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Elections & voting fact checks
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PolitiFactElections & voting
In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Washington PostElections & voting
“Georgia, Iowa, Montana, Florida, Alabama, Utah, Arizona, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, Arkansas — this is where some of these policies [to restrict voting rights] that I just mentioned are now law. ... The actions in state legislatures were totally partisan. None of these voter-suppression laws were passed with bipartisan support, not one.”
Publisher’s rating: Wrong
Viral imageElections & voting
"Barack Obama said, ‘If we don’t do something about this president, I will’ at DNC fundraiser last night."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
“In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Vera FilesElections & voting
Video shows parents rallying at the Commission on Elections to disqualify the Makabayan bloc from running for Congress
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
“Not one court has looked at the evidence and said that Biden legally won” the presidential election.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactElections & voting
Four government agencies donated nearly $900,000 of taxpayer money to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
There were “600,000 plus unlawful votes in Philly and Pitt.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactElections & voting
"In actuality, there is no evidence Joe Biden won” the 2020 election, citing a report’s allegations from five battleground states.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactElections & voting
Mailing in a ballot “gives the bad guys a chance to know how many ballots they need to make.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Maldita.esElections & voting
Estas gráficas demuestran que hubo fraude electoral a favor de Joe Biden en Michigan y Wisconsin
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactElections & voting
Montana Democrats are "suing to say, ‘You should be allowed to be registered to vote in two states.'”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
FactCheck.orgElections & voting
It is “unlawful” for Democrats to “simply just switch out a candidate who has been chosen through the … democratic process.”
Publisher’s rating: Experts Say That's Wrong
PolitiFactElections & voting
“Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. … This is direct evidence of fraud.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactElections & voting
The Wisconsin Supreme Court decision declaring ballot drop boxes illegal "includes the 2020 Presidential Election."
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgElections & voting
Retweets a video clip of Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer saying, "Democrats are going to destroy the economy in 15 minutes if they get in control."
Publisher’s rating: Out of Context