A post shared on X claims that Starlink, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, was used to steal the election.

STOP FUCKING SAYING THAT TRUMP WON THIS ELECTION! HE DIDN’T! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT’S HAPPENING! WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME INFORMATION! THIS ELECTION WAS RIGGED BY TRUMP, LEON, AND RUSSIA! STARLINK WAS USED! MILLIONS OF VOTES WEREN’T COUNTED! WAKE THE FUCK UP, AMERICA!

— Michelle Baker (@Michell33650674) November 10, 2024

Verdict: False

There is no evidence Starlink was used to steal the election or commit voter fraud.

Fact Check:

Social media users are claiming that Starlink was used to steal the 2024 election from Vice President Kamala Harris.

“STOP FUCKING SAYING THAT TRUMP WON THIS ELECTION! HE DIDN’T! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT’S HAPPENING! WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME INFORMATION! THIS ELECTION WAS RIGGED BY TRUMP, LEON, AND RUSSIA! STARLINK WAS USED! MILLIONS OF VOTES WEREN’T COUNTED! WAKE THE FUCK UP, AMERICA!” one user wrote (emphasis added by Check Your Fact.)

There is no evidence for these claims. If Starlink had been used to steal the election, media outlets would have covered it. Fact-checking outlets have, in fact, debunked the claim. Election officials told The Associated Press (AP) that the claim was false.

“We don’t use Starlink equipment for any part of our elections, and never have. Our election equipment is 100% air-gapped and never connected to the internet,” Mike Hassinger, a Georgia Secretary of State spokesperson, told the AP.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) director Jen Easterly said in a Nov. 6 statement that “our election infrastructure has never been more secure…” (RELATED: Did Rihanna Say She Will Release New Music If Harris Wins?) 

“As we have said repeatedly, our election infrastructure has never been more secure and the election community never better prepared to deliver safe, secure, free, and fair elections for the American people. This is what we saw yesterday in the peaceful and secure exercise of democracy. Importantly, we have no evidence of any malicious activity that had a material impact on the security or integrity of our election infrastructure,” Easterly’s statement partially reads.

The election was not rigged by Trump or Russia, though numbers traced to Russia did call in phony bomb threats on Election Day, according to Reuters.