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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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence Dead People, Animals, Children Voted For Biden In Georgia In The 2020 Election
Did Joe Biden benefit from dead people, animals, and children voting illegally in Georgia in the 2020 presidential election? No, there's no evidence of such voter fraud. Although President Trump warned in July 2020 that he worried about p
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misinformation on Georgia Ballot Rejections
The percentage of mail-in ballots rejected in Georgia due to signature issues this year was about the same as in the 2016 and 2018 general elections. Nevertheless, a tweet from President Donald Trump wrongly compared the number of ballots rejected for
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Trump Is Right, AP Wrong, About Georgia Signature Matching
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/11/16/fact-check-trump-is-right-ap-wrong-about-georgia-signature-matching/
Snopes→ Georgia Secretary of State to Certify Election for Biden
In the end, the hand count affirmed Biden won by more than 12,000 votes out of about 5 million cast, according to data released by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office
FactCheck.org→ Twisting the Facts on ‘Dirty Money’ in the Georgia Race
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff’s production company received payments from a Hong Kong media company and Al Jazeera for the rights to air investigative pieces, but a Republican TV ad misleadingly claims Ossoff got cash from “
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
Top Fact Checks→ An election worker in Fulton, Georgia was caught on camera crumpling up absentee ballots.
Richard Barron, the Fulton County elections director has clarified that the poll worker in the video was throwing paper instructions.
Snopes→ Georgia Official Says Graham Asked Him About Tossing Ballots
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham asked him whether he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots.
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: Dead People Cited As Evidence Of Fraud In Georgia Did NOT Vote
Did dead people vote in Georgia in the 2020 presidential election, providing evidence of fraud? No, that's not true: Of the four main cases mentioned, just one looks like an instance of potential fraud. Officials in the three other cases
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→ Were 2,600 Uncounted Votes Found in Floyd County, Georgia?
The discovery was made during a state audit.
Liste→ Team Trump’s dead voters in Georgia: 3 falsehoods, 1 truth
As President Donald Trump unsuccessfully fights the results of the presidential election in courts, his campaign released the names of four dead Georgians who allegedly voted, suggesting fraud. This is false in three of the cases because the people
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fox News host Tucker Carlson apologizes for erroneously claiming a dead man voted in Georgia
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/11/15/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-apologizes-false-claim-voter-fraud/6303120002/
Snopes→ Trump Wrong on Georgia Voter Signature Checks
President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that Georgia election officials are unable to verify signatures on absentee ballot envelopes because of a legal settlement known as a consent decree.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Trump wrong on Georgia voter signature checks
https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-georgia-elections-voter-registration-40bb602e6f0facf8eecc331e83ab36e0
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Evidence undermines Trump campaign’s claims of dead people voting in Georgia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/trump-campaign-georgia-dead-voters-fact-check/index.html With C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Loeffler Did NOT Post On Parler That Stacey Abrams Can’t Be Allowed To Register Hundreds Of Thousands Of Black Georgia Voters Again
Did Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia post on Parler that Stacey Abrams must not be allowed to again register hundreds of thousands of Black voters? No, that's not true: A screenshot showing the purported post was not from Loeffler's offi
Top Fact Checks→ Georgia announces a hand recount of the state’s 2020 Presidential Election results.
To protect the integrity of the election and to build confidence in the state, Brad Raffensperger declared recounting of ballots manually in Georgia.
FactCheck.org→ Faulty Claim About ‘Biden-Only’ Ballots in Georgia
Quick Take Campaign officials for President Donald Trump and supporters have promoted the faulty claim that Joe Biden received nearly 100,000 votes in Georgia through ballots that only included selections for president, suggesting it’s “
Snopes→ Were Dems Urged To ‘Fake Residency’ and Vote in Georgia Runoff Election?
Allegations of "leftists" encouraging "voter fraud" spread in right-wing media ahead of the Georgia runoff elections.
Liste→ Claims of 132,000 likely ineligible Georgia ballots are ‘baseless’
Social media users and online articles claim that 132,000 ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County may be ineligible, which would likely tip a state where Joe Biden is in the lead to Donald Trump. But the county’s registration and elections director de
Snopes→ Georgia Audit to Trigger Hand Tally of Presidential Vote
Georgia’s secretary of state announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin is so tight.
Snopes→ Are 132K Ballots in Georgia Likely Ineligible?
This appeared to be an example of what we'll call a "misinformation ouroboros" endless loop.
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
Top Fact Checks→ 132,000 ballots in Georgia are likely ineligible to be counted.
In Fulton County, even if one moves to a different address and haven't updated it, they can still vote from their old precinct and their vote is valid
Snopes→ Georgia Poll Worker in Hiding After False Claims Online
A video that has racked up millions of views on Twitter claims to show a poll worker crumpling up an absentee ballot.
Top Fact Checks→ A pipe burst in Georgia, from away from the location where votes were being tabulated and they stopped counting for 4 hours. Election apparatus in Georgia is run by Democrats.
The pipe burst happened where Fulton County's absentee ballots are being processed. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is a Republican.
Liste→ False claims about Georgia ballot issues circulate online
Social media posts claim that there are tens of thousands of ballots in Georgia’s DeKalb County that have issues needing to be fixed, or “cured.” This is false; the county’s election board said the number was around 200 as of November 4, 2020.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Have 40,000 Absentee Ballots Been Rejected in One Georgia County?
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Snopes→ Judges Dismiss Trump Claims in Georgia, Michigan
Courts have undercut a campaign legal strategy to attack the integrity of the voting process in states where the result could mean President Donald Trump's defeat.
TruthOrFiction→ Can Georgia Voters Check and ‘Cure’ Rejected Ballots Before November 6 2020?
On November 5 2020, social media posts urged Georgia voters to check the status of their ballots, further adding that voters with rejected ballots could “cure” their ballots if they acted quickly – often advising them to call the num
Snopes→ RUMOR ALERT: ‘Voter Fraud’ Video from Atlanta, Georgia?
More evidence is required before this claim can be rated in a traditional Snopes fact check.
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→ Georgia Republican Who Supports QAnon Wins US House Seat
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories in a series of online videos, has won a U.S. House seat representing northwest Georgia.
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.
Top Fact Checks→ Early voting has started in Georgia on October 12.
Georgia set a record on the first day of early voting, with 126,876 voters appearing to vote on October 12, 2020.
Liste→ This photo of rivers that ‘never mix’ was taken in Georgia, not in DR Congo
An image of two rivers that “meet but never mix” has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook alongside the claim that the picture was captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The claim is false; the photo shows a river in Georgia.
Snopes→ Democrats to Investigate Forced Hysterectomy Claims in Georgia
Leading congressional Democrats reacted furiously to lightly substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies.