Although the 2024 election is well underway, social media posts questioning the results of the 2020 race are still circulating.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Gov. Kemp Lawyers Did NOT Notify Sec. of State Raffensperger ‘17,852 Invalid 2020 Votes’ Counted In Fulton County
Did Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's legal staff notify Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in late 2023 that 17,852 invalid 2020 votes were counted in Georgia's Fulton County? No, that's not true: The State Election Board told Lead Stories th
Logically→ No, BJP didn’t lose 58 seats by a margin of less than 2,000 votes in Karnataka polls
The Dispatch→ In Iowa, Ron DeSantis Shops Retail (for Votes)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks with attendees during an Iowa GOP reception on May 13, 2023 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)The typically standoffish GOP contender warms to personal politicking. Continue reading In Iowa,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 1/4 Million Failed Voting Attempts Did NOT Result in Uncounted Arizona Votes In November 2022 Election
Did nearly a quarter of a million voting attempts fail in the November 8, 2022, election in Arizona and did that impact the vote count? No, that's not true: The communications director for the Maricopa County Elections Department called t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Scott Perry Did NOT Issue Statement That ‘Italian Satellites,’ CIA, Italian Government Stole Votes From Trump
Did Rep. Scott Perry make an official statement saying that "Italian satellites," the CIA and the Italian government collaborated to manipulate votes in President Joe Biden's favor? No, that's not true: According to Perry's office and a r
AllSides→ Post falsely claims that Maricopa County lost 291,390 Election Day votes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/12/13/fact-check-false-claim-maricopa-county-lost-291-390-votes/10841984002/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Fraud As Wisconsin’s Active Military Votes Tumble From 2020 To 2022
Does a large drop in Wisconsin's active military votes between 2020 and 2022 suggest fraud? No, that's not true: There's no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Turnout can vary greatly from election to el
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Number of Election Day Votes in Maricopa County
Quick Take About 540,000 voters went to polling places in Arizona’s Maricopa County on Election Day, including roughly 250,000 who voted in person and over 290,000 who dropped off mail-in and provisional ballots, according to election officials
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Maricopa’s final election results aren’t missing thousands of votes
“Maricopa County announced that on Election Day over 540,000 voters visited one of the 223” vote centers, but final official results data claimed that “only 248,070 people voted.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Election Officials Did NOT Say ‘We Accidentally Mixed Un-Counted Votes With Counted Votes, Maybe 15 To 17 Thousand’
Did Arizona election officials say "we accidentally mixed un-counted votes with counted votes, maybe 15 to 17 thousand"? No, that's not true: The elections department spokesperson told Lead Stories that Maricopa County officials never sai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maggie Hassan Did NOT Win 1,100 Votes From 700-Person Town — It Was ‘Human Error’
Did Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat who ran for Senate in the 2022 midterms, win 1,100 votes from a town with only 700 people? No, that's not true: The New Hampshire Secretary of State told Lead Stories the inflated vote tally was
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Split-ticket votes in Arizona aren’t evidence of fraud in gubernatorial contest
Split election results show the Arizona governor’s race was rigged.
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – More than 1.13 million votes were counted within 24 hours of Election Day, not just 62,000
“We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes" in Maricopa County
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Maggie Hassan didn’t win 1,106 votes in Columbia, New Hampshire. It was a typo
Maggie Hassan won “1,100 votes from town with population under 700.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Map Does NOT Show Returns In NY Gubernatorial Race After Counting 99% Of Votes
Does a viral map claiming that identical tallies turned New York predominantly blue in the gubernatorial race with ">99%" votes allegedly counted prove election fraud? No, that's not true: Even three days after the video with the map w
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Shapiro had more than a million votes in PA with 36% reporting, despite viral image
When 36% of the vote was in, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro had 370,706 votes and 56.6% of the vote while Doug Mastriano had 844,669 and 41.6%.
Logically→ Spikes in the number of votes counted in Michigan indicate electoral fraud.
These spikes are not unusual and frequently arise due to the procedures that govern the counting of votes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Dozens Of Boxes’ With ‘Zero Bolsonaro votes’ Do NOT Prove Election Fraud – Brazil Votes Electronically
Do allegedly discovered "dozens of boxes" with "zero Bolsonaro votes" offer evidence confirming election fraud in Brazil? No, that's not true: Brazil doesn't use paper ballots -- voters cast ballots electronically. The claim appeared a tw
PolitiFact→ Senate Majority PAC – Democratic group omits details of Budd votes on Social Security, Medicare
“Ted Budd voted to cut Medicare and Social Security and voted to raise the retirement age, too.”
PolitiFact→ Spanish-language ad on Marco Rubio’s DACA votes ignores important details
In 2018, Marco Rubio voted against two proposals and in favor of a third proposal that included a pathway to citizenship for DACA beneficiaries. The bills’ main differences were on border security, legal immigration.
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – Ted Cruz’s misleading claim that only Democratic cities take days to count votes
Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”
PolitiFact→ Club for Growth Action – Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto was one of 50 votes, not the deciding vote, on stimulus checks for inmates
Catherine Cortez Masto "was the deciding vote” to send COVID-19 stimulus checks to more than 1 million prisoners.
PolitiFact→ Jan 6. committee votes to subpoena Trump. 3 themes show why
Before voting to subpoena Trump, the House Jan. 6 committee painted a picture of a man hyperfocused on rousing his base with the false narrative of a stolen election that was months in the making.
FactCheck.org→ Everytown’s Misleading Ad on Johnson’s Votes ‘Against Funding for the Police’
A TV ad from a gun control advocacy group claims Republican Sen. Ron Johnson voted “against funding for the police, preventing local departments from hiring more officers.” But the two votes cited were against trillion-dollar spending bill
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, dead people didn’t cast half of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election votes
Half of the votes for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election “are from dead people.”
Snopes→ Starbucks Asks Labor Board to Halt Union Votes Temporarily
The company cited allegations from a board employee that regional NLRB officials improperly coordinated with union organizers.
AllSides→ Unraveling Trump’s Unsubstantiated Claim of ‘Crooked’ Nursing Home Votes
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/unraveling-trumps-unsubstantiated-claim-of-crooked-nursing-home-votes/
FactCheck.org→ Unraveling Trump’s Unsubstantiated Claim of ‘Crooked’ Nursing Home Votes
Former President Donald Trump is making yet another unsubstantiated claim of voter fraud, this time relying on a disputed, partisan report to assert that “thousands and thousands and thousands of crooked votes” came out of nursing homes in
PolitiFact→ Planned Parenthood Votes – Mehmet Oz has said he supports more restrictions on abortion but hasn’t spelled out penalties
Mehmet Oz “wants to make abortion a crime in Pennsylvania.”
PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – Checking Beasley votes on 'armed kidnapper' and 'double murderer' cases
Cheri Beasley voted to reverse the conviction of an armed kidnapper, release a double murderer early.
Snopes→ Big Ten Votes to Add USC, UCLA As Members Starting in 2024
In a surprising and seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024.
PolitiFact→ Emerald Robinson – The Pants on Fire claim that ‘nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes’
“Nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes. Ever. It doesn’t happen.”
PolitiFact→ Harry Wilson – Wilson’s claim on Zeldin budget votes not fully accurate
Lee Zeldin “voted for Cuomo’s Billion Dollar Tax hike and every Cuomo budget.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP Turnout For 2022 Pennsylvania Primary DID Increase By 500K Votes Over 2018 — More Democrats Voted, Too
Did Republican turnout for the Pennsylvania primary on May 17, 2022, increase by some 500,000 votes over 2018? Yes, that's true: Election returns on the Pennsylvania Department of State's website through May 19, 2022, show an even bigger
PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – Mark Kelly’s votes did not give benefits to immigrants in the country illegally
Sen. Mark Kelly voted “for benefits to illegals.”
Logically→ The QR code on French electoral cards is used to modify the votes in the 2022 election.
The QR code on French electoral cards does not extract personal data. It only redirects the user to the Ministry of the Interior website.
Snopes→ Congress Votes to Suspend Russia Trade Status, Enact Oil Ban
House action came after the Senate approved the two bills with 100-0 votes.
PolitiFact→ Mike Gibbons – In Ohio, GOP candidate falsely says more votes than registered voters in 2020 election
According to the Census Bureau, “5 million more people voted than were registered to vote” in the 2020 election.
PolitiFact→ Alabama's Future – Attack on Trump-backed Mo Brooks distorts his votes on ISIS
Mo Brooks "voted to cut off funding to destroy ISIS terrorists in the middle of the fight."