President Donald Trump in recent days has engaged in some post-election spin: Trump said with his help Gov. Rick Scott won the Senate race in Florida “by a lot.” That’s a relative phrase, but Scott’s victory over incumbent Sen.
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FactCheck.org→ Partisan Site Spins Falsehoods in Georgia Election
Q: Have provisional ballots been rejected as “duplicates” in Fulton County, Georgia? A: No. A provisional ballot labeled “duplicate” means it has been counted, not rejected. FULL ANSWER More than a week after the midterm el
FactCheck.org→ Deutch Misses Mark in Attack on Scott
Rep. Ted Deutch accused Florida Gov. Rick Scott of “trying to manipulate the outcome of elections,” providing examples that went beyond the facts: Deutch claimed Scott took “the unheard of approach of trying to use his own state police to impoun
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Voter Fraud Claims
With votes continuing to be counted in very close elections in Florida, Georgia and Arizona, President Donald Trump and some other Republicans have been crying foul, making false and misleading claims of supposed election fraud perpetrated by Democrats
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Say ‘The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People’
Did Hillary Clinton ever say 'The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People'? No, that's not true: the quote was made up by a Christian-themed satire website but went massively viral after several right-wing an
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Florida Officials Did NOT Admit Nearly 200k Voters May Not Be Citizens In 2018
Did Florida officials admit almost 200,000 voters in the Florida midterm election may not have been citizens? No, that's not true: a hyperpartisan website took an old report about the 2012 midterms and presented it as if it was breaking news
FactCheck.org→ Meme Misleads on Benefits of Illegal Immigration
Q: Does the U.S. provide medical insurance and voting rights to immigrants in the country illegally? A: No. A viral meme misrepresents what such immigrants are entitled to in the U.S. FULL ANSWER A viral meme on Facebook criticizes the U.S. for sup
Truth or Fiction?→ Hundreds of Wrapped Voting Machines Discovered in a Georgia Warehouse?
The American midterm elections on November 6, 2018 transformed what is normally a relatively sleepy affair that receives little coverage into a bitter, heavily-tracked series of races around the country punctuated by scandals, violence, and unexpected
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – False Facebook post claims millions of fraudulent votes cast in California
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | False Facebook post claims millions of fraudulent votes cast in California A post circulating on Facebook falsely claims that more than a million votes tallied in California were cast by unregistered voters,
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – False Facebook post claims millions of fraudulent votes cast in California
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | False Facebook post claims millions of fraudulent votes cast in California A post circulating on Facebook falsely claims that more than a million votes tallied in California were cast by unregistered voters,
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Voting Machines Did NOT Fail To Display Candidate Party Affiliations During Midterm Elections
Was there an issue with voting machines during the U.S. midterm elections causing party affiliation not to show up after candidate's names? No, that's not real news: it was a bit of satire mocking the current partisan election climate that wa
Snopes→ Election Day to Test Democratic Resistance in Trump Era
With voters going to the polls Tuesday, nothing is certain.
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show Democrats Campaigning in the Nude?
This is neither a typical nor an established way of getting more party supporters to the polls.
FactCheck.org→ False Link Between Voting and Hunting in North Dakota
Q: Can you lose your hunting license if you vote in North Dakota? A: No. A partisan Facebook ad is referring to resident hunting licenses in other states being invalid once someone has North Dakota residency. FULL ANSWER Five days before the m
PolitiFact→ National Republican Congressional Committee – No, Jared Golden does not want to use Social Security funds to pay for other programs
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | No, Jared Golden does not want to use Social Security funds to pay for other programs Just days before voters head to the polls, the National Republican Congressional Committee released a new ad blasting Jar
FactCheck.org→ Trump Stump Speeches: Immigration
Editor’s Note: For weeks, President Donald Trump has been campaigning in states that are key to the Republican Party’s chances of maintaining control of the House and Senate. We have reviewed seven speeches he gave from Oct. 10 to Oct. 22.
Snopes→ Things Every Voter Should Know
Don't get caught off guard at the polls. Know where your state stands on these commonly confused voting rules.
Voting Rights and Provisional Ballots
The United States’ 2018 midterm elections approached with far more fanfare than is normal for what is usually a relatively sleepy electoral affair, including an unusual focus on voter disenfranchisement. Stories of people discovering that they were suddenly not eligible to vote and and other voter suppression tactics appeared over and over again: In Georgia, a coalition of […]
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Truth or Fiction?→ Voting Rights and Provisional Ballots
The United States’ 2018 midterm elections approached with far more fanfare than is normal for what is usually a relatively sleepy electoral affair, including an unusual focus on voter disenfranchisement. Stories of people discovering that they we
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Ads from Leading GOP PAC
Congressional Leadership Fund, the highest-spending super PAC seeking to sway House races in the upcoming midterms, has been flooding TV airwaves around the country with ads attacking Democrats running in close races. But we found that some of those ad
Did the Supreme Court Make Voting More Difficult in a Key Battleground State?
As the 2018 midterms approached in the United States, the national conversation turned more and more toward the right to vote — and whether all Americans are truly able to exercise that right. The conversation took a new turn just weeks before the November 6th election, when the Supreme Court declined to overturn a controversial […]
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