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Elections & voting fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about elections & voting. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

5,413 published reviews in this topic

YouturnElections & voting

மணிப்பூரில் 52 சதவீதம் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் உள்ளனர். 2013ம் ஆண்டு மணிப்பூர் மாநிலத்தில் பாஜகவின் வாக்கு 0.5 சதவீதம். ஒன்பது வருடங்களுக்குப் பிறகு 52 சதவீதம். – தமிழ்நாடு பாஜக மாநில தலைவர் அண்ணாமலை.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

El Detector / Univision NoticiasElections & voting

“Estaban haciendo tanta trampa en Pennsylvania que se dejaron de juegos y reeligieron a un hombre muerto”.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim says that widespread cheating in Pennsylvania led officials to reelect a dead man. The review examines Tony DeLuca’s victory in the November 8, 2022, midterm elections, despite his death before the vote. It reports that DeLuca, a Democratic state representative, died on October 9, aged 85, and that his name remained on the ballot. The review’s conclusion is that his reelection was not the result of fraud or an election irregularity. The explanation given is electoral timing. Allegheny County communications director Amie Downs said the state’s deadlines for candidate withdrawals and substitutions had passed by the time DeLuca died. The county sent ballot information to the printer on September 28, and ballots began leaving the post office on October 1. The review also quotes the state House Democratic campaign committee’s executive director confirming that Pennsylvania law provided no way to remove DeLuca from the ballot by then. The review distinguishes DeLuca’s appearance on the ballot and his winning the vote from who would ultimately occupy the seat. It reports that a special election would determine the replacement, with its date to be set by the leader of the Pennsylvania House. It also says AP verifiers reached the same conclusion about why DeLuca remained on the ballot. The evidence presented therefore supports the review’s explanation that the ballot reflected deadlines and printing and distribution already underway, not proof of the alleged cheating.

dpaElections & voting

Cette vidéo est la preuve d'une fraude électorale aux États-Unis.

Publisher’s rating: La vidéo ne prouve pas qu’il y ait eu fraude. Elle montre un superviseur parapher des bulletins de vote qui n’ont pas encore été utilisés. Cet acte est requis par la loi de l’État du Wisconsin, où s’est déroulée la scène.

The video circulated as apparent evidence of fraud in the U.S. midterm elections shows a poll worker writing on ballots. The review identifies the clip as an excerpt from a Fox News broadcast of The Faulkner Focus on November 8, 2022. A banner in the original footage places the scene in Madison, Wisconsin; the review’s reverse-image search further located the reporting site at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, which had been selected as a city polling place. The review reports that the worker was not acting covertly: he was surrounded by other people while writing. Dane County clerk Scott McDonell explained that the worker was an election inspector following a standard procedure: initialing ballots and marking each voter’s ward. The review says Wisconsin law requires this, and describes it as an additional way of verifying ballot authenticity. It also reports that Madison’s clerk and the Associated Press confirmed the explanation. Thus, the footage shows a real election procedure, not evidence that ballots were fraudulently altered. The viral interpretation leaves out the location and the required role of the worker. The review does not identify the ballots as already used; its assessment says they had not yet been used.

El Detector / Univision NoticiasElections & voting

“La situación de voto en ausencia en Detroit, Michigan, es realmente mala. La gente se presenta a votar solo para que le digan 'lo siento, ya votaste'”.

Publisher’s rating: Engañoso

The claim concerned whether Detroit voters were being turned away after being told they had already voted absentee. Univision’s review examined the voting-system problem reported on Election Day, November 8, 2022, and the city’s explanation of what happened. It found that the reported issue did not establish the fraud suggested by Trump’s post. Detroit’s Department of Elections said that, at some polling places, electronic poll books displayed a message indicating that a ballot number had already been issued to an absentee voter. The review reported that election officials addressed the problem early that Tuesday by adding a letter to precinct ballot numbers so they could be distinguished from absentee ballots. The department described the issue as an “error inocuo” and said measures were taken to prevent anyone from voting more than once. The review also reported that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson rejected Trump’s assertion, and that she later said minor inconveniences had been addressed quickly without preventing voters from casting ballots. Univision said it had requested Detroit absentee-voting data and incident information from the state but had received no response by the time of publication. The available evidence therefore supports the existence of a technical inconvenience, but does not support treating it as evidence of fraud or of voters actually casting duplicate ballots.