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PolitiFact→ League of Conservation Voters – Oil and gas industry supports Herschel Walker, but has not ‘heavily funded’ his campaign
Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maricopa County Did NOT Lose Hundreds Of Thousands Of Voters Or Ballots On Election Day
Did Maricopa County, Arizona, lose some 292,000 votes in its final vote tally for the November 8, 2022, elections? No, that's not true: The tweet making that claim left out voters who returned their mail-in ballots in person and people wh
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake claimed Maricopa County voters were ‘disenfranchised.’ Experts disagree
Election officials said Maricopa County voters who wanted to vote in person Nov. 8 could, despite election equipment issues at some vote centers. Voting rights experts rebutted claims that voters were disenfranchised.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona DOES Allow Dropping Off Mail-In Ballots For Other Voters
Does a video showing people dropping off multiple ballots at one time in a drop box prove election fraud and what "really happened" in Arizona? No, that's not true: Delivering more than one ballot for other voters is legal in Arizona. Ind
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this clip doesn’t show voters being fraudulently added to Dallas’ pollbooks
Footage shows Dallas pollbooks fraudulently “adding hundreds of voters in real time as the poll was being closed.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Election ‘Poll Pads’ NOT Caught Adding Hundreds Of Voters In Real Time As Poll Is Being Closed
Were "poll pads" in Texas caught adding "hundreds" of voters in real time as a poll was being closed? No, that's not true: The state-certified Election Systems & Software (ES&S) voting systems e-pollbooks in Dallas County, Texas,
Logically→ Ann Arbour election officials broke the law by allowing voters to register and vote after polls closed.
In this instance, voters were allowed to participate if they arrived in line prior to the 8 p.m. deadline. This is not illegal.
Poynter→ Detroit voters were not told at polls that they had already voted
On the afternoon of Election Day, former President Donald Trump suggested that problems at polling places in Michigan’s largest city, a Democratic stronghold, were preventing voters from casting their ballots […] The post Detroit voters were no
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Detroit voters were not told at polls that they had already voted
In Detroit, “people are showing up to vote only to be told, ‘sorry, you have already voted.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 16 Million Registered Voters Did NOT ‘Drop Overnight’ in New Mexico
Did 16 million registered voters in New Mexico "drop overnight," within a 24-hour window before Election Day? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the New Mexico secretary of state's office, which helps administer elections, confirmed
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AutoMARK Terminal Is NOT Ballot Tabulator — It’s Marking Device For Voters With Physical Impairments
Do videos show a voting machine at a New York polling place disregarding a voter's selections -- even though he made an effort to darken the selected circles? No, that's not true: The terminal pictured in the video is an AutoMARK assistiv
FactCheck.org→ Buldoc Revives Zombie Claim About Busloads of Illegal Voters in New Hampshire
U.S. Senate candidate Don Buldoc, a Republican, resurrected a zombie claim that has been repeatedly debunked about busloads of people coming from out of state to vote illegally in New Hampshire. “We need to make sure that school buses loaded with
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post wrongly says most eligible voters don’t vote
“Two thirds of eligible voters don’t vote.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Victory for the Voters’: Arizona Ballot ‘Watchers’ Ordered to Stay Away from Drop Boxes
The right-wing, conspiracist-minded group that bragged about staking out election drop boxes in Arizona was ordered by a federal judge to stay at least 75 feet away from them, and forbidden from speaking to voters unless spoken to first. Judge Michael
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democratic Officials in Pennsylvania Did NOT Mail Out 255,000 Ballots To Unverified Voters — They Were Mail-In Ballot Applications
Did Democratic election officials in Pennsylvania mail out 255,000 ballots to unverified voters? No, that's not true: As required by state law, county election offices mailed applications for mail-in or absentee ballots to any registered
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Voters don’t help ‘bad guys’ to fabricate ballots when voting by mail in Washington state
Mailing in a ballot “gives the bad guys a chance to know how many ballots they need to make.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – It’s not unconstitutional for Colorado to mail ballots to registered, active voters
Ballots are “mailed unconstitutionally” to every voter in Colorado.
The Dispatch→ Are Latinos the New Swing Voters?
Republicans hope a shift to the right among Latino voters will continue in the midterms. The post Are Latinos the New Swing Voters? appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Absentee voters can still cast ballots by mail in Delaware
A law that would have given registered Delaware voters the ability to vote by mail for any reason was recently struck down by the state’s Supreme Court. But absentee voting by mail is still allowed in Delaware.
Snopes→ Scholar: Challenges to Voters are Growing Before the Midterms – and Pose a Direct Threat to Voting Rights
On Nov. 8, the U.S. may experience a surge of voters intimidated by Election Day challenges to their right to cast a ballot.
PolitiFact→ Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters
Although violent crime remains below the record rates of the early 1990s, several categories of violent crime have seen significant increases since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Experts say the ads are meant to induce fear, which can moti
Snopes→ Italy Shifts to the Right As Voters Reward Meloni’s Party
A party with neo-fascist roots, the Brothers of Italy, won the most votes in Italy’s national elections.
Snopes→ Name-Calling in Politics Grabs Headlines, but Voters Don’t Like It – and It Could Backfire in the 2022 Midterm Elections
As the 2022 midterms get closer, political attacks in campaign advertisements are on the rise.
Poynter→ Political extremism in the public square: A resource for journalists and voters
Disinformation about election processes and alleged election fraud is falsely stoking anger among voters who feel neglected by their government. That same disinformation — perpetuated by online elements and amplified […] The post Political extr
PolitiFact→ Republican Governors Association – No, Biden didn’t say nearly half of Wisconsin voters are threats to democracy
Says President Joe Biden “recently said that 48.8% of Wisconsin voters are threats to democracy.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Kansas Abortion Recount Affirms Will of the Voters
On August 22 2022, a post to Reddit’s r/politics (and r/all) said that a Kansas abortion referendum recount reaffirmed the initial tally — indicating that voters in Kansas continue to overwhelmingly favor legal access to abortion in the sta
PolitiFact→ League of Conservation Voters – Johnson called climate change 'bull—-,' took $700,000 in donations from oil industry
Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”
Snopes→ Kansas Voters Resoundingly Protect Their Access to Abortion
Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright.
PolitiFact→ Why many voters in Arizona, Missouri will use voting centers, not precincts, on Election Day
When many Arizona voters show up to cast a ballot in the Aug. 2 primary, they will be able to choose from several vote c
Poynter→ MediaWise launches a free text message course to help voters prepare for the US midterms
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (July 12, 2022) – With less than four months until the U.S. midterms, the social-first digital media literacy initiative MediaWise at the nonprofit Poynter Institute has launched […] The post MediaWise launches a free t
AllSides→ Republican TV Ad Makes False Claim About ‘Dead’ Voters
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/06/republican-tv-ad-makes-false-claim-about-dead-voters/ An illegal ball
FactCheck.org→ Republican TV Ad Makes False Claim About ‘Dead’ Voters
An illegal ballot cast on behalf of a deceased voter is rare, and we could find no examples of it occurring in Michigan in 2020 or 2016. Yet, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan falsely claims in a TV ad that “dead people always vote
PolitiFact→ Political Extremism in the Public Square: A resource for journalists and voters
Political Extremism in the Public Square: A resource for journalists and voters
Washington Post→ J.D. Vance’s claim that Biden is targeting ‘MAGA voters’ with fentanyl
The GOP Senate candidate from Ohio claims that Biden’s border policies are intended to kill off Trump voters — an assertion based on zero facts.
FactCheck.org→ Attack Ad Leaves Misleading Impression on Vance’s View of Trump Voters
It’s well known that JD Vance — Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate in the Ohio Republican primary for U.S. Senate — was no fan of the former president just a few years back. Vance’s past quotes practically write his opponen
PolitiFact→ Club for Growth – Attack ad twists JD Vance’s words on racism and Trump voters
Says J.D. Vance said, “People who voted for Trump voted for him for racist reasons.”
PolitiFact→ Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters
In a crowded Republican Ohio US Senate primary, Trump has picked J.D. Vance. The May 3 primary will reveal his sway with voters. See our fact-checks.
PolitiFact→ J.D. Vance – JD Vance’s ad about ‘open border’ and immigrant voters is wrong
“Joe Biden’s open border” means that there are “more Democrat voters pouring into this country."
PolitiFact→ Mike Gibbons – In Ohio, GOP candidate falsely says more votes than registered voters in 2020 election
According to the Census Bureau, “5 million more people voted than were registered to vote” in the 2020 election.