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Elections & voting fact checks

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

5,412 published reviews in this topic

Fact CrescendoElections & voting

மின்னணு வாக்குப்பதிவு முறைக்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்து மும்பையில் திரண்ட மக்கள் என்று ஒரு வீடியோ சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பகிரப்பட்டு வருகிறது.

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE

The video was not filmed in Mumbai during a protest against electronic voting machines. The review says it shows a 2020 protest in Thailand, at Thanon Phaya Thai, where people were demonstrating against the monarchy and calling for democracy.

Fact CrescendoElections & voting

২০২৪ৰ মহাৰাষ্ট্ৰ বিধানসভা নিৰ্বাচনত ৫,০৪,৩১৩টা অতিৰিক্ত ভোট গণনা কৰা হৈছিল বুলি মিছাকৈ দাবী কৰা হৈছে।

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer reported 640,881,195 EVM votes and 5,38,225 postal ballots, for 646,426,420 votes cast; the total counted, including postal ballots, was 645,925,508. It explains that valid postal ballots in the Ashti and Osmanabad constituencies were wrongly presented as extra votes, and concludes that the claim is false.