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రాజస్థాన్లో 25 కాలేజీల్లో జరిగిన విద్యార్థి సంఘ ఎన్నికల్లో 21 కాలేజీల్లో విజయం సాధించిన ఎస్ఎఫ్ఐ
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
"It's perfectly legal to lie in a political ad."
Publisher’s rating: Close to the mark
Leni Robredo admits she cheated Bongbong Marcos in the 2016 elections
Publisher’s rating: Fake
Eine Studie über den Zusammenhang von Benfordschem Gesetz und den Ergebnissen bei Bundestagswahlen beweist systematischen Wahlbetrug.
Publisher’s rating: Falsch
The claim misrepresents what the 2011 study by political scientists Christian Breunig and Achim Goerres examined. The researchers analyzed results from Germany’s 1990–2005 Bundestag elections, looking at about 80,000 constituencies. They compared the frequency of second-position digits in vote totals for specified parties and their direct candidates with the frequencies expected under Benford’s Law. The study found some departures from that statistical pattern; the review makes clear that a departure is not, by itself, proof that votes were manipulated. The distinction is central to the study’s own reported conclusions. The review quotes the authors saying that departures may indicate irregularities, including either deliberate fraud or unintentional human error. But it also reports their finding that there was “no evidence of systematic fraud or mismanagement” in candidate votes in constituencies where fraud was most likely. At state level, the analysis found 51 departures in 190 tests of parties’ list-vote results, but the study did not explain what caused them. The review also cites Goerres’s later explanation that the findings should not cast doubt on the legality of the count, and the German government’s 2011 statement that the study did not establish errors in past election results, much less their deliberate manipulation. The evidence therefore supports a narrower conclusion: some results departed from the expected digit pattern, while the analysis did not demonstrate systematic election fraud.
“Also in Georgia, everybody’s heard the water main break story, right? Where people were rushed out of the vote tabulation room because of the water main break. ...Only to see a crew of Democrat operatives, or whoever, come back and start pouring votes into machines from boxes that mysteriously appeared from under a table.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
“Thousands of people were complaining that they weren’t allowed to vote because they were told that their ballot had already been cast.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
“It was recently reported that 43,000 absentee ballot votes were counted in DeKalb County, Georgia, that violated the chain of custody rules. 43,000. Georgia was decided by only 11,779 votes. In other words, I needed 11,779 votes. And they have 40,000 here and 20,000 here.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
“No presidential candidate has ever lost an election while winning Florida, Ohio and a place called Iowa. First time it’s ever happened.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
Saiu o Ibope! Bolsonaro: 88% Todos os outros juntos: 12%
Publisher’s rating: Falso
হিমাচল প্ৰদেশত, মাণ্ডিকে ধৰি তিনিখন বিধানসভা আসনৰ উপ-নিৰ্বাচনৰ পূৰ্বে বিজেপিয়ে প্ৰকাশ কৰা প্ৰাৰ্থীৰ এখন তালিকা ছচিয়েল মিডিয়াত ভাইৰেল হৈ আছে আৰু ইয়াৰ সৈতে দাবী কৰা হৈছে যে দলটোৱে মাণ্ডি লোকসভা আসনৰ পৰা বলীউডৰ অভিনেত্ৰী কংগনা ৰাণাৱতক প্ৰাৰ্থিত্ব প্ৰদান কৰিছে।
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్ అసెంబ్లీ ఎన్నికల నేపథ్యంలో ప్రియాంక గాంధీ ఇటీవల ఒక హిందూ దేవాలయాన్ని సందర్శించిన దృశ్యాలు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Bongbong Marcos backs Leni Robredo's presidential bid
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Leni Robredo backed out of the 2022 presidential race and is instead running for a local post in Camarines Sur.
Publisher’s rating: False
Leni Robredo endorses Bongbong Marcos for president
Publisher’s rating: FALSE