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The Dispatch→ Has a Candidate Ever Lost Florida and Ohio but Won the Election?
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Snopes→ Trump Campaign Appeals Another Ballot Case in Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump’s campaign continues to press lawsuits over Pennsylvania’s election, appealing another case it lost to the state Supreme Court, this time over fewer than 2,000 ballots in a suburban Philadelphia county.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Does NOT Show Some Virginia Counties Had Turnout Exceeding 100%
Did a meme correctly cite Virginia voter turnout numbers exceeding 100% in several counties and did these numbers appear as "voter turnout" data in a Judicial Watch report? No, that's not true: the meme falsely presents Judicial Watch's v
FactCheck.org→ NRSC’s Dual Attack on Warnock and Ossoff
A TV ad from a Republican group accuses the Democratic candidates in Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections of having “radically dangerous” ideas on the criminal justice system and the environment. But there’s more to their positions than wh
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s ‘Most Important’ Speech Was Mostly False
In what he billed as perhaps “the most important speech I’ve ever made,” President Donald Trump continued his attempt to deceive the American public into believing the election was “rigged.” Trump has presented no evidence for
Snopes→ Wisconsin High Court Declines to Hear Trump Election Lawsuit
Trump had asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in the state’s two biggest Democratic counties, alleging irregularities in the way absentee ballots were administered.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Barack Obama Was NOT Arrested For Espionage — It’s A Made-Up Story
Was former President Barack Obama arrested for espionage? No, that's not true: A website completely made up the claim that Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was arrested on November 28, 2020. The article used direct quotes f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Judge Did NOT Give Pennsylvania Legislators Power to Choose Electors
Did a judge give Pennsylvania's legislators the power to choose presidential electors? No, that's not true: Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough issued a memorandum to explain to the state Supreme Court what her thinking was when
Snopes→ High Court Blocks NY Coronavirus Limits on Houses of Worship
As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide the Supreme Court barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus.
Snopes→ Biden Win Over Trump in Nevada Made Official by Court
The Nevada Supreme Court has made Joe Biden’s win in the state official, approving the state's final canvass of the Nov. 3 election
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Trump’s Post-Election Legal Challenges
On Nov. 19, President Donald Trump’s legal team spouted a gusher of false and unfounded allegations of voter fraud at a 90-minute press conference. We could fact check it, but we’re not going to. We’re not going to fact check Rudy Giu
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Report Claims Philly Mob Boss Stuffed Ballot Boxes
Quick Take A dubious website claims without evidence that Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino stuffed ballot boxes for Joe Biden and the Democrats — and would testify about the scheme in exchange for a presidential pard
FactCheck.org→ Twisting the Facts on ‘Dirty Money’ in the Georgia Race
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff’s production company received payments from a Hong Kong media company and Al Jazeera for the rights to air investigative pieces, but a Republican TV ad misleadingly claims Ossoff got cash from “
FactCheck.org→ Rand Paul Baselessly Says Only Anti-Trump Protesters Arrested at MAGA March
In an appearance on Fox News, Sen. Rand Paul claimed without evidence that only counterprotesters were arrested at the Million MAGA March and its tumultuous aftermath, and that they were solely responsible for the outbreaks of violence there. The Washi
The Dispatch→ Was a Biden Staffer Arrested for Voter Fraud?
A viral social media post claims to show a photo of a Biden staffer under arrest for voter fraud: a.image2.image-link.image2-745-718 { padding-bottom: 103.76044568245126%; padding-bottom: min(103.76044568245126%,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘DC Park Service’ Did NOT Put The Number Of People Attending The ‘Million MAGA March’ At 11,600
Did the "DC Park Service" put the number of people attending the "Million MAGA March" in Washington, D.C., at 11,600? No, that's not true. No agency released that number as an official crowd estimate. The National Park Service, not the "D
FactCheck.org→ Fabricated Claim of Biden Campaign Official’s Arrest
Quick Take A viral tale on social media falsely claims that a campaign official for President-elect Joe Biden was arrested in an illegal ballot-harvesting scheme in Texas. He has not been charged or arrested. The false claim stems from unverified alle
The Dispatch→ Did a Postal Worker Witness Ballot Tampering in Pennsylvania?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ticketmaster Did NOT Announce A Plan For Mandatory COVID Vaccine ID To Attend Concerts
Did Ticketmaster announce a plan for mandatory COVID-19 vaccine ID to attend concerts or other live events? No, that's not true: Ticketmaster, and other companies, have been working to design systems to safeguard fan safety at local venue
FactCheck.org→ Biden Did Not Invent the ‘Office of President-Elect’
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that former Vice President Joe Biden “invented the Office of President-elect.” Donald Trump and Barack Obama also used the term during their transitions to the presidency. Full Story On Nov. 7, f
FactCheck.org→ Ballot ‘Curing’ in Pennsylvania
Counties in Pennsylvania employed inconsistent policies when it came to “curing” ballots — notifying voters of an error in their mail-in ballot so they could fix it. But contrary to claims by the Trump campaign, that inconsistency did
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Look Behind The Epoch Times’ Map That Shows 232 Electoral Votes For Trump, 227 For Biden
Does The Epoch Times' map that shows 232 electoral votes for Donald Trump and 227 for Joe Biden tell the whole story about the state of the 2020 presidential election? It's missing context. The conservative news outlet claims that the ele
FactCheck.org→ Pennsylvania Postal Worker Waffles on Election Fraud Claim
Quick Take A postal worker in Erie, Pennsylvania, claimed that his superiors were backdating postmarks on ballots, then told federal investigators that he didn’t actually know that — and then went back to his original position. Despite the
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Stop What You’re Doing and Google Why Chainsaws Were Invented’
On November 9 2020, a Facebook post encouraging fellow users to “Google why chainsaws were invented” (archived) went quite viral very quickly; it alluded to the possibility that one might have difficulty guessing the original intended purp
Snopes→ GOP Tries Again to Get High Court to Ax Obamacare
One week after the 2020 election, the Supreme Court will once again hear arguments to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as 'Obamacare.'
FactCheck.org→ Image of Newspaper Doctored to Show ‘President Gore’ Headline
Quick Take President Donald Trump’s campaign pushed an altered image of a Washington Times front page to cast doubt on the 2020 election calls made by news outlets. The newspaper never ran the purported front page, declaring Al Gore the winner of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Washington Times Did NOT Run A ‘PRESIDENT GORE’ Headline Following The 2000 Election
Did The Washington Times publish a "PRESIDENT GORE" front page headline on November 8, 2000, following the highly-contested and drawn-out 2000 election in which Democratic candidate Al Gore ended up losing to George W. Bush? No, that's no
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bogus Claim of ‘Election Interference’ and More
In addition to baseless allegations of “illegal votes” in swing states, President Donald Trump used his relatively brief remarks — just 16 minutes long — during a Nov. 5 public appearance at the White House press room to make fa
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Wild, Baseless Claims of Illegal Voting
In remarks resembling an attack on democratic elections, rather than a presidential speech, President Donald Trump doubled down on his campaign pledge: “The only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.” In his Nov. 5 comments, he offe
FactCheck.org→ Trump Tweets Flagged by Twitter for Misinformation
In the two days after Election Day, Twitter has added warning labels to nine of President Donald Trump’s election-related tweets, cautioning the messages “might be misleading.” They are misleading, and in some cases, false. They conti
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleadingly Claims That Ballot Count Was ‘Called Off’
President Donald Trump misleadingly said early in the morning after Election Day that ballot counting in states where he was leading had been “called off,” baselessly suggesting there was something suspicious happening. Similar complaints w
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Falsehood-Filled Speech on the Election
Before all of the votes in the 2020 election were counted, President Donald Trump wrongly claimed victory, calling for “all voting to stop” and claiming continuing to count legally cast votes would “disenfranchise” the people wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Did NOT Censor This Philadelphia GOP Tweet
Did Twitter disable sharing of a tweet from the Philadelphia GOP about "poll watchers"? No, that's not true: There is no warning tag on the code, nor has its visibility been altered. The "<blockquote" mass of code the Twitter user foun
The Dispatch→ Will Your Ballot Be Thrown Out If It Arrives After Election Day?
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The Dispatch→ Does ‘Originalism’ Mean Adhering to the Three-Fifths Compromise?
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AFP Fact Check→ Videos purporting to show violence during recent elections in Zanzibar are old and unrelated
Two videos claiming to show recent violence in Zanzibar following a disputed election have been viewed thousands of times on Twitter. The claims are false: one of the video clips dates back to 2005 while the other was debunked earlier this year by AFP
FactCheck.org→ Nothing Untoward About Counting Ballots After Election Day
In recent days, President Donald Trump has repeatedly and baselessly suggested that counting mail-in ballots after Election Day will result in fraud. The president, who has relentlessly attacked mail-in ballots as being rife with fraud, warned about po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It is NOT True That All Ballots Arriving After Election Day Will Be Thrown Out
Is it true that all mail-in ballots received after Election Day will not be counted in the upcoming election? No, that's not true: 22 states have extended mail-in ballot receipt deadlines beyond Election Day. However, almost all other sta
Snopes→ Justices Deny Fast, New Look at Pennsylvania Ballot Deadline
The Supreme Court said it would not grant a quick, pre-election review to a new Republican appeal to exclude absentee ballots received after Election Day in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania.