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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

dpaElections & voting

Bolsonaro beweert bewijzen van verkiezingsfraude te hebben en mobiliseert het leger, aldus een tweet.

Publisher’s rating: De bron van dit bericht is een nepaccount, die een lesje in nepnieuws wilde geven. Bolsonaro heeft deze beweringen niet gedaan.

The claim concerns a tweet saying that Bolsonaro had hard evidence of election fraud and had mobilized the army. The review traces the post to a fake account rather than to Bolsonaro: it reports that the text and image in the screenshot matched a tweet from @NassorDoBrasil, which had been posted under the lookalike handle @clarinlacom. The account used that handle to make its post appear connected to an Argentine news outlet. The review says the user later changed the handle, photo and name back to @NassorDoBrasil and clarified that the story was a joke intended as a lesson about fake news.

El Detector / Univision NoticiasElections & voting

Video muestra a simpatizantes de Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, que acudían en autobús a votar el 30 de octubre, detenidos por la policía para impedir tal derecho.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The allegation concerns a video said to show supporters of Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva being detained by police while traveling by bus to vote on October 30, 2022. The original review says the footage does not show that event: it describes the people as supporters of Sport Recife, a football club, who were subjected to a police search months before the presidential runoff. The review says the supporters themselves posted about the search on Instagram and thanked Ceará state military police for their treatment and mutual respect. The post was dated April 5, 2022. The review also describes how it assessed the video. It notes that a police uniform in the footage bears the acronym “BEPI COD,” then says a search led to a Ceará state government webpage explaining the acronyms and showing uniforms consistent with those in the footage. The review further reports finding an earlier AFP fact-check, published in April 2022, which had identified the people as Sport Recife supporters. Together, the video’s uniform details, the earlier identification, and the supporters’ own account place the footage in a football-related police search, not in an effort to stop Lula voters from exercising their rights.

Fact CrescendoElections & voting

बीएसपी द्वारा सुप्रीम कोर्ट की वरिष्ठ अधिवक्ता सीमा समृद्धि कुशवाहा जी को बहुजन समाज पार्टी दिल्ली प्रदेश का मुख्यमंत्री पद का उम्मीदवार बनाए जाने पर सुश्री बहन कुमारी मायावती जी का बहुत बहुत आभार।“

Publisher’s rating: False