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Elections & voting fact checks
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FactCheck.orgElections & voting
"21,000 DEAD PEOPLE" are registered to vote in Pennsylvania.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
FactCheck.orgElections & voting
Virginia gubernatorial campaign signs reading, “Keep Parents Out of Classrooms,” were posted by Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
The media called the 2016 election for Hillary Clinton.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, “I will not certify the vote in my state for Donald Trump, no matter the outcome.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgElections & voting
Claims JD Vance said: “People who voted for Trump voted for him for racist reasons.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
PolitiFactElections & voting
Video shows a Philadelphia poll worker committing election fraud.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactElections & voting
In France "polls closed a few hours ago and they already know who the winners are."
Publisher’s rating: Needs more context
PolitiFactElections & voting
Kamala Harris’ husband said, “I am married to the next president of the United States.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactElections & voting
“Your ballot could be disqualified if it is written on” in Haltom City, Tex.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
Says Joe Biden “attacked voters this primary,” saying “damn liar,” “full of s---” and “dog-faced pony soldier.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactElections & voting
No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactElections & voting
Suggests Trump urged sick people to get out and vote during COVID-19 pandemic
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
