Does a video show the shredding of paper ballots in Cobb County, Georgia, a day after a recount confirmed that Joe Biden won a 14-percent margin over Donald Trump? No, that's not true: A video posted on social media by a woman on November
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TruthOrFiction→ Did Monitors Discover a 9,626 Vote Error in the DeKalb County, Georgia Recount?
On November 18 2020, Georgia Republican Party Chair David Shafer tweeted that a “9,626 vote error” had been unearthed in DeKalb County, Georgia — a claim which, naturally, spread rapidly to other platforms: One of our monitors disc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wayne County, Michigan, Board Of Canvassers Did NOT ‘Refuse’ To Certify The Results Of The Presidential Election — First They Deadlocked, Then They Certified The Votes
Did the Wayne County, Michigan, Board of Canvassers "refuse" to certify the presidential election results? No, that's not true: First, the board of four deadlocked in a 2-2 tie over certifying the votes. Then a couple hours later, the boa
Snopes→ Detroit-Area County Certifies Vote After First Blocking It
Michigan's largest county reversed course and unanimously certified its presidential election results after Republicans first blocked the move.
Snopes→ Second Georgia County Finds Previously Uncounted Votes
A second Georgia county has uncovered a trove of votes not previously included in election results, but the additional votes won’t change the overall outcome of the presidential race.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2,600 Uncounted Ballots That Gave Trump A Net 800-Vote Gain Were NOT Found In A ‘Solidly Blue’ Georgia County — Floyd Is Solidly Red For Trump
Did the vote recount in Georgia find 2,600 uncounted ballots in a "solidly blue" Georgia County that meant a net gain of 800 votes for Trump, suggesting the recount in red counties could yield even more for Trump? No, that's not true: The
Snopes→ Stolen Bigfoot Statue Found Along Road in Santa Cruz County
Police officers in the mountains north of Santa Cruz responded to a suspicious figure in a roadway and found Bigfoot.
Snopes→ Were 2,600 Uncounted Votes Found in Floyd County, Georgia?
The discovery was made during a state audit.
Liste→ This video actually shows Los Angeles County staff collecting mail-in ballots so they could be counted in the US presidential election
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows postal ballot fraud in the US during the 2020 presidential elections. The claim is false; this video shows Los Angeles County staff collecting
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin County Did NOT Transfer Votes From Trump To Biden, An AP Data Feed Made An Error
Did a glitch in the Rock County, Wisconsin, vote-counting system swap Donald Trump's votes for Joe Biden's, giving Biden the lead and ultimately the win in that county? No, that's not true: The Associated Press erred in collection and tra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 132,000 ‘Likely Ineligible’ Ballots Have NOT Been Identified in Fulton County, Georgia
Have 132,000 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, been identified as likely ineligible? No, that's not true: Officials in that county characterized the claim as "false and baseless." The claim appeared in an article (archived here) publishe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Does NOT Show Over 14,000 Dead People Voted In Wayne County, Michigan
Does a list show over 14,000 dead people voted in the 2020 presidential election in Wayne County, Michigan? No, that's not true. A video on Facebook claims there is a list showing over 14,000 dead people that either voted or registered to
Liste→ Michigan county vote count glitch was not fraud
Articles shared thousands of times on social media claim that a glitch in the Michigan presidential vote tally, which temporarily misattributed Donald Trump votes to president-elect Joe Biden, poses a systemic risk to dozens of counties in the battlegr
TruthOrFiction→ Did an Antrim County, Michigan ‘Software Glitch’ Send ‘6,000 Trump Votes to Biden’?
On November 6 2020, several high-engagement tweets claimed that in Antrim County, Michigan, “6,000 Trump votes” were incorrectly recorded as votes for Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden due to a “software glitch”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Videos Do NOT Show Election Workers Committing Voter Fraud In Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Do viral videos shot in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, show election workers committing voter fraud by filling in blank ballots? No, that's not true: Workers were copying information from damaged ballots onto clean ones to make sure the v
Snopes→ Did Lancaster County Count More Mail-in Ballots Than It Received?
A flawed graphic on a local news program is not compelling evidence of widespread fraud.
Snopes→ No, Fairfax County Didn’t Give Biden 100K Extra Votes in Virginia
A quickly corrected clerical error was exploited to further yet another false claim about voter fraud after the 2020 election.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Have 40,000 Absentee Ballots Been Rejected in One Georgia County?
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Liste→ Human error in Michigan county vote tally sparks claims of election fraud
Reports that the number of votes for Democratic candidate Joe Biden in Michigan suspiciously jumped by more than 130,000 on Tuesday morning spread online as ballots continued to be counted. The apparent jump in votes was caused by human error when a ze
Snopes→ Did a Georgia County Reject 40K Mail-In Ballots?
The entire state of Georgia expected only about 3,000 rejected mail-in ballots altogether.
Snopes→ RUMOR ALERT: Election Cheating in Georgia’s Spalding County
More evidence is required before this claim can be rated in a traditional Snopes fact check.
TruthOrFiction→ Fayette County, Pennsylvania Billboard: ‘Biden’s Dimensia is Getting Worse’
On October 17 2020, photographs of a billboard with the claim that Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden suffered from “dimensia” began appearing on Twitter: This is real. NOT Photoshop. A actual billboard outside of Pittsbur
TruthOrFiction→ Fayette County, Pennsylvania Billboard: ‘Biden’s Dimensia is Getting Worse’
On October 17 2020, photographs of a billboard with the claim that Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden suffered from “dimensia” began appearing on Twitter: This is real. NOT Photoshop. A actual billboard outside of Pittsbur
Snopes→ Ohio County Says Nearly 50,000 Voters Received Wrong Ballots
Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio’s capital and largest city, elections officials said, as they promised corrected ballots would be mailed within 72 hours.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Ballot Incident Was NOT Related To Anti-GOP Postal Workers
Were U.S. Postal Service workers who opposed Republicans involved in the case of nine mail-in ballots found in an elections office waste basket in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania? No, that is not true: The Pennsylvania incident was found to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands Of 2020 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Discovered Dumped In A Sonoma County, California, Landfill
Were thousands of mail-in ballots for the 2020 election found dumped at a Sonoma County, California, landfill in September 2020? No, that's not true: Sonoma County voting officials issued an alert Friday to shoot down the claim, noting th
Snopes→ Ohio Limit of 1 Ballot Drop Box Per County Blocked, Appealed
An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the Republican secretary of state’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop box, and both the state and the Republican Party have appealed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blonde Woman In Meme About Ambush Of Los Angeles County Deputies Is NOT The Wounded Female Officer
Is a blonde woman pictured in a meme about the Los Angeles sheriff's deputies who were shot in their squad car the actual female officer who was wounded? No, that's not true. The photograph of a woman with long blonde hair in posts that h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ignat Shchetinin And Sammy Scott Piatt Not CHARGED With Arson Connected To Clackamas County, Oregon Wildfires
Were Ignat Shchetinin and Sammy Scott Piatt charged with arson in connection with wildfires raging in Clackamas County, Oregon? No, that's not true. While two men have been charged with arson, the charges are not related to the wildfires
Top Fact Checks→ Donald Trump had won the Kenosha County in the 2016 presidential elections.
Donald Trump won the majority of Kenosha County votes against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general elections.
TruthOrFiction→ First Day of School in Paulding County, Georgia
On August 4 2020, a purported photograph of the first day of school in Paulding County, Georgia circulated on social media — showing a densely crowded school hallway and only a few students wearing masks: The same image was shared t
TruthOrFiction→ Videos of Lynching Threat in Monroe County, Indiana Goes Viral on Facebook
On July 5 2020, an Indiana man shared the following three videos, an incident he described as an “attempted lynching” at Monroe Lake (archived here): Booker’s Written Account of the Altercation In the July 5 2020 post, Booker wro
Snopes→ Did An Oregon County Say Only Whites Must Wear COVID-19 Masks?
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown did issue an order requiring people wear masks in seven counties, including Lincoln County.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Is Voter Registration in Los Angeles County at 112 Percent?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Los Angeles County Health Director Is NOT Pale And Sickly
Did the Los Angeles County Director of Public Health -- a woman tasked with responding to COVID-19 and promoting good health -- actually appear unhealthy in a photo from a news briefing? No, that's not true: A photograph of Barbara Ferrer was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show Current Number of Missing Children By County in Ohio
Does a map show the number of missing children by county in Ohio and is it the "human trafficking capital of the entire USA"? No, that's not true: the map shows the number of reports about missing children in 2018 but omits the fact that over
TruthOrFiction→ Is Ventura County COVID-19 Testing and Removing Children from Homes?
Among early May 2020 rumors about “forced testing” Americans for COVID-19 (occasionally with increasingly hysterical rumors about purported home intrusions under H.R. 6666) was a consistent claim that the government sought to remove childr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ventura County Will NOT Forcibly Remove People Infected With COVID-19 From Their Homes Into Quarantine
Did the Ventura County public health director say that the California county will be forcibly moving people infected with COVID-19 out of their homes into quarantine? No, that's not true. The video of Public Health DirectorDr. Robert Levin giv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Valley County, Montana, Did NOT Mandate Pink Arm Bands For All To Enter Stores; Did Revise Confusing Flier
Did Valley County, Montana, government officials order people to wear "government-issued" pink armbands, which "denote the customer has been in the area more than 14 days and submitted to quarantine protocol?" No, that's misleading. the Valley
TruthOrFiction→ Did a Florida County Official Promote a Bogus Right-Wing COVID-19 ‘Cure’?
A member of a small county commission in Florida became an online laughingstock after video spread of him endorsing a widely-debunked cure for COVID-19 (a.k.a. the “coronavirus”) by a right-wing “news” outlet to his colleagues.