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TruthOrFiction→ Do Only 3 Percent of Trump Voters Believe Joe Biden is the ‘Legitimate Winner’ of the 2020 Election?
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 3,000 Michigan Precincts Did NOT Report Votes Cast Up To 350% Above Registered Voters
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
Snopes→ Debunking Trump Tweets: 20,000 Dead Voters in Pennsylvania
There is currently no proof provided that any deceased Pennsylvanian has voted in the 2020 election.
Top Fact Checks→ Several key states had more ballots cast than registered voters.
Updated data and individual state reporting show no state had more ballots cast than registered voters.
Top Fact Checks→ Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.
This claim is false and misleading, there were not more ballots than registered voters inMilwaukee.
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
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
Snopes→ Military Voters Fear They’re Part of Unsupported Fraud Claim
There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election despite President Donald Trump's claims.
Snopes→ Grief, Anger, Disbelief: Trump Voters Face Biden’s Victory
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.
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Claim of Dead Registered Voters in Pennsylvania
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
Snopes→ Do Hundreds of Counties Have 1.8 Million ‘Ghost Voters’ in the US?
A study published by the activist legal group Judicial Watch used two different types of data to make a comparison.
Snopes→ Advocates Race to Find Voters to Correct Flawed Ballots
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.
Top Fact Checks→ “Phony polls were designed to keep our voters at home to create the illusion of momentum from Biden.”
There is no evidence to suggest that polls were conducted in a way that deliberately presented Joe Biden in a favorable light.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: States Did NOT Have More Votes Than Registered Voters
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
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
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minnesota Did NOT Have Over 5.1 Million Votes And Only 3.8 Million Registered Voters
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
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
Outdated statistics were used to spread false claims about voter fraud in 2020.
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
Top Fact Checks→ Photos from the Michigan voter database show numerous “voters” who have the birth year of 1/1/1900 amounting to voter fraud.
1/1/1900 is a standard used for any date that is invalid or null. In other words, when the computer cannot read a date properly, 1/1/1900 is used.
Top Fact Checks→ The number of votes cast in Wisconsin was higher than the number of registered voters.
The post was comparing the vote count from 2020 with the number of registered voters from 2018 and falsely suggesting voter fraud.
Top Fact Checks→ Voters in Arizona were forced to vote using Sharpie pens that aren’t read by voting machines.
The claim that sharpie pens aren't readable by voting machines is baseless and misleading. Sharpie pens is a preferred pen for filling out ballots.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Misreport Data on Registered Voters in Wisconsin
Quick Take Viral posts on Facebook falsely claim there were more votes cast in the 2020 election in Wisconsin than there were registered voters. According to state data, the number of registered voters exceeded the votes cast by nearly 388,000, as of N
TruthOrFiction→ Wisconsin Does Not Have More Votes Than Registered Voters
Disinformation was rife on November 4 2020, including a high-engagement tweet by Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) falsely asserting that there were more votes counted in Wisconsin than there were registered voters. It looked like this: Coudrey said: B
Snopes→ No, Wisconsin Did Not Count More Votes Than Registered Voters in 2020
A social media rumor incorrectly compared the number of registered voters in 2018 to the number of votes cast in 2020.
Snopes→ Did Voters Wear Pearls on Election Day To Honor Kamala Harris?
#PearlsForKamala and #PearlsToThePolls were popular Twitter hashtags on Election Day 2020.
FactCheck.org→ Pennsylvania Voters Told to Quarantine Can Still Cast a Ballot
Quick Take Pennsylvania voters told to quarantine due to potential COVID-19 exposure are entitled to vote and can request and return an emergency absentee ballot through 8 p.m. on Election Day. A viral Facebook post misleadingly suggests they are being
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Stay Home’ Robocalls To Voters Are NOT Authentic
Did election officials warn voters to "stay home and stay safe"? No, state officials in Nebraska and other states say robocalls with that message are fraudulent attempt to suppress voting. The deception was spotlighted in a tweet (archive
TruthOrFiction→ Flint Robocalls Purportedly Advised Voters to Avoid Long Lines and ‘Vote Tomorrow’
Election Day 2020 brought with it expectations of widespread, ongoing attempts at voter suppression — and those expectations bore out early and often. One report from Flint, Michigan concerned “robocalls” warning of long lines at
Snopes→ 19th-Century Political Parties Kidnapped Reluctant Voters and Printed Their Own Ballots
Election Day in 19th-century America was a loud, raucous, often dangerous event.
Snopes→ Biden, Obama Make a Final Appeal to Michigan’s Black Voters
Joe Biden enters the final weekend of the presidential campaign with an intense focus on appealing to Black voters whose support will be critical in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Break Election Rules When She Spoke To Voters In Ohio
Did Kamala Harris violate Ohio electioneering laws when she addressed voters standing on line to vote early on October 24, 2020, in Cleveland? No, that's not true: Harris was standing in a permissible area when she addressed the Ohio vote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Voting Machine Message Voters Received Did NOT Keep Them From Voting
Were a handful of early voters in Utah who went to cast ballots told they had already voted? Yes, that's true: But it happened to only a few people and was due to a technical error by a poll worker. Once the problem was fixed, they able t
Snopes→ Was a Poll Worker Fired for Stopping Voters in ‘Black Lives Matter’ Shirts?
Tennessee laws prohibit campaign slogans on clothing at polls, but does BLM count?
Snopes→ Did Dem Voters Receive ‘Vote for Trump or Else’ Emails Linked to Overseas Servers?
The 2020 presidential election was rife with misinformation campaigns aimed at increasing voter distrust.
Snopes→ US Officials: Iran Sent Emails Intimidating American Voters
Democratic voters in at least four battleground states, including Florida and Pennsylvania, have received threatening emails, falsely purporting to be from the far-right group Proud Boys.
TruthOrFiction→ Threatening Messages Sent to Democratic Party Voters in Battleground States
In a preview of more organized disinformation campaigns to come in the 2020 U.S. elections and subsequent interregnum period, Democratic Party voters in swing states received threatening emails the week of October 19 2020, ordering them to switch thei
Snopes→ Some States Allow Ballots if Voters Die Before Election Day
Questions over whether ballots will count if someone votes early but dies before Election Day are especially pressing this year, amid a coronavirus outbreak that has been especially perilous for older Americans.
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.