Does a viral video show election workers in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, commiting voter fraud in November 2022? No, that's not true: This exact video and claim were previously debunked in 2020. The election worker shown was manually tr
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Downticks In Election Graphs Do NOT Show ‘Election Crime In Real Time’ In Pennsylvania — Those Were Typos By County Board of Elections
Do large downticks in cumulative voting graphs for the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate and governor's races prove election fraud? No, that's not true: Edison Research, which supplies election data to news organization websites, told Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Suspicious – Just Factual — That Allegheny County Requested More Dem Mail-In Ballots Than Philadelphia Despite Having Fewer Dems
Was it suspicious that more Democrats in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, requested mail-in ballots than Democrats in Philadelphia County, even though 273,765 fewer registered Democratic voters live in Allegheny County in 2022? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates The Billionaire Is NOT On The Board Of Maricopa County
Is Seattle billionaire Bill Gates now chairman of the Maricopa County, Arizona Board of Supervisors? No, that's not true: A representative for Maricopa County told Lead Stories that a different Bill Gates serves Maricopa County. Gates the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Tabulators Were NOT Problem Machines Used In Maricopa County, AZ – Runbeck Supplied The Machines & Technology
Were Dominion Voting System tabulators the machines that caused problems in Maricopa County, Arizona on Election Day, November 8, 2022? No, that's not true: "Runbeck is our printer vendor," Maricopa County Elections Department Communicati
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence Bexar County election calls were made fraudulently
“Many elections in Bexar are being called with 0% of precincts reporting! I smell MAJOR FRAUD!”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a photo of Katie Hobbs in a Maricopa County ballot tabulation room
Image shows Arizona gubernatorial candidate and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the room where ballots were being counted in Maricopa County.
PolitiFact→ Julie Gunnigle – Democratic Maricopa County attorney candidate says Arizona has world’s eighth-highest incarceration
"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – Charlie Kirk is wrong, Maricopa County did not reduce polling places in 2022 elections
“Maricopa County intentionally reduced the polling places.”
PolitiFact→ We fact-checked misinformation about the midterm elections, from Maricopa County to Detroit
There were a few reports of glitches and problems at some polling locations Nov. 8, but none that kept people from voting. That didn’t stop some conservatives from using those incidents to cast doubt on the election.
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Tucker Carlson wrong about people not being able to vote in Arizona's Maricopa County
“Electronic voting machines didn't allow people to vote” in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Logically→ Technical issues at Maricopa County polling locations were due to electoral fraud.
Despite technical issues, there is no evidence of fraud. Officials have stated that nobody was prevented from voting.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show How To Cast Fraudulent Ballot Online In King County, Washington
Does a social media video demonstrate how to cast a fraudulent vote online in Washington state's King County, home to the greater Seattle area? No, that's not true: The county has an online system that allows voters to mark their ballots,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tabulator Trouble In Maricopa County Was NOT Proof Of Voter Fraud
Was the fact that Maricopa County, Arizona, experienced trouble with some of its tabulators early on Election Day proof of voter fraud? No, that's not true: There was a back-up plan in place to make sure every vote was counted. In the cas
The Dispatch→ ‘Every Single County Is Now a Border County’
Republicans look to dysfunction at the U.S.-Mexico border to animate their base.The post ‘Every Single County Is Now a Border County’ appeared first on The Dispatch.
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.
Truth or Fiction?→ How One Tennessee County Shows the Relationship Between Early Voting and Turnout
An activist’s thread about early voting activity in Tennessee illustrated how lack of access can negatively affect turnout going into the November 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Lisa Quigley, director of the group Solving Hunger, first drew attenti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Registering Dead People To Vote Is NOT Easy in Live Oak County, Texas
Is it possible to cheat the mail-in ballot elections system in Live Oak County, Texas, and vote on behalf of a deceased person? It's possible, but it would be extremely difficult. Many safeguards are in place to prevent that from happenin
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Most of Florida's Lee County wasn't in the cone three days before hurricane, but parts of it were
Lee County, Florida, wasn't "even in the cone" of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall.
Health Feedback→ Unvaccinated people are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 in San Diego county; vaccines don’t cause COVID-19, contrary to claim by Shaun Frederikson
REVIEW Large clinical trials conducted in several countries, as well as post-marketing surveillance showed that COVID-19 vaccines were effective at protecting against severe forms of the disease and that their benefits outweigh their possible risks.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Clark County, Washington, Election Workers Illegally Closing Ballot Drop Boxes Before Official Time
Does a video show election workers in Clark County, Washington, illegally closing ballot drop boxes "30 minutes prior" to the voting close time, insinuating that there is fraudulent activity involved with voter mail-in ballots? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Machine ‘Manipulation’ Was NOT Responsible For 2022 Primary Election Problems In DeKalb County, Georgia — It Was Computer Programming Error By State
Was Dominion voting machine "manipulation" responsible for 2022 primary election problems In DeKalb County, Georgia? No, that's not true: The Georgia secretary of state's office says it was a mistake in programming the machines for a sing
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Credible Threat That ‘White Supremacy … Are Shooting Up All Walmarts and Will Kill Black And Mexicans’ In San Bernardino County
Have the police in San Bernardino County shared that they received a tip that "white supremacy has made it clear they are shooting up all Walmarts and will kill blacks and Mexicans"? No, that's not true: The San Bernardino County, Califor
Snopes→ No, the Fairfax County Court Stenographer Wasn’t ‘Partying’ With Depp During His Trial
A privately-employed court stenographer became a target online in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial.
Snopes→ Does County in NC Give Option To Request Death Certificate for ‘Myself’?
A widely-viewed screenshot prompted jokes about ordering one's own death certificate prematurely.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Mail ballot problem in Pennsylvania county was a printing error, not fraud
The problem with mail ballots in Lancaster County is a sign of “voter fraud.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Los Angeles County Sheriff Announces Plans to ‘Investigate’ Journalist Over Articles
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has announced plans to target a journalist for an “investigation” over her reporting on their treatment of a man in custody. Conspiracy theory-slinging Los Angeles County sheriff Alex Villan
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bourbon County, Kentucky, Is NOT Dry — List Of Such Kentucky ‘Facts’ Is Mix of True/False/Unresolved
Is it against the law to sell alcohol in Bourbon County, Kentucky, which would make it "dry"? And is Christian County, Kentucky "wet"? No, that's only partly true: A map by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development titled, "Alcoholic
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Barrett was one of three judges ruling on a Wisconsin county’s financial liability
“Amy Coney Barrett overturned a $6.7M verdict after a prison guard repeatedly raped a 19-year-old inmate who was 8 months pregnant.”
Snopes→ Jussie Smollett Released from County Jail During Appeal
The former “Empire” actor walked out of the Cook County Jail surrounded by security.
PolitiFact→ David Willis – NC lawmaker misleads about Union County COVID cases, criticism
There are now zero students, staff or anyone “related to the school system” in Union County” hospitalized with COVID-19, despite harsh criticism of school COVID policy.
PolitiFact→ Winsome Earle-Sears – Did Loudoun County, Va. schools pay 'about $300,000' for critical race theory training?
“The Loudoun County School Board spent about $300,000…to bring CRT in some form or fashion to the school system.”
PolitiFact→ Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee – A Florida county GOP says a Tampa Democrat is a communist. That’s bogus.
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla. is a communist
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
Snopes→ Maricopa County Audit Did Not Find 712,152 New Trump Votes
A viral Facebook meme about votes in Arizona did not contain accurate numbers.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A Statue of Medusa Holding Perseus’ Severed Head Will Be Installed in Manhattan Across from the NY County Criminal Court to Honor #MeToo’
In October 2021, posts about a statue of Medusa holding the severed head of Perseus being installed at a New York criminal court in honor of the #MeToo movement appeared on Facebook and Twitter: Text on the image read: A Statue of Medusa Holding [Pers
Health Feedback→ Vaccination enhances immunity in people who previously had COVID-19; little evidence for claim that the Amish community in Lancaster County, PA, have herd immunity
REVIEW A transcript of a report on the show “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson”, published on 10 October 2021, contained several claims about how the Amish community of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have coped with COVID-19. The Amish are an Am
The Dispatch→ Did 23,000 Maricopa County Ballots Come From Voters Using a Previous Address?
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