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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

PolitiFactElections & voting

“USPS failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

“A STOLEN ELECTION: State totals minus illegal ballot trafficking numbers give President Trump decisive victories in AZ, GA, MI, PA, and WI.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

"I defeat Biden by 17 points in The Wall Street Journal poll."

Publisher’s rating: Poll is old and unmatched

PolitiFactElections & voting

As an example of voter fraud, “we have literally 9,000 people who voted in this election (in Nevada) who don’t live in Nevada.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

Photo shows massive wall in front of White House on Election Day.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

A photo shows a massive crowd at a recent Florida rally for Donald Trump.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

During the first presidential debate in 2016, the Commission on Presidential Debates "oscillated the mic and they oscillated it very, very seriously, and they actually apologized to me.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“The United States Postal Service recently changed the delivery method of absentee mail-in ballots” to hide “the evidence of absentee mail-in ballot fraud.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactElections & voting

"Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says it shows a “DNC Group” teaching “ILLEGAL VOTING in Arizona.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

"How about the ones [ballots] that were printed without my name on it, right? They had everything on it. They had every race, they had everything. You had the Senate, you had everything, they forgot to put me down."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactElections & voting

Early vote counts after the polls closed in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff are evidence of election fraud.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Maldita.esElections & voting

Portada de The Washington Times con el titular "President Gore"

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactElections & voting

The number of followers Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake have on Instagram suggests election fraud.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Virginia Democrat operatives” and Terry McAuliffe campaign staffers posed as white supremacists and stood by Republican Glenn Youngkin’s bus.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

An email from Hillary Clinton to Donna Brazile Oct.17th, 2016 stated: "If that f-----’ bastard wins, we’re all going to hang from nooses! You better fix this s---!"

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

“The NAACP has endorsed me every time I've run.”

Publisher’s rating: False