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Elections & voting fact checks
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FactCheck.orgElections & voting
The special counsel investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election was "absolutely baseless."
Publisher’s rating: Ample Evidence for Probe
PolitiFactElections & voting
"There are less than two weeks until the deadline to register to vote in Wisconsin."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactElections & voting
“Massive 78% of mail-in ballots proved fraudulent, judge orders election do-over.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactElections & voting
Nancy Pelosi said, “if you accept a check from Trump, you might as well vote for him.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
Donald Trump’s sister tweeted, “My brother Don won this election and will fight this to the very end.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Fact CrescendoElections & voting
Claim: Ballot papers better than EVM's
Publisher’s rating: Fact Crescendo Rating: Mixture
PolitiFactElections & voting
Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgElections & voting
The "For the People Act" means: "No more voter ID. Signature verification on absentee ballots virtually eliminated. And effectively allowing noncitizens to vote."
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
PolitiFactElections & voting
Says Jimmy Carter has endorsed Bernie Sanders.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactElections & voting
"Reports from Whitfield County, GA that Dominion machines are flipping votes. This is exactly the kind of fraud we saw in 2020."
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactElections & voting
New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
FactCheck.orgElections & voting
"They had another case where a thousand ballots were sent, but not single — they were sent double, so you get to vote twice."
Publisher’s rating: Voters Can't Vote Twice
PolitiFactElections & voting
Georgia’s new voting law “makes it a JAIL-TIME CRIME to drop off grandma’s absentee ballot in a dropbox.” truefalse
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactElections & voting
“Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election.
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactElections & voting
“‘America is dead’ — Joe Biden actually said this at his Iowa rally.”
Publisher’s rating: False