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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

Washington PostElections & voting

“Such a shame to see Terry McAuliffe indicate he will end Virginia’s routine election audits. … Virginia law requires voting machine audits. Not a surprise McAuliffe opposes audits.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactElections & voting

Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactElections & voting

After a “major water main break,” Georgia election workers counted “18,000 ballots, all for Biden” that they pulled from suitcases and with no election observers present.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Maldita.esElections & voting

La participación electoral en Wisconsin (EEUU) ha subido del 67% en 2016 al 89% en 2020 porque han añadido votos fraudulentos

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

Republican PAC ad said Hillary Scholten “dismissed the destruction” from 2020 protests inspired by the murder of George Floyd.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“As soon as I endorsed (Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly), the Wisconsin Democrats said, let’s move the election to two months later.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

Bergen County in New Jersey gave more votes to the Democratic gubernatorial candidate after all the ballots were counted.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

"The Pentagon reportedly failed to send absentee ballots to active military service members before the election.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer told an Antifa meeting he “made sure” Donald Trump wouldn’t win.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Quotes show Joseph Stalin and Joe Biden expressed similar views about counting votes.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for the National Guard “at every voting station and ballot counting facility” on Election Day.

Publisher’s rating: Unsupported

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

Ballots marked with Sharpie pens in Arizona "are all getting invalidated."

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esElections & voting

José Luis Ábalos no pudo votar en el referéndum de la Constitución con 18 años ya que la edad mínima para hacerlo era de 21 años

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactElections & voting

"JFK Jr was declared the frontrunner for the NY Senate seat in 1999. Days later his plane crashed, making Hillary Clinton the newly elected senator."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says City Blue Imaging Services in Rochester, N.Y. “printed ballots there. If you search them you’ll see they’re the ones who had ballots misprint errors for the ballots sent to NYC.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes. Ever. It doesn’t happen.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

An Arizona judge was “forced to overturn” an election and ruled “274,000 ballots must be thrown out.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

"Musk’s Starlink uploaded votes in swing states" during the 2024 election.

Publisher’s rating: Unsupported

PolitiFactElections & voting

“No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

“The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.”

Publisher’s rating: False