Sunday, November 8, 2026

Claim check

From the day's Comms chatter

Published 4:00 AM Central

What's going around

A Michigan poll worker found a Wi-Fi signal from a foreign device inside a vote tabulator on Election Day.

Spreading on X (reposted Nov 3 by Lara Logan per NewsGuard), election-integrity accounts

What the record says

Source Lead Stories found no established outlet reporting the incident.
State response Michigan Department of State said it received no report of such an incident.
Open Lead Stories said it had asked the FBI, DOJ and Michigan Attorney General and had not heard back at publication.

Bottom lineNo evidence offered

Sources

Lead Stories: No evidence of foreign Wi-Fi signal in Michigan tabulator Yahoo copy of the Lead Stories check AP via PBS: False accusations and unverified claims spread about Election Day voting NewsGuard: Even in Landslide, Voter Fraud Claims Abound

This claim was checked in the Sunday, November 8, 2026 report.

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