Claims
The theory that satellites flipped votes
RECORD / AT A GLANCE
False
False. No evidence links Starlink to vote tabulation, and tabulators are not connected to the internet.
THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY
Nov 2024
Posts claim Starlink flipped votes.
Nov 2024
AP and FactCheck.org find no basis.
2024
Wisconsin’s commission says Starlink was not used to alter results.
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No evidence. Tabulators are not connected to the internet, and paper records allow audits. Wisconsin’s commission denied it directly.
Who says it: Some left-leaning accounts.
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Tabulators are not connected to the internet.
Second check.
Official answer from an election agency.
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Why the claim fails.
Some left-leaning accounts claimed after the election that Starlink satellites had been used to change vote totals in Trump’s favor. [1]
AP and FactCheck.org found no evidence. Vote tabulators are not connected to the internet, and paper records allow audits and recounts. The Wisconsin Elections Commission said directly that Starlink was not used to alter results. [1][2][3]
What we can’t tell you. None.
Tabulators are not connected to the internet.
Second check.
Official answer from an election agency.
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