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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

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

Rep. James Clyburn said "shut down primaries and debates to protect Joe Biden from saying something he 'cannot overcome.'"

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Republican leadership has not been clear about whether they support Rep. Ramthun’s illegal and undemocratic resolution” on the 2020 election.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

"They just happened to find 50,000 ballots (in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections) late last night."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Two thirds of eligible voters don’t vote.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

"Maricopa County official purged machine records before audit started."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“NOT A JOKE: Ilhan Omar Tells Residents ‘You Don’t Have to be Registered to Vote’ in Minnesota.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

An ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona “showed Trump ahead by 250,000” votes, and “nearly 950,000 ballots are declared illegal, nearly all for Biden.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

“The CEO of the company that owns Wendy’s, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut donated $400,000 towards Trump’s re-election campaign.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Election officials are “sending 80 million ballots all over the country. Eighty million ballots, non-requested. I call them ‘unsolicited ballots.’”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactElections & voting

A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

The film "2000 Mules" is "determinative, definitive, whatever word you want to use," of voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Publisher’s rating: Unsupported

Vera FilesElections & voting

Sandro Marcos said his family can win in the May 2022 elections even without campaigning or attending “any interview, debate or public meeting.”

Publisher’s rating: Satire

PolitiFactElections & voting

“AARP endorsed Biden” and “says if you are past 75 you should just die and go away.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

"Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems" in its November election.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away Americans’ guns if elected.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says "Russia donated 0$ to Donald Trump. Russia donated 145.000.000$ to the Clinton Foundation."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

"‘Simple Math’ Shows Biden Claims 13 MILLION More Votes Than There Were Eligible Voters Who Voted in 2020 Election"

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

"Some state legislators ... want the ability to reject the final count and ignore the will of the people if their preferred candidate loses."

Publisher’s rating: Powers are largely speculative