The president is casting doubt on Wisconsin’s election results, but every part of his claim is false.
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Snopes→ Nearly 400 Uncounted Ballots Found in Wisconsin Recount
The city’s top elections official, Claire Woodall-Vogg, said not counting the 386 ballots on Nov. 3 was due to an error by new election inspectors.
Snopes→ Wisconsin Officials: Trump Observers Obstructing Recount
Election officials in Wisconsin’s largest county accused observers for Trump of seeking to obstruct a recount of the presidential results, in some instances by objecting to every ballot tabulators pulled to count.
Snopes→ Mayor: Wisconsin Mall Shooting Injuries Not Life-Threatening
A shooting at a mall in a suburb of Milwaukee left multiple people with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the city's mayor.
Snopes→ Police Respond to Wisconsin Mall, Witnesses Report Gunshots
Officers were responding to "a very active situation" at a suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin mall, according to a police dispatcher.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NO Evidence Of ‘Ballot-Dumping’ Found In Wisconsin And Michigan
Is there evidence of ballot dumping found to help Joe Biden in Wisconsin and Michigan? No, that's not true. An article published by OAN claimed there were instances of ballot dumps in both states from the November 3, 2020 presidential ele
Snopes→ Debunking Trump Tweets: Biden’s 143K Vote ‘Dump’ in Wisconsin
Voting spikes did occur in Wisconsin and other states as ballots were being counted, but for ordinary and predictable reasons.
Snopes→ Trump Pays $3 Million for Recount of 2 Wisconsin Counties
The president paid for recounts that cover Milwaukee and Dane counties, two heavily Democratic areas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin County Did NOT Transfer Votes From Trump To Biden, An AP Data Feed Made An Error
Did a glitch in the Rock County, Wisconsin, vote-counting system swap Donald Trump's votes for Joe Biden's, giving Biden the lead and ultimately the win in that county? No, that's not true: The Associated Press erred in collection and tra
Liste→ Wisconsin poll clerks did not illegally add witness addresses to mail-in ballots
Articles shared tens of thousands of times on social media claim Wisconsin, a state crucial to president-elect Joe Biden’s victory, may have broken the law by allowing poll clerks to fill in missing witness addresses on absentee ballots. This is fals
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan Did NOT Add 138,000 Biden Votes With None For Trump; Wisconsin Did NOT Have A 4 AM Ballot Dump
Did Michigan add 138,000 votes and none of them were for Trump and was there a 4 a.m. ballot dump in Wisconsin? No, that's not true. Lead Stories and other news outlets have debunked similar claims by showing records of a Michigan clerica
Liste→ Wisconsin vote surge was not fraud
Online claims that votes were fraudulently added to Joe Biden’s tally in the battleground of Wisconsin relied on a graph that showed a vertical jump for the Democrat. This is misleading; the rise came from a count of absentee ballots from the mostly
FactCheck.org→ Wisconsin Recount Q&A
On Nov. 4, several news organizations called the presidential race in Wisconsin for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. That same day, the campaign of President Donald Trump, who trails Biden by under 21,000 votes, announced it would request a recount. ̶
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Wisconsin Turnout Exceed the Number of Registered Voters?
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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.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking the avalanche of Wisconsin election misinformation
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/04/fact-checking-avalanche-wisconsin-election-misinfo/ A ra
Liste→ Posts use old data to falsely accuse Wisconsin of voter fraud
Social media posts shared thousands of times accused Wisconsin of election fraud, shortly before projections showed Joe Biden winning the key battleground state. But the claim is false; the posts use old data that do not match official figures from the
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
Snopes→ Biden Wins Wisconsin, Presidency Still Hangs in Balance
Neither candidate has cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, though.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Report 101% Voter Turnout
Were more ballots cast in Wisconsin than the number of registered voters in the state? No, that's not true: There were 3,684,726 "active registered voters" as of November 1, 2020, and there have been 3,297,199 ballots counted as of this w
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→ Wisconsin Republican Party Says Hackers Stole $2.3 Million
The party noticed the suspicious activity on Oct. 22 and contacted the FBI, said Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ What we know about Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin
If your time is short On Aug. 23, Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wis. Blake survived, but is partially paralyzed from a bullet that severed his spinal cord. On the third night of protests over the shooting, two
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ What we know about Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin
If your time is short On Aug. 23, Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wis. Blake survived, but is partially paralyzed from a bullet that severed his spinal cord. On the third night of protests over the shooting, two
Liste→ Church was not target of civil unrest in Wisconsin
Social media posts claim that a black church with a “Black Lives Matter” sign was burned down by the movement during civil unrest after a black man was shot by police in the US state of Wisconsin. This is misleading; only a sign for the church burn
Snopes→ Protests Erupt After Wisconsin Police Shoot Black Man
In a scene that mirrored the widespread protests over the police shootings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people, marchers headed to the Kenosha County Public Safety Building, which houses the local police and sheriff’s departments.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Trump’s claims about the coronavirus during his trip to Wisconsin
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/fact-checking-trumps-visit-to-wisconsin/ Resuming campaignin
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checking Trump’s claims about the coronavirus during his trip to Wisconsin
PolitiFact and MediaWise are teaming up to debunk misinformation about the coronavirus crisis. To have Coronavirus Facts delivered to your inbox Monday-Friday, click here. A note to readers: I really appreciate you spending your morning — or afternoo
Snopes→ Assault Near Wisconsin Protests Investigated as Hate Crime
Althea Bernstein, 18, told police she heard someone yell out a racial epithet, looked around and saw four white men. One sprayed liquid on her face and neck and threw a flaming lighter at her.
Snopes→ Wisconsin High Court Tosses Out Governor’s Stay-Home Order
While the decision lifts caps on the size of gatherings, allowing people to travel and allowing shuttered businesses to reopen, the court let stand language that had closed schools. Local governments can still impose their own health restrictions.
Snopes→ 52 Who Worked or Voted in Wisconsin Election Have COVID-19
There are no plans to postpone or otherwise alter a special congressional election in Wisconsin that is less than two weeks away, even though more than 50 people who voted in person or worked the polls during the state’s presidential primary this mon
Snopes→ Voters Reject Trump’s Pick in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
Liberal candidate Jill Karofsky defeated Trump-endorsed incumbent Dan Kelly in an election marked by long lines during a pandemic.
Snopes→ Trump Campaign Sues Wisconsin TV Station Over Critical Ad
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is suing a Wisconsin TV station for running an anti-Trump commercial that pieces together audio clips of the president talking about the coronavirus outbreak in a way they argue is misleading and false.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Claims on IG, Wisconsin Election
At the White House coronavirus task force press briefing on April 7, President Donald Trump distorted the facts about the person he dismissed as the chief watchdog for spending under the new pandemic relief legislation and the Wisconsin election, which
Snopes→ Wisconsin Worried About Spike in Virus Cases Due to Election
The decision to forge ahead with Wisconsin’s election amid a pandemic has stirred fears about a possible spike in the state’s coronavirus cases.
Snopes→ Pandemic Politics: Wisconsin Voting Underway Despite Coronavirus
Voters across the state, many without masks covering their faces, waited in line to cast ballots at crowded polling sites.
Snopes→ Wisconsin Moves Ahead With Election, Awaits Supreme Court
The Wisconsin election is being viewed as a national test case in a broader fight over voter access in the age of coronavirus with major implications for the November general election.
Snopes→ Police: `Critical Incident’ at Molson Coors in Wisconsin
WISN-TV in Milwaukee reported Wednesday that a Molson Coors employee received an email about an active shooter near one of the buildings.
Snopes→ Wienermobile Pulled Over in Wisconsin for Traffic Infraction
Everyone was not in love with the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile when it failed to give enough room to an emergency vehicle.