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Liste→ Shortened video circulates in misleading posts that claim politician ‘threatened’ West Bengal voters

2021-04-12 A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows an Indian politician “threatening mothers and sisters of West Bengal” amid ongoing elections in the state. But these posts omit important conte Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Which States Ban Giving Food and Water to Voters at Polling Places?

2021-04-06 Georgia's S.B. 202 caused widespread controversy in the spring of 2021 and prompted questions about election laws elsewhere in the United States. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Georgia law bars giving voters all beverages, not just water

2021-04-01 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 Go to site post…»

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

2021-03-31 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 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York And Delaware Do NOT Prohibit Giving Food And Water To Voters In Line

2021-03-29 Do New York and Delaware prohibit giving food and water to voters in line? No, that's not true: In New York it is not illegal to provide refreshment to voters, as long as the value of the refreshment is less than $1, and the person or ent Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts falsely claim that Denmark passed a law banning its Muslim voters

2021-03-11 Multiple Facebook posts have shared a text graphic alongside a claim that Denmark has passed a new law that prohibits Muslims from voting in the elections. The claim is false; Denmark has not passed such a law and the country’s parliamentary website Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Would Georgia Bill Outlaw Giving Food, Water to Voters Waiting in Line?

2021-03-06 Some people allege that so-called "line warming" may be a form of voter intimidation. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Will Voters Remember? Cruz Trip Tests Durability of Scandal

2021-02-19 Ted Cruz's political career already featured many surprise twists before a jaunt to Mexico this week brought him a new level of notoriety. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan’s Removal of 177,000 Voters From Its Rolls Is NOT Proof Of Fraud

2021-02-19 Does the fact that Michigan is removing some 177,000 voters from its rolls after the 2020 election prove fraud? No, that's not true: The cancellations are part of routine voter registration list maintenance, according to the secretary of Go to site post…»

Snopes→ GOP Voters in Georgia Back Trump’s False Claims

2021-01-06 About three-quarters of voters who backed Republican candidates in Georgia's Senate runoffs say President-elect Joe Biden was not legitimately elected in November. Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ Are Georgia Runoff Voters Being Told Voting Machines Are ‘Malfunctioning’?

2021-01-05 Georgia’s long-anticipated runoff elections were slated for January 5 2020; that day, the disreputable site TrendingPolitics.com published an item headlined, “BREAKING: Georgia Voters Sound the Alarm, Claim They’re Being Told Votin Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Does ‘Simple Math’ Show Biden Received More Votes Than Eligible Voters?

2020-12-31 With basic arithmetic, viral posts attempted to expose discrepancies in Biden's presidential win. Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ ‘Trump Got 74 Million Votes With 133 Million Registered Voters in the USA … There’s Only 59 Million Votes Left for Biden, How Did He Get 81 Million?’

2020-12-30 On December 19 2020, the following screenshot was shared by someone going by the name Thor Arne to Facebook, questioning the math of the 2020 presidential election, which delivered Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden a resounding victory over Republi Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Pennsylvania Record 205,000 More Votes Than Voters?

2020-12-30 Pennsylvania officials warned of "the dangers of uninformed, lay analysis combined with a basic lack of election administration knowledge." Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Certification Of Pennsylvania Presidential Vote Is NOT In Error — Analysis That 202,377 More Ballots Were Counted Than Voters Who Voted Uses Partial Numbers

2020-12-29 Is the certification of the Pennsylvania presidential vote premature and in error, based on an analysis that claims 202,377 more ballots were counted than there were voters who voted? No, that's not true: The analysis, released by a handf Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some California Counties DID Allow Voters To Use ImageCast Remote Software To Mark Mail-In Ballots, But There’s No Evidence It’s Not Secure

2020-12-29 Did some California counties allow voters to use ImageCast Remote software to mark their mail-in ballots? Yes, that's true, but election officials insist the system is secure from fraud. The ImageCast Remote system allows voters to downlo Go to site post…»

The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Joe Biden Receive Millions More Votes Than There Were Eligible Voters?

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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Were NOT Just 133 Million Registered Voters In November 2020 US Presidential Election

2020-12-20 Were there just 133 million registered voters in the United States for the November 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: While we could not find a total for voters registered in for all 50 states as of November 4, 2020, we did Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ Survey doesn’t show voters ditching Conservatives over bike lanes

2020-12-17 “We will ditch Boris Johnson over bike lanes, say 27 percent of Tory voters.” The Mail on Sunday, 13 December 2020. The Mail on Sunday has reported the results of a survey which claimed that 27% of people who voted Conservative at the last Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Detroit Record More Votes Than Eligible Voters in 2020?

2020-11-28 A repeated election fraud claim by Trump about the number of voters in Detroit bears no relationship to reality. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Number Of Voters In Michigan Did NOT Exceed The Number Of Registered Voters

2020-11-27 Did 8.1 million people vote in Michigan in the general election when there were only 7.8 million registered voters? No, that's not true: 5,579,317 people voted in Michigan out of the 8,061,525 registered voters there were as of October 20 Go to site post…»

WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump tweets string of falsehoods about Wisconsin absentee voters

2020-11-25 The president is casting doubt on Wisconsin’s election results, but every part of his claim is false. Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ Do Only 3 Percent of Trump Voters Believe Joe Biden is the ‘Legitimate Winner’ of the 2020 Election?

2020-11-24 On November 24 2020, Breitbart.com published an article headlined, “Nolte: Only 3% of Trump Voters Believe Joe Biden Is Legitimate Winner,” which began: We all need to keep in mind that, except for a handful of pollsters, polling is irretr Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 3,000 Michigan Precincts Did NOT Report Votes Cast Up To 350% Above Registered Voters

2020-11-20 Did 3,000 Michigan precincts report vote tallies that are 350% above the number of registered voters? No, that's not true: Statewide, some 7.2 million people were active registered voters, while approximately 5.5 million people voted in t Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Debunking Trump Tweets: 20,000 Dead Voters in Pennsylvania

2020-11-19 There is currently no proof provided that any deceased Pennsylvanian has voted in the 2020 election. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Several key states had more ballots cast than registered voters.

2020-11-18 Updated data and individual state reporting show no state had more ballots cast than registered voters. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.

2020-11-17 This claim is false and misleading, there were not more ballots than registered voters inMilwaukee. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Team Trump’s dead voters in Georgia: 3 falsehoods, 1 truth

2020-11-16 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 Go to site post…»

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

2020-11-13 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 Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Military Voters Fear They’re Part of Unsupported Fraud Claim

2020-11-13 There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election despite President Donald Trump's claims. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Grief, Anger, Disbelief: Trump Voters Face Biden’s Victory

2020-11-12 Across the country, many of the 71.9 million people who voted for Trump are working through turbulent emotions in the wake of his loss. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Misleading Claim of Dead Registered Voters in Pennsylvania

2020-11-10 Quick Take A misleading claim that more than 21,000 registered voters in Pennsylvania are dead is circulating online. The figure comes from a conservative group that failed to convince a federal judge in October that its list was accurate. Full Story Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Do Hundreds of Counties Have 1.8 Million ‘Ghost Voters’ in the US?

2020-11-07 A study published by the activist legal group Judicial Watch used two different types of data to make a comparison. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Advocates Race to Find Voters to Correct Flawed Ballots

2020-11-06 Advocates for both presidential candidates raced to find every person in Georgia who submitted a flawed ballot before time ran out to fix the paperwork in a race that could be decided by the narrowest of margins. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ “Phony polls were designed to keep our voters at home to create the illusion of momentum from Biden.”

2020-11-06 There is no evidence to suggest that polls were conducted in a way that deliberately presented Joe Biden in a favorable light. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: States Did NOT Have More Votes Than Registered Voters

2020-11-06 Did several states have more votes than registered voters in the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: A post making that claim contains inaccurate data on both the number of votes and the number of people registered to vote. L Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: What Appears To Be Detroit TV News Graphic Does NOT Show Evidence Of Thousands Of Dead Registered Voters In The 2020 Election; It’s From 2019

2020-11-06 Does an apparent TV news graphic featuring a Detroit voter roll lawsuit indicate that there are thousands of duplicate voter registrations and dead registered voters? No, that's not true: The graphic contains figures from a lawsuit filed Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minnesota Did NOT Have Over 5.1 Million Votes And Only 3.8 Million Registered Voters

2020-11-05 Did Minnesota have over 5.1 million votes and only 3.8 million registered voters? No, that's not true: Those numbers are wrong. Approximately 3.6 million people are registered and roughly 3.3 million people voted in Minnesota, according t Go to site post…»

The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Wisconsin Turnout Exceed the Number of Registered Voters?

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Snopes→ 7 States Did Not Count More Votes Than Voters

2020-11-05 Outdated statistics were used to spread false claims about voter fraud in 2020. Go to site post…»

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