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United States 2020 Presidential Election

November 3, 2020

Federal security officials, courts, the Justice Department and full hand recounts found no evidence that fraud or machine manipulation altered the outcome. Claims of a “stolen” election are recorded here as debunked.

Official results

Certified by U.S. Electoral College (certified by Congress)Turnout 66.6%
  • Joseph R. Biden (D)51.3%81,283,501

    306 electoral votes

  • Donald Trump (R)46.9%74,223,975

    232 electoral votes

Sources:1

The Integrity Ledger

What the evidence establishes, and what it does not — side by side, each finding sourced and tiered.

What is established

  • Result falsificationConfirmed

    The federal election-security community stated there was no evidence that any voting system deleted, lost or changed votes, and called the election the most secure in American history.

    Sources:1
  • Result falsificationConfirmed

    Full manual hand recounts in Georgia (statewide) and Antrim County, Michigan reaffirmed the machine tallies to within normal hand-count error.

    Sources:12
  • Result falsificationConfirmed

    Roughly 60 post-election lawsuits alleging a falsified result failed; the Supreme Court denied Texas’s bid to challenge four other states’ results for lack of standing.

    Sources:12
  • Foreign interferenceConfirmed

    The declassified intelligence assessment found no indications that any foreign actor altered any technical aspect of the voting process, while Russia and Iran ran influence (messaging) operations.

    Sources:1
  • Information operationsConfirmed

    The false narrative that Dominion machines switched votes was amplified on cable news and produced the largest known U.S. defamation settlement ($787.5m from Fox) and court findings of falsity.

    Sources:12

What is not established

  • Result falsificationDebunked

    That the outcome was “stolen” — refuted by dozens of courts, the Justice Department, and recounts and audits.

    Sources:12
  • Result falsificationDebunked

    That Dominion or Smartmatic machines flipped or deleted votes — ruled false in court and refuted by hand recounts of paper ballots.

    Sources:12
  • Statistical anomaliesDebunked

    Alleged statistically impossible vote spikes did not survive audit; hand counts matched or slightly widened the certified margin.

    Sources:12

Statistical notes

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Official reportU.S. Election Infrastructure Government & Sector Coordinating Councils (incl. CISA)November 12, 2020
Joint Statement: 2020 election “the most secure in American history”
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Official reportU.S. Office of the Director of National IntelligenceMarch 16, 2021
Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections (declassified ICA)
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JournalismPBS NewsHour (Associated Press)December 1, 2020
Barr: Justice Department found no evidence of fraud that would change election outcome
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Official reportU.S. Federal Election CommissionJanuary 2021
Official 2020 U.S. presidential election results
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Official reportGeorgia Secretary of StateNovember 19, 2020
Historic first statewide audit of paper ballots upholds result of presidential race
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Official reportMichigan Department of StateDecember 17, 2020
Hand audit of all presidential votes in Antrim County confirms machines were accurate
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Court rulingSupreme Court of the United StatesDecember 11, 2020
Texas v. Pennsylvania — motion for leave to file denied
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Court rulingSuperior Court of the State of DelawareApril 9, 2025
US Dominion, Inc. v. Newsmax Media, Inc. — opinion on summary judgment
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Official reportU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)June 3, 2022
Advisory ICSA-22-154-01: Vulnerabilities affecting Dominion ImageCast X
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