He tried to illegally print three hundred thousand mail in ballots in his own party's presidential preference election. He had to be taken to court and stopped by the attorney general.
OverstatedAlexander Kolodin, at Arizona Secretary of State General Election Debate
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Why we checked itSpecific claim that Fontes attempted to print 300,000 mail-in ballots illegally in a presidential preference election and was stopped by the attorney general via court action — a verifiable figure and legal event.
What we foundThe core event is confirmed by multiple independent sources — Fontes attempted to send unrequested mail ballots to registered Democrats for the March 2020 presidential preference election and was stopped by a court at the attorney general's request — but no available source confirms the specific figure of 'three hundred thousand' ballots.