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Elections & voting fact checks

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

5,415 published reviews in this topic

YouturnElections & voting

தேர்தலில் நோட்டா 35% ஓட்டுகளுக்கு மேல் வாக்கு பதிவாகி இருந்தால் அந்த தேர்தலில் எந்த கட்சி வெற்றி பெற்று இருந்தாலும் அது செல்லாது. அதன் பின்னர் ஆறு மாதம் குடியரசு தலைவர் ஆட்சி அமல்ப்படுத்தப்படும்.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

YouturnElections & voting

2019-ம் ஆண்டின் லோக்சபா தேர்தலுக்கான நாட்கள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்தியாவில் உள்ள ஒவ்வொரு மாநிலத்திலும் எந்த தேதியில் நடக்கின்றன என்பதை பார்த்து தெரிந்து கொள்ளுங்கள்.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

Africa CheckElections & voting

Former Nigerian president Obasanjo endorsed Buhari two days before elections

Publisher’s rating: False

Related reporting about the 2019 presidential election contradicts the claim’s central assertion. It says former president Olusegun Obasanjo endorsed the PDP candidate, while his son, Juwon Obasanjo, supported President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC. On the account in this excerpt, Buhari’s support came from Obasanjo’s son, not from Obasanjo himself. The report further describes Juwon as joining the Buhari Campaign Organisation and serving as National Coordinator of the Buhari Youth Organisation, while his father preferred the opposing candidate. This supports the distinction between the two men’s positions, but the excerpt does not identify the date of any endorsement or say what happened specifically two days before the election. The supplied evidence therefore challenges the claim that Obasanjo endorsed Buhari, but does not independently resolve its precise timing.

Pagella PoliticaElections & voting

I Cinque Stelle hanno venduto numeri falsi di potenziali destinatari: da sei milioni iniziali, arriveremo al un milione e mezzo finale. E la priorità nell’erogazione l’avranno immigrati, rom e abusivi vari

Publisher’s rating: Nì

The review examines two parts of the claim about Italy’s citizenship-income program: that the Five Star Movement’s estimates of potential beneficiaries fell from six million to 1.5 million, and that immigrants, Roma and people called “abusivi” would receive priority. It finds the broad point that estimates were revised downward has some basis, but says the figures in the claim are inaccurate. According to the review, the starting estimate was nine million, not six million, although Luigi Di Maio later referred to 6.5 million people. It gives the government’s eventual estimate as about four million and the lower estimate from the National Social Security Institute (INPS) as 2.4 million—not 1.5 million. The review rejects the alleged priority as unsupported by the decree establishing the program: it says the decree created no preferential route for those groups. It also notes that “immigrants” is not the most accurate description of the relevant category, which it calls “foreigners,” and that the claim does not clarify whom “abusivi” refers to. The review adds that the ten-year residence requirement for foreigners could, in light of constitutional case law, be considered unlawfully discriminatory against Italian citizens. Its conclusion is therefore mixed: the estimates were substantially revised downward, but the claim gives incorrect figures, and its allegation of preferential treatment lacks support.

DUBAWAElections & voting

A claim that the CIA, on behalf of the US Government, has raised alarm over invasion of armed aliens from Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Sudan to rig and induce violence at the Nigerian elections.

Publisher’s rating: Likely false.

The review examined a WhatsApp and Facebook message alleging that the CIA, speaking for the US Government, warned that armed foreigners from Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Sudan were being brought into Nigeria to influence the elections and cause violence. The message also claimed that the CIA had satellite evidence and would monitor the elections. The review traced the message to three news sites and reported that it circulated on social media, including through the Hope for Nigeria Facebook page. To check the allegations, the review says it examined official CIA and US Embassy in Nigeria websites and press releases, compared the message with past CIA statements, and reviewed available US statements about the 2019 election. It reported finding no evidence that the CIA had issued the quoted warning or the alleged satellite-monitoring statements. It also said the available US Embassy statements did not include the warning attributed to the agency. The review distinguished the unsupported CIA claims from a documented concern about voter registration by people from neighboring countries. It reported that INEC had raised concerns about foreigners from border countries registering for voter cards, and cited a Guardian report about security forces raiding 2,000 such people. The review suggested this concern may have been used to lend plausibility to the message, but it does not present that background as evidence that the CIA made the alleged statements.

DUBAWAElections & voting

A claim that Ghanian President Nana Akufo-Addo appealed to Nigerians to re-elect President Buhari.

Publisher’s rating: There is no evidence that the President of Ghana had a press conference to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election.

The allegation concerned Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and the 2019 Nigerian presidential election: an online newspaper, My State News, reported that Akufo-Addo said Buhari was the best option and that it would be in Nigeria’s interest if Buhari won re-election. DUBAWA examined that report and its claimed endorsement, rather than independently documenting a public endorsement by Akufo-Addo. The review identifies the report as published on February 15, 2019, and reproduces its headline, “Buhari remains the best option for Nigeria – Ghanaian President“ (S1).