Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Elections Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC: HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.” Chris Jacobs stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview: “There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.” Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.” Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a video: 32,000 votes for David Perdue “disappeared” during the Georgia Senate runoff election. Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.” Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged." Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: “No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.” Ted Nugent stated on November 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2020 in in a Live video: "Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'" Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election. Bloggers stated on November 6, 2020 in a blog post: Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden. Viral image stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.” TikTok posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations." Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.” Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2020 in a tweet: “CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE? ... The answer in most states is YES.” Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.” Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 30, 2020 in a TV ad: “Hoadley called women ‘breeders.’... wanted to learn about crystal meth and wrote that his sexual partners were his victims. Hoadley even wrote about a four year-old wearing a thong.” Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech: “We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.” Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona. Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in Debate: “I brought back Big Ten football.” Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.” Kelley Dragoo stated on August 27, 2020 in a YouTube video: Ranked-choice voting “increases voter turnout and voter engagement." Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on September 17, 2020 in Campaign mailer: "At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed." Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in a tweet: Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”
Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC: HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.” Chris Jacobs stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview: “There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.” Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.” Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a video: 32,000 votes for David Perdue “disappeared” during the Georgia Senate runoff election. Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.” Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged." Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: “No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.” Ted Nugent stated on November 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2020 in in a Live video: "Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'" Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election. Bloggers stated on November 6, 2020 in a blog post: Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden. Viral image stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.” TikTok posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations." Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.” Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2020 in a tweet: “CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE? ... The answer in most states is YES.” Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.” Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 30, 2020 in a TV ad: “Hoadley called women ‘breeders.’... wanted to learn about crystal meth and wrote that his sexual partners were his victims. Hoadley even wrote about a four year-old wearing a thong.” Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech: “We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.” Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona. Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in Debate: “I brought back Big Ten football.” Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.” Kelley Dragoo stated on August 27, 2020 in a YouTube video: Ranked-choice voting “increases voter turnout and voter engagement." Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on September 17, 2020 in Campaign mailer: "At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed." Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in a tweet: Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”
Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote
Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law."
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC: HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”
Chris Jacobs stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview: “There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.”
Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.”
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a video: 32,000 votes for David Perdue “disappeared” during the Georgia Senate runoff election.
Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots.
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.”
Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged."
Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: “No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”
Ted Nugent stated on November 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.”
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2020 in in a Live video: "Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'"
Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election.
Bloggers stated on November 6, 2020 in a blog post: Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden.
Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden.
Viral image stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.
Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.”
TikTok posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations."
Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.”
Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2020 in a tweet: “CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE? ... The answer in most states is YES.”
Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.”
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 30, 2020 in a TV ad: “Hoadley called women ‘breeders.’... wanted to learn about crystal meth and wrote that his sexual partners were his victims. Hoadley even wrote about a four year-old wearing a thong.”
Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech: “We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.”
Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona.
Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.”
Kelley Dragoo stated on August 27, 2020 in a YouTube video: Ranked-choice voting “increases voter turnout and voter engagement."
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on September 17, 2020 in Campaign mailer: "At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed."
Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in a tweet: Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”