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30 September
7:24 pm

Fontes was convicted by three courts of trying to lie to Arizona voters over the past two months.

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Alexander Kolodin, at Arizona Secretary of State General Election Debate

7:24 pm
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Why we checked itA specific claim that a sitting Secretary of State was convicted by three courts is a serious, verifiable legal assertion that could be false or misleading.
What we foundCourts did rule against Fontes's ballot language in several recent cases, finding it misleading or beyond his authority, but no court convicted him or found he tried to lie to voters; 'convicted by three courts' overstates adverse civil rulings.
CorrectedCorrection: originally rated not supported. Changed to overstated after post-debate review on 2026-10-01. Same assertion as claim 140185 (same speaker, same event, rated overstated). Aligned to the pair's evidence: adverse rulings are real, the criminal framing is not.
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