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Search Results (1454) for: voting
AFP Fact Check→ Georgia video of ballots in suitcases does not show election fraud
Social media posts claim security footage shows election workers in the US state of Georgia committing fraud by counting ballots from suitcases. This is false; the Georgia investigator who conducted a probe into the video, the state’s voting system i
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Actual Results Of The Election’ Do NOT Show Donald Trump With More Electoral College Votes Than Joe Biden
Do "actual results of the election" show Donald Trump winning the Electoral College with 410 electoral votes to Joe Biden's 128 votes? No, that's not true: December 8, 2020, was the deadline for states to certify their 2020, election resu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DIY Vote Analysis Does NOT Prove Arizona Votes Were ‘Eaten From Mr. Trump And Handed Over To Mr. Biden’
Did a Massachusetts engineer prove election software took Maricopa County, Arizona, votes from Donald Trump to give them to Joe Biden? No, that's not true. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on December 4, 2020, rejected Trump's chall
The Dispatch→ Did a Georgia County Use ‘Sequestered’ Machines to ‘Break the Dominion Algorithm’?
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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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sidney Powell Election Fraud Witness Navid Keshavarz-Nia Cites Debunked Election Hoaxes
Is a cybersecurity expert's testimony about election fraud based on verified incidents? No, the major examples Navid Keshavarz-Nia cites in a written legal declaration lack proof or direct evidence and are based on his speculation. The al
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,
FactCheck.org→ Primer on Trump’s Visit to Georgia
For the first time since Election Day, President Donald Trump will stage a political rally — traveling to Valdosta, Georgia, to campaign on Dec. 5 for the state’s two Republican senators. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler were unable to
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia
The Trump campaign is falsely claiming that surveillance camera footage captured election workers in Georgia adding thousands of illegal ballots that were brought into an Atlanta facility in suspicious “suitcases” on election night. The campaign p
Snopes→ Dangerously Viral: How Trump, Supporters Spread False Claims
Cries of voter fraud have persisted loudly in an online media ecosystem where pro-Trump Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and fringe websites readily circulate unchecked or misleading claims about the voting process.
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
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Mellissa Carone, Dominion Subcontractor, Goes Viral After Bizarre Michigan ‘Hearing’ Appearance
On December 2 2020, video of “a drunk woman” acting as a witness for purported and nonexistent election fraud went viral, due in part to the following tweet: a drunk woman is trump team’s star witness in michigan pic.twitter.com/qGxEI3
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The United Nations Did NOT Classify Cannabis As A ‘Medicine’
Did a United Nations commission vote to reclassify cannabis as a "medicine"? No, that's not true: the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on December 2, 2020, to remove cannabis from the strictest drug-control list, Schedule IV of the 1
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The United Nations Did NOT Classify Cannabis As A ‘Medicine’
Did a United Nations commission vote to reclassify cannabis as a "medicine"? No, that's not true: the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on December 2, 2020, to remove cannabis from the strictest drug-control list, Schedule IV of the 1
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Show Election Fraud in Georgia
Quick Take Conspiracy theorists falsely claimed that a video of an election worker during the Georgia machine recount revealed fraud in the 2020 election. All it showed was an election worker performing a routine part of the process, according to elect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nine-Point List Of Election ‘Peculiarities’ Relies On Falsehoods And Unproven Theories
Does a nine-point list of election "peculiarities" contain only true statements? No, it doesn't: The list relies on falsehoods and unproven theories. Chief among them are claims that swing states stopped counting ballots on election night
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Addressing Claims That Joe Biden’s Vote Total Is Suspicious
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Truth or Fiction?→ Special Forces Did Not Raid a ‘CIA Server Farm’ in Frankfurt to Seize Dominion Servers
In November and December 2020, following Donald Trump’s resounding loss by millions of votes in the presidential election to Joe Biden, rumors spread by those trying to cope with their loss centered around persistent and increasingly ludicrous c
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
The Dispatch→ Was Donald Trump Denied an Orderly Transition?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Contains Falsehoods And Unproven Claims About Purported Voter Fraud In Arizona
Is a video discussing purported voter fraud in Arizona factual? No, it's not: The video contains falsehoods and unproven claims. Specifically, 35,000 votes were not added to Democratic candidates, as Lead Stories has previously reported,
FactCheck.org→ Trump Repeats Baseless, False Claims About the Election
In his first interview since Election Day, President Donald Trump recapped baseless, false and misleading claims he has made before of a “rigged” election. Trump spoke by phone with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Nov. 29. In the intervi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Army’s Special Forces Did NOT Seize A CIA Server Farm In Frankfurt, Germany, Resulting In Deaths Of U.S. Soldiers
Did the U.S. Army's Special Forces seize a CIA server farm in Frankfurt, Germany, resulting in deaths of U.S. soldiers? No, that's not true: A U.S. Army spokesperson told Lead Stories the claim is false. Lead Stories has previously debunk
The Dispatch→ Can Justice Alito Overturn Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions By Himself?
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The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Debunking Several Claims by Diamond and Silk
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The Dispatch→ Did Pennsylvania Have More Mail-In Ballots Recorded Than Were Requested?
On Friday, November 27, Doug Mastriano, Republican state senator from Pennsylvania, tweeted a screenshot of what is said to be “Pennsylvania Official votes,” from “11/24 8pm,” which he claims was “posted on our Depar
AllSides→ Fact check: Pennsylvania mail-in ballot claim mixes primary, general election data
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/28/fact-check-pennsylvania-ballot-claim-mixes-primary-general-election-data/6450032002/
AllSides→ Fact check: Pennsylvania mail-in ballot claim mixes primary, general election data
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/28/fact-check-pennsylvania-ballot-claim-mixes-primary-general-election-data/6450032002/
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Executive Eric Coomer Is NOT Missing And The Company Has Not Closed Its Headquarters
Is Dominion Voting Systems vice president Eric Coomer missing and has the company closed its headquarters? No, that's not true: A video repeats unfounded claims Lead Stories has previously debunked: that Dominion Voting Systems has shutte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC-TV’s Phoenix Affiliate Did NOT Report Thousands Of Fraudulent And ‘Non-Citizen’ Votes Found In Arizona Cut Joe Biden’s Lead
Did an Arizona television station report Joe Biden's lead shrank after thousands of votes were found to be fraudulent and that non-citizens were voting? No, that's not true: ABC15 repeated a data error from one county, posted by the Arizo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 35,000 Votes Were NOT Added To Every Democratic Candidate In Arizona
Were 35,000 votes added to every Democratic candidate in Arizona? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that statement. In some legislative races, Democratic candidates received fewer than 35,000 votes total, which makes the
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Conspiracy Theory Targets Another Election Technology Company
Quick Take An unfounded conspiracy theory of widespread election fraud claims that an election technology company called Smartmatic switched votes in the 2020 election. But Smartmatic provided ballot-marking machines to only one U.S. county in the elec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Was NOT ‘Caught Red Handed Stealing Votes on Live TV’
Was Dominion Voting Systems "caught red handed stealing votes on live TV"? No, that's not true: A video claiming to show an unexplained vote change taking votes away from Donald Trump and giving the exact same number to Joe Biden on elect
Truth or Fiction?→ Did James Woods Play Rudy Giuliani in a Movie?
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s embarrassing November 2020 continued apace after social media users discovered a clip from what could charitably be called a flattering portrayal of him from nearly two decades earlier. The scene, taken
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Only 3 Percent of Trump Voters Believe Joe Biden is the ‘Legitimate Winner’ of the 2020 Election?
On November 24 2020, Breitbart.com published an article headlined, “Nolte: Only 3% of Trump Voters Believe Joe Biden Is Legitimate Winner,” which began: We all need to keep in mind that, except for a handful of pollsters, polling is irretr