Georgia's law — which opponents say is designed to reduce the impact of minority voters by making it more difficult to cast a ballot — has drawn fire from around the country.
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Fact-Checking – Poynter→ What’s in Georgia’s new voting law that lost it the All-Star Game
Georgia’s new voting law has ignited a fight over whether the law expands or shrinks access to the ballot. Republican lawmakers changed voting rules after Democrats won 2020 and 2021 statewide races thanks to strong turnout among Black voters. A few
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Factually: India and Georgia look back at COVID-19’s information impact
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. Local impact on global falsehoods Fact-checkers have long known that falseho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Is NOT Removing Coke From All State-Owned Buildings
Is Georgia removing Coke from all state-owned buildings? No, that's not true: Although a group of GOP state legislators requested that Coca-Cola products be removed from their offices, there is no known effort to spread such a ban to all
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ MLB All-Star Lineup: Colorado vs. Georgia
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/04/mlb-all-star-lineup-colorado-vs-georgia/ After pulling its All-Star g
FactCheck.org→ MLB All-Star Lineup: Colorado vs. Georgia
After pulling its All-Star game out of Georgia because of the state’s new voting law, Major League Baseball picked Colorado for its summer classic — setting off an error-filled debate over which state has more restrictive voting laws. Repub
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Claims About the Georgia Voting Law
A new voting law in Georgia has sparked a rebuke from Major League Baseball and political spin from both parties. We’ll fact-check claims from President Joe Biden and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Biden wrongly claimed the new Georgia law would “c
Snopes→ Georgia Governor Vows a Fight After MLB Yanks All-Star Game
“Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola and Delta may be scared of Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden and the left, but I am not,” Gov. Brian Kemp said.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week Georgia Was on Our Minds. Again.
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Snopes→ EXPLAINER: What Does Georgia’s New GOP Election Law Do?
The sweeping rewrite of Georgia's election rules represents the first big set of changes since former President Donald Trump's repeated, baseless claims of fraud following his presidential loss to Joe Biden.
The Dispatch→ The Morning Dispatch: Understanding Georgia’s New Elections Law
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Snopes→ Coin Firm Pays It Forward After Georgia Man Paid in Pennies
A global company has stepped in to solve quite a “coinundrum” for a Georgia man.
Liste→ Georgia law bars giving voters all beverages, not just water
Facebook posts claim a “loophole” allows beverages other than water to be given out in Georgia, where a new election law restricts items that can be distributed to voters waiting in line. But the text of the law makes clear that the prohibition app
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia’s New Voting Law Does NOT Make It A ‘Jail-Time Crime To Drop Off Grandma’s Absentee Ballot’
Does Georgia's new voting law make it a "jail-time crime to drop off grandma's absentee ballot"? No, that's not true: Although it is a felony to take an absentee ballot from a voter and deliver or return it, the law carves out various exc
Snopes→ Supreme Court Gives Georgia Win in Water War with Florida
The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Florida's water lawsuit against Georgia, ending the long-running legal fight between the two states.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Voting Law Does NOT Include A Non-Water Loophole Allowing People To Give Tea, Soda Pop, Milk To Voters Standing In Line
Does Georgia's new voting law allow people to hand out drinks to voters waiting in line, so long as the drink isn't water? No, that's not true: The text of the law says "food and drink," which would include beverages like iced tea, chocol
WaPo Fact Checker→ Biden falsely claims the new Georgia law ‘ends voting hours early’
The president jabs a section of the new Georgia law as “outrageous,” but that provision actually expanded early voting for many residents in the state.
Snopes→ Did Delta Air Lines CEO Praise Georgia’s New Voting Law?
A statement by Delta's CEO earned strong backlash online.
WaPo Fact Checker→ No, Delaware doesn’t specifically prohibit food or water at the polls like Georgia
A top Georgia campaign official suggested that Delaware has the same sort of election law as Georgia. But that talking point falls short.
Snopes→ Democrats Assail Georgia Law, Make Case for Voting Overhaul
Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, lashed back, accusing Biden of attempting to “destroy the sanctity and security of the ballot box” by supporting what the governor sees as federal intrusion into state responsibilities.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘It’s Now Illegal to Offer Someone Water in a Voting Line in Georgia’
On March 26 2021, Imgur user ZUXUX shared a screenshot of a tweet by journalist Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller), claiming it was “now illegal to offer someone water in a voting line in Georgia”: Good morning. It’s now illegal to offer someone
Snopes→ Georgia Gov. Kemp Signs GOP Election Bill Amid an Outcry
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp drew protests as he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting by mail.
Snopes→ Georgia Gov. Kemp Signs GOP Election Bill Amid Outcry
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections.
Snopes→ Georgia Man Receives Final Paycheck in Oil Covered Pennies
Andreas Flaten said he was shocked to see his final payment after leaving his job: 90,000 oil or grease covered pennies, at the end of his driveway.
Liste→ Biden and Harris did not take same plane to Georgia
Social media posts claim US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have traveled together in contravention of standard security measures, citing a photo from a trip to Georgia as evidence. This is false; journalists who covered the trip s
Snopes→ Spa Witness, Police Reports Detail Carnage in Georgia
When he heard the first two gunshots, Marcus Lyon dove behind the bed where moments earlier the massage therapist had been rubbing his neck.
Snopes→ Trump Endorses Challenger Against Georgia Elections Chief
Current Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified Joe Biden's narrow win in the state.
Snopes→ Did Georgia Capt. Jay Baker Promote ‘Imported Virus From Chy-na’ Shirts?
We also transcribed more of Baker's purported "had a bad day" remarks in reference to the motive behind the March 2021 Georgia spa killings.
TruthOrFiction→ Did the Cop Who Blamed a ‘Very Bad Day’ for Fatal Georgia Shootings Promote Racist Shirts?
The Georgia law enforcement spokesperson who drew criticism for apparently downplaying the motive behind a rash of fatal shooting attacks on March 17 2021 came under even more scrutiny online, after reports that he promoted shirts pushing a racist R
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did the Washington Post Correct a Report About Trump’s Call With the Georgia Secretary of State?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-the-washington-post-correct-a After the Washington Post issued
Snopes→ Correction: Trump-Georgia Story
The Associated Press issued a correction to its story about a Jan. 2021 phone call between then-President Trump and a Georgia elections investigator.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did the Washington Post Correct a Report About Trump’s Call With the Georgia Secretary of State?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Poll Did NOT Show 70% of Georgians Would Vote For Trump In 2024
Did a March 2021 poll show that 70% of Georgians said they would vote for former President Donald Trump in 2024? No, that's not true: The March 7-9, 2021 poll by Trafalgar Group/InsiderAdvantage notes that only likely GOP primary voters w
Snopes→ Would Georgia Bill Outlaw Giving Food, Water to Voters Waiting in Line?
Some people allege that so-called "line warming" may be a form of voter intimidation.
Top Fact Checks→ Georgia has referred 35 cases of election fraud for criminal prosecution.
The state of Georgia reported 35 alleged cases of election law violations, but many have criticized the move as an attempt to intimidate voters.
Snopes→ Georgia Election Officials Investigate Trump Call
Georgia's secretary of state's office has opened an investigation into a phone call between Donald Trump and the state's top elections official in which the then-president said he wanted to “find” enough votes to overturn his loss in the state.
Snopes→ Georgia Senate GOP Introduce Bills to Limit Mail Voting
Republicans in Georgia’s state Senate are moving quickly to limit who can vote and how after Democrats won the presidential election and two U.S. Senate runoffs in the once reliably red state.
Snopes→ Liquid Nitrogen Leak at Georgia Poultry Plant Kills 6
Firefighters, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the state fire marshal were investigating the cause of the leak.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia County Meant To Order 250,000 Individual Voter Applications, NOT 25 Million
Did a Georgia county mean to order 25 million voter applications after the 2020 election? No, that's not true: The order was the result of an input error. Officials meant to order 250,000 individual voter applications, not 250,000 packs o
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does a Viral Photo Show Evidence of Shredded Ballots From the Georgia Runoff?
Earlier this week, in the midst of Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on January 5, a viral social media post was widely shared allegedly showing a photo of “shredded ballots” in Georgia. The original tweet, which has been retweeted mo