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"After the 2020 election, this Dallas-founded pizza chain issued a controversial corporate statement backing debunked claims of voter fraud and calling for a "10-day audit of the vote" ahead of the inauguration while asserting it was not seeking to overturn results. Leadership proposed measures they framed as advancing election integrity—including exclusive use of paper ballots and eliminating mail-in voting—and CEO Brandon Solano defended these suggestions as "reasonable and responsible," predicting they would draw criticism and accusations of supporting voter suppression. The release acknowledged the oddity of a regional restaurant chain wading into heated politics and invited customers to agree, disagree, boycott, or visit in solidarity. Founded in Dallas in 1958 and owned by Rave Restaurant Group, the company operates more than 200 restaurants out of headquarters in The Colony, Texas, with only three locations currently open in the DFW area (Mesquite, East Dallas, and Duncanville)." - Amy McCarthy