Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that former Vice President Joe Biden “invented the Office of President-elect.” Donald Trump and Barack Obama also used the term during their transitions to the presidency. Full Story On Nov. 7, f
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Snopes→ Do Biden’s 306 Electoral Votes Match Trump’s Total in 2016?
In 2016, U.S. President Donald Trump called his 306 electoral votes a "landslide" victory.
FactCheck.org→ Ballot ‘Curing’ in Pennsylvania
Counties in Pennsylvania employed inconsistent policies when it came to “curing” ballots — notifying voters of an error in their mail-in ballot so they could fix it. But contrary to claims by the Trump campaign, that inconsistency did
Snopes→ Did Dominion Voting Systems Delete 2.7M Trump Votes?
The president of the United States continues to spread debunked claims of voter fraud.
Snopes→ Did a Pennsylvania Judge Rule Out Some Mail-In Ballots?
A viral YouTube video claimed: "TRUMP TEAM WIN: MAJOR Legal Win For President Trump IN PENNSYLVANIA."
Snopes→ Did Melania Trump Say 2020 Would Be Her Last Christmas in the White House?
As of this writing, the world is still waiting for U.S. President Donald Trump and the first lady to concede the election.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Tweets Conspiracy Theory About Deleted Votes
In a tweet, President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 pushed the baseless theory that voting systems deleted millions of votes for him and switched thousands of votes cast for him to his Democratic rival, President-elect Joe Biden. No evidence has been produc
Snopes→ Did Mail-in Ballots Secretly Contain Quantum Blockchain Watermarks?
Don't feel bad if you've never heard of quantum blockchain systems.
FactCheck.org→ Pennsylvania Postal Worker Waffles on Election Fraud Claim
Quick Take A postal worker in Erie, Pennsylvania, claimed that his superiors were backdating postmarks on ballots, then told federal investigators that he didn’t actually know that — and then went back to his original position. Despite the
FactCheck.org→ Faulty Claim About ‘Biden-Only’ Ballots in Georgia
Quick Take Campaign officials for President Donald Trump and supporters have promoted the faulty claim that Joe Biden received nearly 100,000 votes in Georgia through ballots that only included selections for president, suggesting it’s “
Snopes→ Did Boxing Champ Joe Frazier Vote ‘From His Grave’?
Arguably, scarier things have happened in 2020.
Poynter→ ABC, NBC, CBS and Univision reminded us of an important fact: TV can’t be like Twitter
ABC, NBC, CBS and Univision, four major television networks in the United States, sent a clear message to the world last week: Television is not — and cannot be — like Twitter. The broadcast networks have attentive editors and journalists who won
Snopes→ Were Dems Urged To ‘Fake Residency’ and Vote in Georgia Runoff Election?
Allegations of "leftists" encouraging "voter fraud" spread in right-wing media ahead of the Georgia runoff elections.
Snopes→ Biden Chooses Longtime Adviser Ron Klain As Chief of Staff
Klain, who was Joe Biden's chief of staff during the Obama administration, has known and worked with the president-elect since his 1987 presidential campaign.
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Defeat Denialists Use Facebook to Promote ‘MAGA Marches’
Events and groups denying the defeat of outgoing United States President Donald Trump continue to fester on Facebook in November 2020 — despite the platform taking action following a report by activist group Avaaz. We discovered at least one gro
Snopes→ Does This Ballot Collection Video Show Voter Fraud?
U.S. President Donald Trump did accurately point out the video showed "BALLOTS!" But any insinuation that it documented illegal activity was false.
Snopes→ Did Ivanka Celebrate News Media Projecting Trump’s Alaska Win?
Some called out Trump's eldest daughter for celebrating the AP's Alaska call, while ignoring the same outlet's calling the election overall for Joe Biden.
Snopes→ RUMOR ALERT: A California Woman’s Dog Voted in the 2020 Presidential Election?
Posting a video to social media does not make its content authentic.
Snopes→ Did Mike Pompeo Promise a ‘Smooth Transition to 2nd Trump Administration’?
He's America's top diplomat heading a department that advocates for free and fair elections in foreign countries.
Snopes→ Does Kamala Harris Want To Legalize Prostitution?
The vice president-elect’s stance on sex work is more complicated than what’s depicted in one interview.
Snopes→ Did Trump Accuse Sen. Ted Cruz of Fraud in 2016?
President Donald Trump has accused several of his political opponents of fraud over the years.
Snopes→ Did Republican Dean Browning Tweet ‘I’m a Black Gay Guy’?
Twitter users believed the tweet was meant to go out via an alternate, fake account to bolster support for Republican causes.
Snopes→ Did Biden Create ‘Office of the President Elect’ To Undermine Trump?
Not everything U.S. President-elect Joe Biden does is a scheme against the current president.
Snopes→ Are 132K Ballots in Georgia Likely Ineligible?
This appeared to be an example of what we'll call a "misinformation ouroboros" endless loop.
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
FactCheck.org→ Falsehood Tells of Withdrawn Pennsylvania Projection
Quick Take Viral social media posts claim that the website RealClearPolitics rescinded a projection that Joe Biden had won Pennsylvania. But the website never called the state in the first place; many other media outlets have made that call. Full Stor
Snopes→ Did Trump Write ‘Never Admit Defeat’ in ‘Art of the Deal’?
While President Trump may never admit defeat, he did not write that in "The Art of the Deal."
Snopes→ Did Real Clear Politics Take Penn. ‘Away’ From Biden After Lawsuit News?
It is challenging to take something away that was never given in the first place.
Truth or Fiction?→ Has RealClearPolitics ‘Rescinded’ Pennsylvania and ‘Uncalled’ the Race?
After the 2020 election was “called” with former United States Vice President Joe Biden as victor, a rumor circulated that a website called RealClearPolitics had “rescinded” Pennsylvania, effectively undoing Biden’s win:
Poynter→ FactChat is now stuffed with false claims about ballots
No, neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the military printed non-radioactive isotope watermarks on “official ballots.” No, there wasn’t “ballot stuffing” in Flint, Michigan, and it’s definitely false that truckloads of Trump vot
Snopes→ Was Trump First US President To Lose Popular Vote, Get Impeached, Then Lose Reelection?
The 45th president made history, both good and bad, in the 2020 election.
FactCheck.org→ Thin Allegations of ‘Dead People’ Voting
Several of President Donald Trump’s supporters have claimed or suggested — without providing evidence — that a substantial number of votes were fraudulently cast by “dead people” in Pennsylvania. Election experts say that
Snopes→ Is There a ‘Hammer and Scorecard’ Operation to Manipulate Vote Counts?
The director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) called the rumors "nonsense."
Snopes→ Does Biden Want Fraudulent Ballots To Count in the 2020 Election?
The baseless claim suggests the president-elect has ordered elections workers nationwide to break laws governing vote counting.
FactCheck.org→ Image of Newspaper Doctored to Show ‘President Gore’ Headline
Quick Take President Donald Trump’s campaign pushed an altered image of a Washington Times front page to cast doubt on the 2020 election calls made by news outlets. The newspaper never ran the purported front page, declaring Al Gore the winner of
Snopes→ Did Trump’s Legal Team Hold a News Conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping?
Questions swirled over whether the wrong Four Seasons was the site of the conference.
Snopes→ Was Biden’s Hat a Response to Trump’s MAGA Slogan?
Internet sleuths think the president-elect is trolling Trump with a “We Just Did” hat.
Snopes→ Biden Is 46th President After Pennsylvania Win
Democrat Joe Biden has won Pennsylvania, surpassing the 270 electoral vote threshold to take the White House and become the 46th president of the United States.
Snopes→ Did Libertarian Candidate Jo Jorgensen Lose 40K Votes in 10 Minutes in Pennsylvania?
And if so, where did they go?
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.