral_account· 2m

🚨 BREAKING: Precinct 7 has 5,000 MORE votes than voters!! Share before they delete this!

Public record · Precinct 7
Registered
3,120
Voted
2,240
Ballots
2,240
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Or break a real story.

The watchdog alert feed is public. When a real problem shows up, you see it when everyone else does, with the records attached.

Public alert feed live
    5

    Cite the record, not a source.

    Link readers to the exact records you used. Anyone can check your work the same way you checked theirs.

    “Precinct 7 recorded 2,240 ballots from 2,240 voters, matching exactly.”

    Source: Sample County public ballot records
    Record fingerprint e3b0…c442✓
    Checked with ovp-check v1.0
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    What you’ll never see.

    Everything about the count is public. How any person voted is not, and can’t be, for anyone.

    You can see
    • ✓Every vote, in every race
    • ✓Who voted (not how)
    • ✓Every ballot picture
    • ✓Every machine fingerprint
    • ✓Every alert
    Nobody can see
    • ✕How any person voted
    • ✕Which ballot is whose
    • ✕Anyone’s key
    The short version
    • ✓Every result links to records anyone can check.
    • ✓Any precinct can be checked in about a minute.
    • ✓Claims can be confirmed or debunked from the public record.
    • ✓Every alert is public, so real problems are visible too.
    • ✓Nobody, including you, can ever see how a person voted.
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