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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

“Arizona BANS Electronic Voting Machines.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

"The real electoral map" shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in electoral votes.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Image shows Arizona gubernatorial candidate and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the room where ballots were being counted in Maricopa County.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says Kanye West got 40,000 votes in the presidential election in Kentucky.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

Maldita.esElections & voting

Joe Biden suma 128.000 votos en Michigan y Trump ninguno

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

In Wisconsin nursing homes, there were "thousands and thousands and thousands of crooked votes" in the 2020 election.

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

PolitiFactElections & voting

Photo shows Donald Trump supporters protesting Joe Biden’s visit to Allentown, Pa.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Six states "decided to stop counting" votes as Donald Trump was "headed for a win” on election night.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

The Arizona gubernatorial race was a “fraudulent election.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says Biden “didn’t win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactElections & voting

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “believes he should make that decision” about whether to end pregnancies.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

“Stacey Abrams Boasts Dems Can ‘Jerry-Rig System’ and ‘Go Around Constitution’ To Win 2020 Election.”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

"[L]iberal groups" in Georgia "were paying people $10 per vote" in the 2020 election.

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

PolitiFactElections & voting

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “It’s vital that Governors maintain restrictions on businesses until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected. A few business closures or job losses is a small price to pay to be free from his presidency. #KeepUsClosed.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Washington PostElections & voting

“No Democrat has never been against voter ID.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Facts have now come out to show conclusively” that the 2020 presidential election wasn’t legitimate.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

Uses a skewed bar graph to show Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's polling advantage over Republican rival David Perdue in a hypothetical general election matchup with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

Maldita.esElections & voting

Fraude electoral de Joe Biden al sumar de repente 100.000 votos en Wisconsin.

Publisher’s rating: Falso