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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

“Trump is in White House! He promises to lock up Hillary!”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says Joe Cunningham voted for $5 million in taxpayer funds to go into his and other politicians’ campaigns to pay for personal expenses and TV ads.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Any votes counted after midnight” on Election Day in Michigan “are fraud.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Video shows Arizona ballots “break chain of custody in Arizona.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostElections & voting

“Joe Biden confuses President Trump with George W. Bush: ‘because of who I’m running against … George, ah, George’”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactElections & voting

A Pennsylvania TV station aired the 2024 presidential election results early.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says a ballot can be emailed to Wisconsin voters even a day before the election.

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostElections & voting

"Why would they [Democrats] want to ban requirements for signature verification in federal elections? Who would want a bill banning signature verification? "

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

Folha de S.PauloElections & voting

Homem afirma, em vídeo, que o eleitor pode perder o voto caso aperte a tecla “Confirma” ao aparecer mensagem de verificação “Confira seu voto” na tela da urna eletrônica.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactElections & voting

In Texas, a person can register a dead relative to vote and then cast a mail ballot in their name.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactElections & voting

A lawyer for former President Donald Trump released new proof of 2020 election fraud.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Under H.R. 1, the Federal Election Commission “for the first time ever, instead of being an equal number of Republicans and Democrats (would be) three of one side and two of the other."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Video shows “ballot mule in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, (dropping) off a large amount of ballots.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

Video shows Clark County poll worker acting illegally by asking people to place their ballots into a bag outside of a drop box.

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostElections & voting

"More than 140,000 votes came from underage, deceased, and otherwise unauthorized voters -- in Fulton County alone."

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactElections & voting

A New York Post cover used the headline “YOU'RE FIRED" on Nov. 4 with an image of Donald Trump.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

"Chances of Biden winning Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin independently after @realDonaldTrump’s early lead is less than one in a quadrillion."

Publisher’s rating: False

Viral imageElections & voting

A photo shows thousands of Donald Trump supporters outside his Orlando rally.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

If the voting bill H.R. 1 is passed, “absentee ballots would be mailed out to anyone without proof of the voter’s identity.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Video shows a “massive rally in the UK for President Trump” after Election Day 2024.

Publisher’s rating: False