Voting machines can be hacked from an office in Serbia.
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Ask Dr. DrewOct 21, 2026
The claim that voting machines are hacked or manipulated from an office in Serbia is debunked by fact-checkers and courts, which found no evidence that machines flip votes or that Serbian offices were used to rig elections.
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What we found
Contradicts. PolitiFact states there is no evidence voting machines are purposely flipping votes, and that such problems are usually user error that can be fixed.[1]
Contradicts. Snopes rates the widespread rumor that machines in various states are switching votes as false and misleading, and FactCheck.org finds no evidence that touchscreen machines deliberately switch voter selections.[2][3]
Contradicts. Serbian reporting says there is no concrete evidence, and courts have established there never was any, for the theory that Trump's opponents stole the 2020 election through Serbian servers.[5]
Contradicts. A Wayne County Circuit Court judge rejected the claim that machines were connected to the internet and could be hacked, stating 'No evidence supports' that position.[6]
Context. Dominion has had a software development office in Belgrade, Serbia, and some of its software development takes place there, though the company denied this affected software integrity.[4]
Context. Hacking conferences in 2017 and 2019 were able to exploit vulnerabilities in Dominion equipment, which shows lab-based hackability but does not establish remote manipulation of votes from Serbia.[4]
Sources
6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 12026 – PolitiFactpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Fact Checks Trending on Snopes Right Nowsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Search - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 4Dominion Voting Systems - GovInfogovinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5How Serbia became collateral damage - Timevreme.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Leading pollster spreads Dominion voting machine ...unionleader.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
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