Did someone hack into the electronic voting system being used in Georgia for the January 5, 2020, U.S. Senate runoff races? No, Georgia election officials say that's not true: The digital poll book was not even in use on December 30, 2020
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Despite Claims In Georgia Senate Hearing, Dominion Voting Machines Were NOT Hacked Because They Don’t Have Modems
Did someone hack into the electronic voting system being used in Georgia for the January 5, 2020, U.S. Senate runoff races? No, Georgia election officials say that's not true: The digital poll book was not even in use on December 30, 2020
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Georgia Runoff Voters Being Told Voting Machines Are ‘Malfunctioning’?
Georgia’s long-anticipated runoff elections were slated for January 5 2020; that day, the disreputable site TrendingPolitics.com published an item headlined, “BREAKING: Georgia Voters Sound the Alarm, Claim They’re Being Told Votin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Ballots Were NOT Printed Differently for GOP Areas Versus Democrat Areas To Enable Election Rigging
Were ballots used in Republican areas of Georgia different from ballots used in Democratic areas of the state, resulting in a rigged election? No, that's not true: A purported elections expert -- who the Georgia secretary of state's offic
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Trump’s Claims From His Call With Brad Raffensperger
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Truth or Fiction?→ Georgia Republican’s Photograph Brings Back Concern Over ‘White Power’ Gesture
Heading into one of two Senate runoff elections in Georgia, a photograph of right-wing incumbent Sen. David Perdue — and the purported intent behind it — received newfound attention in January 2021, including a side debate over whether it
Snopes→ Trump Pressures Georgia Elections Chief: ‘Find 11,780 Votes’
President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Literally Beg Georgia Secretary Of State To ‘Invent’ 11,000 Votes
Did Donald Trump literally beg the Georgia secretary of state to "invent" 11,000 votes? No, that's not true: The president did not utter "invent" during an hour-long phone call with Brad Raffensperger. To be clear, Trump repeatedly pressu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Literally Beg Georgia Secretary Of State To ‘Invent’ 11,000 Votes
Did Donald Trump literally beg the Georgia secretary of state to "invent" 11,000 votes? No, that's not true: The president did not utter "invent" during an hour-long phone call with Brad Raffensperger. To be clear, Trump repeatedly pressu
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Georgia Senate Runoffs
Two months after Election Day, control of the U.S. Senate in the 117th Congress comes down to two races in Georgia on Jan. 5. None of the four candidates on the ballot garnered 50% of the vote on Nov. 3, which forced separate runoffs. In one of the con
Snopes→ Trump’s Made-Up Claims of Fake Georgia Votes
President Donald Trump put forth a dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia's secretary of state.
Snopes→ Trump, On Tape, Presses Ga. Official to ‘Find’ Trump Votes
President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia's election chief to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory.
Snopes→ Trump, On Tape, Presses Ga. Official to ‘Find’ Trump Votes
President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia's election chief to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Atlanta Warehouse Does NOT House Counterfeit Fulton County, Georgia Ballots
Did a pro-Trump "operative" uncover thousands of counterfeit November 2020 Fulton County ballots stored in an Atlanta warehouse? No, that's not true: Photos of boxes of ballots showed emergency paper ballots stored in the warehouse as bac
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Debunking Donald Trump’s Claims About Voter Fraud
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lead GBI Agent Investigating Georgia Voter Fraud And GOP Staffer Death Was NOT Found Dead
Did the lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent investigating both voter fraud in Georgia and the death of a young GOP campaign volunteer die in a suspicious shooting"? No, that's not true: The agent who was found dead of a self-inflic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia State Senator Elena Parent Was NOT Busted Counting Ballots In Pennsylvania
Was Georgia state Sen. Elena Parent busted counting ballots in Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: A video that purportedly captures her counting votes does not show Parent but a local poll worker in Pennsylvania. Parent told Lead Stories
FactCheck.org→ Warnock’s False Ad on Taxes
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler “supports raising taxes on Georgia’s middle class.” That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, bu
FactCheck.org→ Warnock’s False Ad on Taxes
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler “supports raising taxes on Georgia’s middle class.” That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, bu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of 23,000 ‘Fraudulent’ Ballots For Biden Identified In Georgia
Were 23,000 "fraudulent" ballots for Joe Biden identified in Georgia? No, there's no evidence that's true. An article making that claim cites as its source a video on YouTube, which relies on unofficial results reported in real time. Stat
Snopes→ Georgia Again Certifies Election Results Showing Biden Won
Georgia's top elections official recertified the state's election results after a recount requested by President Donald Trump confirmed once again that Democrat Joe Biden won the state.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Team Does NOT Have Dominion Machine From A Small Georgia County That Shows Votes Flipped from Trump to Biden
Did Donald Trump's campaign gain control of voting machines in a small Georgia county and run tests that showed votes were flipped from Trump to Biden? No, that's not true: Articles and social media posts making the claim say the voting m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP Observers Did NOT Swear In Affidavits They Were Told To Leave Fulton County, Georgia, Vote Count Center On Election Night
Did Republican campaign staffers assigned to observe at the Fulton County, Georgia, vote counting center on election night swear under oath in affidavits that they were told to leave before the ballot counting ended on election night? No,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video From Georgia Does NOT Show Suitcases Filled With Ballots Suspiciously Pulled From Under A Table; Poll Watchers Were NOT Told To Leave
Does security camera video show a Fulton County, Georgia, election supervisor suspiciously pulling suitcases filled with ballots from under a table after telling poll workers to leave the room? And did that election official continue to i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Election Video Does NOT Show Worker ‘Manipulating’ Data In Gwinnett County, Georgia
Does an election video show a worker "manipulating" data in Gwinnett County, Georgia? No, that's not true: The video shows a person moving what appears to be a USB thumb drive from one computer to another and looking at the screen. The te
FactCheck.org→ A Misleading Dark Money Attack on Ossoff
A Republican TV ad falsely suggests that “liberal megadonors” are spending $1 billion in “dark money” to help Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s Senate runoff race. That’s how much multiple experts estimate may be spent on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Footage IS Recorded At All Ballot Drop Locations In Georgia And Recordings CAN Be Requested
Is video recorded of all ballot drop-off locations in Georgia, and is the video available to the public upon request? Yes, that's true: Continuous or motion-sensor footage is recorded of all ballot drop-off locations in Georgia. Any membe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Georgia Governor And Secretary Of State Took Money From China To Steal Election From Trump
Did the governor and secretary of state in Georgia take money from China to steal the election from Donald Trump? No, there's zero proof that's true. Lead Stories reached out to the person making the accusation, radio host Hal Turner, to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence Dead People, Animals, Children Voted For Biden In Georgia In The 2020 Election
Did Joe Biden benefit from dead people, animals, and children voting illegally in Georgia in the 2020 presidential election? No, there's no evidence of such voter fraud. Although President Trump warned in July 2020 that he worried about p
FactCheck.org→ Loeffler-Warnock Runoff Starts with Attack Ads
About a week after Georgia’s special election headed to a runoff, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican, and Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, both launched questionable attacks that the other candidate has disputed: An ad from Loeffler claimed that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Systems CANNOT Change Votes In Real Time
Can Dominion Voting Systems change votes in real time? No, that's not true. A report on One America News questioned whether the company was "manipulating the outcome of the 2020 election." The segment noted Trump attorney Sidney Powell sa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2,600 Uncounted Ballots That Gave Trump A Net 800-Vote Gain Were NOT Found In A ‘Solidly Blue’ Georgia County — Floyd Is Solidly Red For Trump
Did the vote recount in Georgia find 2,600 uncounted ballots in a "solidly blue" Georgia County that meant a net gain of 800 votes for Trump, suggesting the recount in red counties could yield even more for Trump? No, that's not true: The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Systems Did NOT Delete 2.7 Million Trump Votes
Does data analysis show that an election software supplier deleted 2.7 million Trump votes and switched 435,000 votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, that's not true. The states using Dominion Voting Systems software have reported tha
Logically→ A pipe burst in Georgia, from away from the location where votes were being tabulated and they stopped counting for 4 hours. Election apparatus in Georgia is run by Democrats.
The pipe burst happened where Fulton County's absentee ballots are being processed. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is a Republican.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Did NOT Pass A Bill Making It A Hate Crime To Harass Police Officers
Did Georgia's legislators pass a bill making it a hate crime to harass police officers? No, that's not true: This false claim combines two separate bills recently passed in Georgia. The first bill, signed into law in late June, is a hate
Snopes→ Atlanta is Home to 2 Potential Contenders for Biden’s VP
Both Keisha Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams spent years climbing the ranks in Georgia's political circles.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Arizona Muslim Did NOT Honor Murder His Wife & 2 Daughters – Did NOT Claim Allah Told Him To Do It
Did an a Muslim commit "honor murders" of his wife and two daughters in Arizona and then claim that "Allah told him to do it?" No, that's not true: A murder suspect in Phoenix did tell police God told him to kill his wife and children because
Lead Stories→ Fake News: The American Civil War Did NOT Start Because Of The Morrill Tariff Act And Slavery WAS The Main Factor
Did the American Civil War start because southern states were angry because of the Morrill tariff enacted by President Abraham LIncoln and not because of a fight to preserve the institition of slavery? No, that's not true: The Morrill tariff w
Snopes→ Did Georgia’s Secretary of State ‘Block’ the Registrations of 53,000 Voters, Most of Them African-American?
Left-wing Facebook pages weighed into Georgia's gubernatorial race with widely shared memes about alleged voter suppression in that state.
Snopes→ Researcher Finds Georgia Voter Records Exposed on Internet
A researcher disclosed a gaping security hole at the outfit that manages Georgia's elections, with 6.7 million voter records and sensitive files exposed.