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
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AFP Fact Check→ Trump spreads false claim of Pennsylvania vote switching
US President Donald Trump tweeted a claim that 221,000 votes were switched from him to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, and that others were changed or deleted elsewhere. This is false; Pennsylvania’s Department of State
FactCheck.org→ Faulty Claim About ‘Biden-Only’ Ballots in Georgia
Quick Take Campaign officials for President Donald Trump and supporters have promoted the faulty claim that Joe Biden received nearly 100,000 votes in Georgia through ballots that only included selections for president, suggesting it’s “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Comparative Maps Do NOT Prove Dominion Software Was Used In States Where Trump Lawsuits Challenge Vote-Counting
Does a map that highlights states using Dominion Voting Systems software correspond to a second map showing where President Donald Trump is contesting election results in court? No, that is misleading. The Trump campaign has not filed law
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: More False Claims About Dominion Voting Systems
A viral Facebook post shows two maps: one purporting to show states in which Dominion Voting Systems’ vote-tabulating software is in use and the other showing states in which President Donald Trump is contesting the results through lawsuits. The
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Debunking the Hammer and Scorecard Conspiracy Theory
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AFP Fact Check→ This clip is not related to the 2020 US election — it shows spoiled chicken being dumped in Saudi Arabia
A video has been viewed tens of thousand of times on social media alongside a claim in several languages that it shows large numbers of votes for incumbent US President Donald Trump being thrown away from trucks. The claim is false; the video has circ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lawsuit Does NOT Claim Out-Of-State Vehicles Brought Tens Of Thousands Of Unsealed Ballots To Michigan, All For Dems
Does a lawsuit claim that out-of-state vehicles delivered tens of thousands of unsealed ballots -- all for Democrats -- into Michigan? No, that's not true: A lawsuit alleging voter fraud in Detroit does include a poll watcher's allegation
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 10,000 Dead People Did NOT Vote In The Presidential Election In Michigan, Officials Say
Did 10,000 dead people vote in Michigan in the November 3, 2020, presidential election? No, that's not true: Election officials in Michigan call it a baseless claim and say it is impossible for dead people to vote in their state. The clai
Truth or Fiction?→ Questions Over ex-GOP Official’s Tweet Leads to Patti LaBelle’s ‘Anti-Feminist’ Relative
A former Republican official’s allegedly misplaced Twitter message on November 10 2020 led to allegations of online chicanery that culminated in the public outing of an “anti-feminist TV critic” purportedly related to legendary singe
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Claim of Dead Registered Voters in Pennsylvania
Quick Take A misleading claim that more than 21,000 registered voters in Pennsylvania are dead is circulating online. The figure comes from a conservative group that failed to convince a federal judge in October that its list was accurate. Full Story
FactCheck.org→ Falsehood Tells of Withdrawn Pennsylvania Projection
Quick Take Viral social media posts claim that the website RealClearPolitics rescinded a projection that Joe Biden had won Pennsylvania. But the website never called the state in the first place; many other media outlets have made that call. Full Stor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Worker Tearing Up Ballot For Donald Trump
Does a video show a worker tearing up a ballot for President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: It was a prank. There's no evidence the man, who says in the video "we get your votes and we separate them," was a poll worker. Since it went
Truth or Fiction?→ Has RealClearPolitics ‘Rescinded’ Pennsylvania and ‘Uncalled’ the Race?
After the 2020 election was “called” with former United States Vice President Joe Biden as victor, a rumor circulated that a website called RealClearPolitics had “rescinded” Pennsylvania, effectively undoing Biden’s win:
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Explaining the False Allegations About Dominion Voting Systems
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The Dispatch→ Did RealClearPolitics Rescind a Projection That Biden Won Pennsylvania?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RealClearPolitics Did NOT Rescind Call For Biden Winning Pennsylvania
Did Joe Biden lose his status as president-elect after RealClearPolitics rescinded its call of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden? No, that's not true. RealClearPolitics Co-founder and President Tom Bevan tweeted it was false news. A search of we
Poynter→ FactChat is now stuffed with false claims about ballots
No, neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the military printed non-radioactive isotope watermarks on “official ballots.” No, there wasn’t “ballot stuffing” in Flint, Michigan, and it’s definitely false that truckloads of Trump vot
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows US mail-in ballots that were never opened or filled out, local officials say
A photo of several US mail-in ballots lying on the ground has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim they were votes for incumbent US President Donald Trump that were found “dumped by the side of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 132,000 ‘Likely Ineligible’ Ballots Have NOT Been Identified in Fulton County, Georgia
Have 132,000 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, been identified as likely ineligible? No, that's not true: Officials in that county characterized the claim as "false and baseless." The claim appeared in an article (archived here) publishe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Site Parler Has NOT Been Sold, Two Co-owners Say
Has social media site Parler been sold? No, that's not true: Co-owner Dan Bongino said on his verified Twitter account that rumors of the sale are false, and another co-owner is reported to have said the same in a Parler post. The claim a
FactCheck.org→ Thin Allegations of ‘Dead People’ Voting
Several of President Donald Trump’s supporters have claimed or suggested — without providing evidence — that a substantial number of votes were fraudulently cast by “dead people” in Pennsylvania. Election experts say that
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
AFP Fact Check→ False claims of dead voter in Michigan sparked by ‘clerical error’
Social media posts claim a ballot was cast in the 2020 US election on behalf of a deceased Michigan man born in 1902, pointing to the case as evidence of fraud. This is false; votes determined to be from dead people would not be counted, and the city o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Is NOT Owner Of Key Voting Machine And Software Company
Is it true that the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi owns a company whose software "glitched" during the election and switched votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, this is not true. Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Does NOT Show Over 14,000 Dead People Voted In Wayne County, Michigan
Does a list show over 14,000 dead people voted in the 2020 presidential election in Wayne County, Michigan? No, that's not true. A video on Facebook claims there is a list showing over 14,000 dead people that either voted or registered to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Retract Its Projection That Biden Won Arizona — CNN Had Yet To ‘Call’ Arizona When Claim Was Made
Did CNN retract its projection that that Joe Biden will win Arizona? No, that's not true: CNN had yet to call Arizona for either candidate at the time the claim was posted. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) where it wa
Full Fact→ Express opinion piece wrong to allege evidence of widespread voter fraud in US elections
“If you count the ballot fraud, most pollsters clearly failed. If you don’t include the fraudulent ballots, most pollsters failed on a spectacular scale [...] It therefore defies logic Biden secured more votes than Barack Obama. If only va
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
Logically→ Joe Biden is the president-elect.
Democrat candidate, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump and is the President-Elect by securing more than 270 votes.
AFP Fact Check→ As world leaders congratulate Biden, Trump tweets he won
Hours after US television networks unanimously called the presidential election in Joe Biden’s favor, Donald Trump maintained it was he who had won, citing a falsely-inflated number of votes and suggesting that he was a victim of foul play.
AFP Fact Check→ Michigan county vote count glitch was not fraud
Articles shared thousands of times on social media claim that a glitch in the Michigan presidential vote tally, which temporarily misattributed Donald Trump votes to president-elect Joe Biden, poses a systemic risk to dozens of counties in the battlegr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Was Not In Lead In Six States That Were Failing To Count And That Were Democrat Controlled On November 4th
Is it true that as of November 4, 2020, there were six Democratic-controlled states that showed President Trump in the lead over Joe Biden? No, this is not true. While Trump was ahead in seven (not six) uncalled states on Wednesday, Novem
The Dispatch→ Do Viral Videos Show Poll Workers Filling Out Empty Ballots?
Viral social media posts claim to show two videos of a poll worker in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, filling out empty ballots. Various postings of the videos have received more than 10 million views on Facebook since they were first shared on Thursday
Snopes→ Pressure Mounts, Rifts Emerge at Fox News over Election
The steady counting of votes that has moved Democrat Joe Biden closer to the presidency is exposing rifts at Fox News Channel.
FactCheck.org→ Claim of Michigan Postal Fraud Is Moot
Quick Take A video from a right-wing activist suggests that U.S. Postal Service employees backdated ballots in Michigan. The claim is unproven, but, even if true, no ballots in the state are accepted after Nov. 3, regardless of the postmark. Full Stor
FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Doesn’t Show Fraud by Election Workers in PA
Quick Take A video from a livestream of the vote-counting process in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, shows election workers transcribing votes from damaged ballots so they could be scanned and recorded, according to the county. Social media users are sh
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Graphic Is NOT A Map From The 2020 Election, It’s From 2016
Is this GIF a data visualization of how the country voted in the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: It is a visualization of data from the 2016 election. The GIF makes a commentary on how traditional red-and-blue electoral m