Did the Detroit clerk of courts count an absentee ballot from a 118-year-old voter ? No, that's not true: A Detroit elections official said a clerical error led to a ballot from a man with a similar name being incorrectly logged. The clai
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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→ Pennsylvania TV Newscast Graphic Wasn’t Evidence of Voter Fraud
Quick Take An inaccurate graphic on a local TV station briefly showed one Pennsylvania county with more mail-in votes than the number of ballots it had received. The graphic was quickly corrected, but Facebook users are now sharing screenshots of it t
FactCheck.org→ Bogus QAnon Claim that Mail-In Ballots Are Illegitimate
Quick Take A bogus QAnon-related claim that many of the mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 election were illegitimate has spread widely on social media. But the claim is based on the faulty assumption that ballots are produced by the federal government. F
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Occupy Democrats Did NOT Post A Meme Saying Joe Biden Admits To Voter Fraud
Did Occupy Democrats post a meme that said Joe Biden admits to voter fraud? No, that's not true. A meme with a photograph of Biden shows the quote, "We have put together the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the his
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minnesota Did NOT Have Over 5.1 Million Votes And Only 3.8 Million Registered Voters
Did Minnesota have over 5.1 million votes and only 3.8 million registered voters? No, that's not true: Those numbers are wrong. Approximately 3.6 million people are registered and roughly 3.3 million people voted in Minnesota, according t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Purported Stalin Quote About Counting Votes Was NOT About General Elections
Did former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin say that in a general election it does not matter who votes, but what matters is who is counting the votes? No, that's not true: While there are some indications Stalin may have made the quote abou
The Dispatch→ Did Philadelphia Really Report ‘23,277 votes … all for Biden’ in One Update?
Following a tweet from polling website FiveThirtyEight reporting “23,277 votes in Philadelphia, all for Biden” on Wednesday, many social media users were confused about how every ballot reported could be for Biden, with some taking this as
FactCheck.org→ Wisconsin Recount Q&A
On Nov. 4, several news organizations called the presidential race in Wisconsin for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. That same day, the campaign of President Donald Trump, who trails Biden by under 21,000 votes, announced it would request a recount. ̶
FactCheck.org→ All Congressional Races Aren’t Decided Yet
Quick Take Viral posts on Facebook falsely claim “we have the results of the senate & house, but not the President,” suggesting it is evidence of fraud. In fact, mail-in ballots for all federal races are still being counted in some states. F
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Admit He Put Together A ‘Voter Fraud Organization’ — He Was Talking About Preventing Voter Fraud
Did Joe Biden admit that he put together a "voter fraud organization"? No, that comment is taken out of context. A video clip of the former vice president shows him saying, "We have put together the most extensive and inclusive voter frau
Snopes→ Judges Dismiss Trump Claims in Georgia, Michigan
Courts have undercut a campaign legal strategy to attack the integrity of the voting process in states where the result could mean President Donald Trump's defeat.
AllSides→ Rudy Giuliani and Eric Trump’s press conference was filled with false claims about ballots in Pennsylvania
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/politics/eric-rudy-pa-presser-fact-check/index.html After announcing the
Truth or Fiction?→ Were Democrats ‘Handing Out CHEAT SHEETS’ in Michigan (or Missouri)?
As right-wing disinformation and election interference continued amid the 2020 U.S. elections, one person posted a particularly sloppy attempt to gin up controversy by using photographs that didn’t even match their claim. The user claimed on Twi
The Dispatch→ Did Wisconsin Turnout Exceed the Number of Registered Voters?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Can Georgia Voters Check and ‘Cure’ Rejected Ballots Before November 6 2020?
On November 5 2020, social media posts urged Georgia voters to check the status of their ballots, further adding that voters with rejected ballots could “cure” their ballots if they acted quickly – often advising them to call the num
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democrats Did NOT Steal Truckloads Of Trump Votes And Dump Them In The Desert
Did Democrats dump tractor-trailer loads of stolen Trump votes in the desert? No, that's not true: The scene in the video post dates back to 2016 and shows workers in Saudi Arabia throwing away thousands of pounds of expired packaged chic
Snopes→ Trump Sues in 3 States, Laying Ground for Contesting Outcome
President Donald Trump's campaign put into action the legal strategy the president had signaled for weeks: attacking the integrity of the voting process in states where the result could mean his defeat.
FactCheck.org→ Sharpie Ballots Count in Arizona
Quick Take The falsehood that votes for President Donald Trump weren’t counted in Arizona because the ballots were filled out with Sharpie pens spread widely on the day after the election. But the county where the claim originated actually recomm
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
Snopes→ An Embarrassing Failure for Election Pollsters
Election polling is facing yet another reckoning following its uneven-at-best performance in this year’s voting.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ballots Marked With Sharpie Pens Were NOT Invalidated In Arizona
Were ballots marked with Sharpie pens invalidated in Arizona on Election Day? No, that's not true. Sharpies are preferred, said election officials. A claim has gone viral that people who voted in Maricopa County, Arizona, using Sharpie pe
The Dispatch→ Did Arizona Poll Workers Give Out Sharpies To Prevent Votes From Being Registered?
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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
The Dispatch→ Did a Caravan of Trump Supporters Block Access to a Polling Location?
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FactCheck.org→ Overblown Claims of ‘Bad Things’ at Philly Polls
Quick Take A story circulating on social media deceptively claims “Bad Things Are Happening in PA.” It overstates the significance of a video that shows a Republican poll watcher being denied access to a Philadelphia polling place on Electi
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of Voter Intimidation in New Jersey
Quick Take A popular Democratic Facebook page falsely claimed that “Trump supporters are blocking access to polling sites” in a New Jersey town on Election Day. Local police called the report “entirely false.” The photo cited in
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Posts Claim ‘Poll Worker’ Tossed Ballots in Pennsylvania
Quick Take A bogus post on Instagram purports to be from an Erie County, Pennsylvania, poll worker who claimed he threw out over 100 pro-Trump ballots. The chair of the Erie County Board of Elections says the man “does not work in any way with Er
AFP Fact Check→ Photo does not show Trump supporter blocking polling site on Election Day
As Americans vote on Election Day, a photo purporting to show a supporter of President Donald Trump blocking access to a polling place is circulating online. This is misleading; police said the man in the picture, taken on November 1, 2020, did not sto
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misinterpret Video of North Carolina Voter Rally
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that a video shows get-out-the-vote marchers in North Carolina were pepper-sprayed by police because they were “blocking polls & intimidating voters.” The nearest voting place was a block away
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Sean Hannity Takes a Tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar Out of Context
In a viral tweet, Sean Hannity said that Rep. Ilhan Omar told people “you don’t have to be registered to vote” in Minnesota.Sean Hannity @seanhannityNOT A JOKE: Ilhan Omar Tells Residents ‘You Don’t Have to be Registered t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Supporters Are NOT Blocking Access To Polling Stations In Clifton, New Jersey And Doing So Is NOT A ‘Class A’ Felony In The State
Is this Trump supporter blocking a polling site at City Hall in Clifton, New Jersey, and would doing so be a "Class A Felony"? No, neither claim is true: The voter holding the Trump flag up was not blocking any polling site. And if he wer
The Dispatch→ Did a Poll Worker in Pennsylvania Throw Away Trump Ballots?
A viral tweet, now deleted, and other social media posts claim to show the Instagram story of a poll worker named Sebastian Machado in Erie, Pennsylvania, who admitted to throwing away ballots cast for President Trump. The claim received wide coverage
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Ilhan Omar IS Correct — Minnesotans CAN Register To Vote At The Polls On Election Day
Was it shocking when Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted to Minnesota citizens that they don't have to be registered to vote before they go to the polls on Election Day? No, because it is true: Minnesota election law allows qualified citizens to sign
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘You Don’t Have to Be Registered to Vote in Minnesota’
Right-wing talk show host Sean Hannity attempted to gin up a controversy around Democratic Party Rep. Ilhan Omar on November 3 2020 — election day in the United States — by misrepresenting her on social media and on his own website. Hannit
FactCheck.org→ Pennsylvania Voters Told to Quarantine Can Still Cast a Ballot
Quick Take Pennsylvania voters told to quarantine due to potential COVID-19 exposure are entitled to vote and can request and return an emergency absentee ballot through 8 p.m. on Election Day. A viral Facebook post misleadingly suggests they are being
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Stay Home’ Robocalls To Voters Are NOT Authentic
Did election officials warn voters to "stay home and stay safe"? No, state officials in Nebraska and other states say robocalls with that message are fraudulent attempt to suppress voting. The deception was spotlighted in a tweet (archive
Truth or Fiction?→ Flint Robocalls Purportedly Advised Voters to Avoid Long Lines and ‘Vote Tomorrow’
Election Day 2020 brought with it expectations of widespread, ongoing attempts at voter suppression — and those expectations bore out early and often. One report from Flint, Michigan concerned “robocalls” warning of long lines at
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The National Guard Is NOT Only Being Activated In ‘Blue Cities’ — It’s Happening In Red States, Too
Is the National Guard only being activated in "blue (D) cities" to prepare for possible violence during the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: Activations have been reported in both blue and red states, for a total of some 3
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Show Voter Fraud in Utah
Quick Take A video suggesting that there’s been “voter fraud” in Utah has been circulating online, but all it actually shows is a misunderstanding of a poll worker’s mistake on the first day of early, in-person voting. The mista