PeakMetrics / Fact Checks

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

Pesa CheckElections & voting

Photo claiming to show protesters holding a banner written Satan loves Kamala Harris

Publisher’s rating: ALTERED

PolitiFactElections & voting

“The ‘Judge’ who took Trump off the ballot in Illinois is a traffic court judge.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

The voting bill known as H.R. 1 would mean “that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Arizona audit” shows 86,391 voters “don’t appear to exist.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

"And if foreign countries want to, this is an easy system to break into because they'll do counterfeit ballots. They'll do counterfeit ballots by the millions."

Publisher’s rating: Unsupported

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

Vice President Mike Pence "has the absolute right" to "send it back to the states to recertify, and we become president.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Says Republican leaders “are working hard to cover up election corruption in Wisconsin.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

Senate candidate Josh Mandel, a former Marine, photoshopped his head onto the body of a Black man in a photo showing a group of Black Marines in Iraq.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“40,000+ votes for Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen magically become votes for Joe Biden.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Fox News went from 97% reporting to 94% in Virginia. The fraud is so blatant it's not funny anymore.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“Breaking: Judiciary Democrats just voted to support non-citizens voting in our elections.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Photo shows “Biden’s inaugural stage being built on the White House North Lawn.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

“The CDC has recommended mail in voting. That’s what this whole pandemic is about: the election!”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactElections & voting

A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

The USPS backdated 100K ballots so they could be counted illegally.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactElections & voting

Este video muestra a un votante en Kentucky tratando de votar por el expresidente Donald Trump y la máquina de votación no le deja.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

“A lot of talk about massive CHEATING in Philadelphia. Law Enforcement coming!!!”

Publisher’s rating: Unsupported

PolitiFactElections & voting

"California sends 440,000 ballots to ineligible voters.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgElections & voting

“Big problems and discrepancies with Mail In Ballots all over the USA. Must have final total on November 3rd.”

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactElections & voting

There were “400,000 illegal votes” cast in the 2020 presidential election

Publisher’s rating: Not proven