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Between 27,000 and 200,000 Wisconsinites were "turned away" from the polls in 2016 due to lack of proper identification.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Mail-in ballot envelopes have bar codes that reveal voter's party affiliation during general election.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The problem with mail ballots in Lancaster County is a sign of “voter fraud.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Im Netz macht ein Video die Runde, in dem Ex-US-Vizepräsident Joe Biden bei einem Wahlkampf-Auftritt die Wiederwahl von US-Präsident Donald Trump unterstützt. Zu hören ist: "We can only re-elect Donald Trump." Trump selbst verbreitet die Aufnahme des Biden-Satzes. Auch im deutschsprachigen Raum ist sie auf sozialen Medien zu finden.
Publisher’s rating: Der Clip ist sinnentstellend gekürzt. Biden will das genaue Gegenteil.
The video did use a real excerpt from Joe Biden’s speech, but the dpa review reports that the clip cut away the surrounding remarks in a way that reversed their meaning. Biden delivered the speech at a campaign rally in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 7, 2020, while competing for the Democratic nomination to challenge Donald Trump. The review says the recording itself had not been technically altered; the problem was the edit and the missing context. The excerpt included Biden saying, “We can only re-elect Donald Trump.” But the next words, omitted from the circulated clip, qualified that statement: he continued, “wenn wir tatsächlich bei diesem kreisförmigen Exekutionskommando hier mitmachen wollen” (“if we actually want to participate in this circular firing squad here”). The review explains that Biden was referring to conflict within the Democratic Party over choosing a challenger. Shortly before the disputed sentence, he had told supporters, “Wir werden Donald Trump schlagen” (“We will beat Donald Trump”). The review identifies the clip’s circulation and amplification: Trump adviser Dan Scavino first posted it on Twitter and Facebook on March 7 local time, and Trump later amplified it with a retweet over the weekend. These details describe the spread of the edited excerpt; they do not change what Biden’s surrounding remarks conveyed.
“Biden agreed to a recount” in the 2024 presidential election.
Publisher’s rating: False
“In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.”
Publisher’s rating: False
"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says Dominion voting systems will NOT operate in the state of Florida.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Dominion Voting Systems "had glitches where they moved thousands of votes from my account to Biden’s account."
Publisher’s rating: No Evidence
An MSNBC host prayed "for every American to suffer just so Trump won’t get re-elected."
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs “worked with Big Tech to censor ... voters” of her opponent, Republican Kari Lake.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Counting ballots and reporting the results after Election Day is "how you cheat when your party is about to lose a major election."
Publisher’s rating: False
Kanye West’s access to Wisconsin’s ballot was “denied by liberals."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
“Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen left Kamala Harris’s name OFF the Montana absentee ballot! …Republicans out here using weaponized incompetence to steal the election.”
Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story
"Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election."
Publisher’s rating: False
Arizona elections are corrupt
Publisher’s rating: 2020 election was secure