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FactCheck.org→ Legal Battle in Pennsylvania over Undated Mail-in Ballots
Even before the polls opened on Election Day, a potentially significant legal battle erupted in Pennsylvania over whether to count mail-in ballots with an incorrect or missing date on the outside envelope. On Nov. 7, the campaign of Democratic Senate c
FactCheck.org→ Counting Mail-In Ballots Delays Results, But Doesn’t Denote Fraud
Quick Take Mail-in ballots have become a popular way to vote in the U.S. But the unfounded claim persists that mail ballots lead to rampant fraud and, if counted after Election Day, they are suspect. By law, many states don’t start counting mail
Poynter→ Trump wrongly says Jimmy Carter said ‘don’t ever use’ mail ballots
Former President Donald Trump, who has long spread falsehoods about mail ballots, recently distorted what former President Jimmy Carter said about voting by mail. During an Oct. 31 interview on […] The post Trump wrongly says Jimmy Carter said
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump wrongly says Jimmy Carter said ‘don’t ever use’ mail ballots
Former President Jimmy Carter said “don’t ever use” mail in ballots because “they can be so easily corrupted.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Biden didn’t say Democrats would dump ballots
“Joe Biden announced to the world tonight that they are going to cheat by dumping ballots.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pennsylvania Is NOT Under Court Order To Count Ballots Only On Election Day
Is Pennsylvania under a court order to only count ballots on Election Day? No, that's not true: The post provided no evidence of such a court order. Under current election law, unofficial results will be available within a few days of the
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump falsely said Democrats are playing ‘games’ with ‘unverified’ ballots in Pennsylvania
"Over 240,000 'unverified' ballots have already been sent out in Pennsylvania, a total mess. The Democrats are playing games again.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Postal Service workers cannot ‘do anything they want’ to mail-in ballots
“If you use the US Postal Service certified mail or registered mail, they can do anything they want with those ballots." They “can burn your mail and they won't get in any trouble.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ballots found in drop box before the voting period opened were legitimate, county official says
Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots.
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→ Facebook posts – Facebook post makes unfounded claim about security seals on Connecticut ballots
Connecticut ballot initiative on early voting would "remove the requirement of a certified seal from certain ballots."
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.
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.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims of a ‘massive transfer’ of fraudulent election ballots are false
There’s “evidence of a massive transfer of completed, curated ballots” that are fraudulent in the 2022 election.
Logically→ Justin Trudeau’s 2021 election win is invalid because the number of uncounted ballots surpassed the winning margin.
205,904 ballots were not counted because they arrived late or were not filled in properly. Trudeau formed a minority government in a tight 2021 race.
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – Arizona Republican secretary of state candidate wrong about ‘fake’ mail ballots
“In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rejected Petition Signatures For LA County Recall NOT The Same As Rejected 2020 Ballots
Are the 30 percent of signatures that did not qualify for the recall of the Los Angeles County district attorney the same as ballots rejected in the 2020 election? No, the claim is missing context: Nothing stops an unqualified person from
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, sending postcards to states will not lead to decertification of 2020 ballots
"Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Pennsylvania didn’t send out more mail-in ballots than were cast in the 2020 election
“Pennsylvania sent out 1,823,148 mail-in ballots. They got back 2,589,242.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Election Ballots DO Have Serial Numbers — But They Are Removed During Processing To Protect Voter Secrecy
Do election ballots have serial numbers to protect against voter fraud? Yes, that's true, but those numbers are removed during processing to protect the identity of the voter. In an email to Lead Stories, Christopher B. Mann, an associate
PolitiFact→ The pace of Arizona’s primary ballot count isn’t ‘suspicious.’ Verifying mail ballots takes time
Tweets suggested that the pace of the ballot count in Arizona was “suspicious,” which ignores the facts about the laws election officials must follow to produce an accurate count, including the verification of mail ballot signatures.
Snopes→ New USPS Election Division Will Oversee Mail-In Ballots
The United States Postal Service is creating a division to handle election mail issues as part of an effort to ensure swift and secure delivery of ballots for the 2022 midterm election.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are Arizona Election Workers Breaking the Law with Mail-In Ballots?
(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)On July 19, Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward—who has has pushed baseless voter fraud claims about the 2020 election in Arizona—tweeted a picture of an early voting mailing envelope from Maricopa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 19,000 Late, Invalid Ballots Were NOT Counted in 2020 Arizona Election
Were 19,000 late, invalid ballots counted in the 2020 Arizona election? No, that's not true: An article making the claim relies on a report that appears to misconstrue what a particular type of receipt shows. It's a record of when electio
PolitiFact→ David Perdue – In Georgia, Perdue falsely claims Kemp allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every voter
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Indiana woman accused of of pre-marking ballots applications wasn’t accused of tampering with ballot
“Indiana woman charged for mail in voter fraud, delivered 400 ballots with Democrat box pre-checked.”
Logically→ People above the age of 65 years can vote through postal ballots in India.
The ECI has approved postal ballots for those aged above 80, people with disabilities, and COVID-19 patients for certain 2022 Assembly elections.
PolitiFact→ A claim about serial numbers on ballots is misguided
A Facebook posts suggests that serial numbers should be placed on ballots. Election officials say that would violate the right to cast a secret ballot.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bergen County, NJ, Did NOT Add Unexplained Votes To Its 2021 General Election Totals — Mail-In, Provisional Ballots Were Counted Last
Did Bergen County, New Jersey, report that 100% of its votes were counted in the state's 2021 general election, yet add unexplained votes afterward? No, that's not true: although news websites such as The New York Times reported that 100%
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Legitimate Ballots Discarded, Shredded In Gloucester County, NJ
Do several videos posted online show legitimate unmarked and shredded ballots discarded at the Gloucester County Office of Elections in New Jersey? No, that's not true: According to the Gloucester County Clerk's Office, those materials ha
The Dispatch→ Did 23,000 Maricopa County Ballots Come From Voters Using a Previous Address?
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The Dispatch→ Did the Maricopa County Audit Find 17,322 Duplicate Ballots?
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Snopes→ Yes, All Registered Voters in California Will Receive Ballots By Mail Going Forward
That includes everyone who's legally able to vote and reachable via an address on file.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cyber Ninjas Report For Arizona Audit Does NOT Show Thousands Of Illegal Ballots
Did the Cyber Ninjas' Arizona audit report show thousands of illegal ballots? No, that's not true: The Republican-commissioned audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County -- Arizona's most populous county -- did not prove that more than
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ballots In Arizona Audit Did NOT Show ‘Verified & Approved’ Stamps Behind Triangles
Did ballots in Arizona show "VERIFIED AND APPROVED" stamps behind a black triangle, meaning that the image was fake or not a valid ballot? No, that's not true: The image shown during the presentation of the Maricopa County election audit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Duplicate Ballots’ In Maricopa County, Arizona, Are NOT Proof Of Voter Fraud
Are "duplicate ballots" in Maricopa County, Arizona, proof of voter fraud? No, that's not true: "Duplicate ballots" or ballot envelopes don't prove duplicate votes. If a voter sends back a mail-in ballot and the signature on the envelope
Snopes→ Report Shows Big Spike in Mail Ballots During 2020 Election
Fewer than one-third of voters casting ballots in last year’s U.S. presidential election did so at a polling place on Election Day as the coronavirus pandemic led states to greatly expand mail-in balloting and early voting, according to a federal rep
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Mail-in ballots approved in California before delta surge
“Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.”