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El Detector / Univision NoticiasElections & voting

La candidata al Senado por Florida Val Demings afirmó que “apoya el aborto hasta el momento del nacimiento”.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned Val Demings, the Democratic candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, and an accusation by her opponent Marco Rubio that she supported abortion until birth. The review traces the accusation to a Facebook post by Rubio on October 22, 2022, and compares it with Demings’s stated position during their October 18 debate. In a clip she posted on Twitter, Demings said she supported a woman’s right to abortion “hasta el momento de la viabilidad” (until the point of viability). [S1: “Es falso que la candidata al Senado por Florida Val Demings haya afirmado que ‘apoya el aborto hasta el momento del nacimiento’, tal y como lo indicó su rival, Marco Rubio, en su cuenta oficial de Facebook el 22 de octubre de 2022.”; “En su cuenta oficial de Twitter, la candidata publicó un segmento del debate en el que se le escucha decir ‘Apoyo el derecho de la mujer a abortar hasta el momento de la viabilidad’.”] The review also quotes Demings’s explanation in the debate: she said the decision should be made with a woman’s family, faith, and doctor, and that the doctor should identify the point of viability. The article distinguishes that position from abortion until birth, noting that a full-term pregnancy is 39 or 40 weeks. It reports that the sources it consulted placed viability around 22 to 24 weeks, while acknowledging there was no consensus on exactly when viability begins. [S1: “‘Una parte de toda esta discusión sobre el derecho de la mujer a elegir también tiene que ver con su derecho a la privacidad, que debería poder tomar esa decisión con su familia, con base en su fe y con su médico. Creo que las mujeres, cada mujer, cada niño que pueda ser víctima de abuso, abuso sexual, debería poder sentarse con el médico y dejar que su médico les diga cuál es el punto de viabilidad’, agregó Demings durante su debate con Rubio el 18 de octubre de 2022.”; “El tiempo de gestación de una mujer a término –es decir, al momento del nacimiento– es 39 o 40 semanas.”; “Pese a que no hay un consenso de cuándo se inicia la viabilidad fetal, las fuentes consultadas indican que estaría entre las 22 y 24 semanas de gestación.”] The article further reports that Rubio’s communications director said Demings had voted for abortion until birth by supporting the Women’s Health Protection Act. The review presents this as an argument about her vote on legislation, distinct from what Demings said in the debate. Its conclusion is that Rubio’s characterization of her debate remarks was false because she referred to fetal viability, not birth. [S1: “Elizabeth Gregory, directora de comunicaciones de Rubio, informó a Politifact que Demings ‘votó por el aborto hasta el momento del nacimiento’ cuando apoyó la Ley de Protección de la Salud de la Mujer.”; “La afirmación de la candidata tenía que ver con el punto de viabilidad fetal, que no es lo mismo que el momento de nacimiento.”]

LupaElections & voting

“Superior Tribunal Militar [STM], através do seu corpo de Técnicos em Processamento de Dados, enviou ao Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, através do Ofício n°64502.0006452/2022-11, provas e evidências de violação das Urnas Eletrônicas, excluindo a possibilidade de licitude e lisura do processo eleitoral brasileiro” “(...) o STM estabelece o prazo até o dia 04/11/2022, as 16:00hrs para que esse estimado Tribunal apresente suas contra-provas. Caso contrário consideraremos falta de respeito e compromisso com milhares de brasileiros que estão protestando pacificamente, em todo país, alegando fraude no sistema eleitoral.”

Publisher’s rating: Falso

LupaElections & voting

Parágrafo Único: Por meio deste a Corte do Superior Tribunal Militar sob o comando e presidência do Generalissimo Luis Gomes Mattos declaram a invalidade das eleição presidenciais ocorridas no dia 30 de Outubro do ano de nosso Senhor 2022 comprovada a fraude em amis de 234 seções eleitorias que tornam a lizura do processo democrático inválida e portanto dissolvemos o Congresso Nacional, o Senado Federal e Supremo Tribunal Federal mantendo o Chefe do Executivo Jair Messias Bolsonaro como lider do partido provisório (Partido Integralista Brasileiro) até que ocorram novas eleições - General Luís Gomes Mattos, Pr. Superior Tribunal Militar

Publisher’s rating: Falso

El Detector / Univision NoticiasElections & voting

Pennsylvania está "bajo una orden judicial” para contar las papeletas el mismo día de la elección.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned Pennsylvania’s 2022 midterm election and asserted that a court order required election officials to count mail ballots on Election Day rather than later. The review examined the state Supreme Court’s latest election-related decision at the time, issued November 1, 2022, and compared its contents with the claim. The court’s order addressed ballots in envelopes without a date or with an incorrect date—not a deadline for counting ballots. The review reports that the order directed county election boards to refrain from counting mail and absentee ballots in those envelope categories, and separately to “separate and preserve” them. It says the decision made no mention of counting ballots on Election Day. A Pennsylvania Supreme Court communications spokesperson also told the publication by email that no such order had been issued beyond the order concerning the dated-envelope ballots. These findings directly contradict the claimed requirement. The article adds an important distinction: Pennsylvania officials could not begin processing mail ballots until Election Day, but that restriction is not the same as a court order requiring ballots to be counted that day. It also reports that then-acting Secretary of State Leigh M. Chapman said on October 24 that results would be available a few days after the election. The article describes searches of court election records and Google using English-language keywords; it reports that the relevant court record concerned envelope dates, not the claimed counting deadline.