1 People 21521 Fact-checks 6907 Articles People (1) Say Anything Blog Fact-checks (21521) X posts stated on February 16, 2024 in a post on X: The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.” By Madison Czopek• February 23, 2024 Roy Cooper stated on August 24, 2023 in a veto statement: GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.” By Paul Specht• September 1, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2024 in Facebook posts: A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.” By Madison Czopek• April 11, 2024 Instagram posts stated on April 03, 2024 in Instagram posts: More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas. By Sofia Ahmed• April 5, 2024 Bill White stated on August 09, 2010 in an East Texas campaign stop.: Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989. By W. Gardner Selby• August 20, 2010 Instagram posts stated on September 24, 2024 in an Instagram reel: "Missouri registered 78,421 in just one week of February of this year. Out of that number, 23,253 were dead people!" By Andy Nguyen• October 4, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Nevada AG admits to changing signature verifications manually for over 200,000 votes.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 11, 2021 Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: Kari Lake’s lawsuit “exposes Arizona used no signature verification.” By Amy Sherman• December 15, 2022 Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2020 in a rally: “In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots. By Amy Sherman• October 28, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2021 in a Facebook post: Colorado “requires photo ID to vote in person, requires signature verification for mail-in ballots, which Georgia got rid of, and prevents campaign workers from giving food, water to voters within 100 feet if they’re wearing campaign apparel.” By Tom Kertscher• April 7, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Mail-in voting requires no signature verification. By Amy Sherman• July 30, 2021 Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2023 in a post shared on Facebook: An Arizona judge was “forced to overturn” an election and ruled “274,000 ballots must be thrown out.” By Madison Czopek• May 24, 2023 House Republican Conference stated on September 09, 2009 in a "myth and fact" news release: "Nothing in any of the Democrat bills would require individuals to verify their citizenship or identity prior to receiving taxpayer-subsidized benefits." By Louis Jacobson• September 10, 2009 Brian Kemp stated on March 05, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says he "fought Obama twice and won to stop illegal immigrants from voting." By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2018 Tom Harkin stated on January 29, 2014 in a press conference: Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours." By Louis Jacobson• January 31, 2014 Kevin Sorbo stated on February 15, 2021 in a tweet: “So California is requiring signature verification for Gavin Newsom’s recall, but didn’t require it for the mail in ballots.” By Bill McCarthy, Chris Nichols• February 16, 2021 Chain email stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail: The Democrats' health care bills would provide "free health care for illegal immigrants." By Robert Farley• January 21, 2010 Club for Growth stated on December 12, 2012 in a newsletter: "In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent." By Tom Kertscher• January 16, 2013 Restoration of America stated on April 13, 2026 in an ad: “83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us.” By Amy Sherman• April 17, 2026 Instagram posts stated on November 09, 2022 in an Instagram post: Democrats used “47 million mail-in ballots” to steal “every election in the country.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 11, 2022 Articles (6907) Trump Draws False Contrast Between Absentee, Mail-In Voting, Election Experts Say By Chris Nichols• July 30, 2020 Does the US have stricter ID rules for buying beer than voting? By Amy Sherman• February 16, 2026 Obama's overseas travel sets off the Obameter By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 7, 2009 Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks By Daniel Funke, Clara Hendrickson, Louis Jacobson, Noah Y. Kim, Ilana Strauss• November 6, 2020 Georgia’s 'exact match' law and the Abrams-Kemp governor's election, explained By Miriam Valverde• October 19, 2018 Are 150-year-old Americans receiving Social Security checks, as Elon Musk said? By Louis Jacobson• February 17, 2025 Putting the START debate to the Truth-O-Meter By Louis Jacobson• November 30, 2010 Will curbing social media help kids’ mental health? Florida may try. By Lawrence Mower• January 16, 2024 Two more fact-checks in the START treaty debate By Robert Farley, Louis Jacobson• November 30, 2010 Is Whitman a porn peddler? By Robert Farley• June 1, 2010 What are your questions about the Trump-Ukraine-Biden phone call? By Josie Hollingsworth• September 27, 2019 The story behind Rand Paul's son, Medicaid and Kentucky's marketplace By Steve Contorno• January 9, 2014 Obama's Nobel Prize: More hope than change By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 9, 2009 Fact-checking claims made in support of Michigan's GOP-backed election bills By Clara Hendrickson• May 12, 2021 Obama gets START treaty through the Senate By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 22, 2010 Guest column: False attack against Ron DeSantis shows how political attack ads are often crafted By Jason Altmire• April 4, 2018 UPDATED: Who pays taxes? Roberton Williams knows By W. Gardner Selby• September 19, 2012 HHS' Oz says $1 billion of Medicaid funds went to immigrants in US illegally. States disagree By Phil Galewitz• November 3, 2025 Welcoming PolitiFact Missouri (properly pronounced MIZZ-ER-AH, we believe) By Mike Jenner• September 25, 2015 46 minutes of falsehoods: Trump rehashes baseless election claims in White House video By Bill McCarthy• December 3, 2020
X posts stated on February 16, 2024 in a post on X: The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.” By Madison Czopek• February 23, 2024 Roy Cooper stated on August 24, 2023 in a veto statement: GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.” By Paul Specht• September 1, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2024 in Facebook posts: A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.” By Madison Czopek• April 11, 2024 Instagram posts stated on April 03, 2024 in Instagram posts: More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas. By Sofia Ahmed• April 5, 2024 Bill White stated on August 09, 2010 in an East Texas campaign stop.: Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989. By W. Gardner Selby• August 20, 2010 Instagram posts stated on September 24, 2024 in an Instagram reel: "Missouri registered 78,421 in just one week of February of this year. Out of that number, 23,253 were dead people!" By Andy Nguyen• October 4, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Nevada AG admits to changing signature verifications manually for over 200,000 votes.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 11, 2021 Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: Kari Lake’s lawsuit “exposes Arizona used no signature verification.” By Amy Sherman• December 15, 2022 Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2020 in a rally: “In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots. By Amy Sherman• October 28, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2021 in a Facebook post: Colorado “requires photo ID to vote in person, requires signature verification for mail-in ballots, which Georgia got rid of, and prevents campaign workers from giving food, water to voters within 100 feet if they’re wearing campaign apparel.” By Tom Kertscher• April 7, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Mail-in voting requires no signature verification. By Amy Sherman• July 30, 2021 Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2023 in a post shared on Facebook: An Arizona judge was “forced to overturn” an election and ruled “274,000 ballots must be thrown out.” By Madison Czopek• May 24, 2023 House Republican Conference stated on September 09, 2009 in a "myth and fact" news release: "Nothing in any of the Democrat bills would require individuals to verify their citizenship or identity prior to receiving taxpayer-subsidized benefits." By Louis Jacobson• September 10, 2009 Brian Kemp stated on March 05, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says he "fought Obama twice and won to stop illegal immigrants from voting." By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2018 Tom Harkin stated on January 29, 2014 in a press conference: Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours." By Louis Jacobson• January 31, 2014 Kevin Sorbo stated on February 15, 2021 in a tweet: “So California is requiring signature verification for Gavin Newsom’s recall, but didn’t require it for the mail in ballots.” By Bill McCarthy, Chris Nichols• February 16, 2021 Chain email stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail: The Democrats' health care bills would provide "free health care for illegal immigrants." By Robert Farley• January 21, 2010 Club for Growth stated on December 12, 2012 in a newsletter: "In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent." By Tom Kertscher• January 16, 2013 Restoration of America stated on April 13, 2026 in an ad: “83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us.” By Amy Sherman• April 17, 2026 Instagram posts stated on November 09, 2022 in an Instagram post: Democrats used “47 million mail-in ballots” to steal “every election in the country.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 11, 2022
Trump Draws False Contrast Between Absentee, Mail-In Voting, Election Experts Say By Chris Nichols• July 30, 2020 Does the US have stricter ID rules for buying beer than voting? By Amy Sherman• February 16, 2026 Obama's overseas travel sets off the Obameter By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 7, 2009 Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks By Daniel Funke, Clara Hendrickson, Louis Jacobson, Noah Y. Kim, Ilana Strauss• November 6, 2020 Georgia’s 'exact match' law and the Abrams-Kemp governor's election, explained By Miriam Valverde• October 19, 2018 Are 150-year-old Americans receiving Social Security checks, as Elon Musk said? By Louis Jacobson• February 17, 2025 Putting the START debate to the Truth-O-Meter By Louis Jacobson• November 30, 2010 Will curbing social media help kids’ mental health? Florida may try. By Lawrence Mower• January 16, 2024 Two more fact-checks in the START treaty debate By Robert Farley, Louis Jacobson• November 30, 2010 Is Whitman a porn peddler? By Robert Farley• June 1, 2010 What are your questions about the Trump-Ukraine-Biden phone call? By Josie Hollingsworth• September 27, 2019 The story behind Rand Paul's son, Medicaid and Kentucky's marketplace By Steve Contorno• January 9, 2014 Obama's Nobel Prize: More hope than change By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 9, 2009 Fact-checking claims made in support of Michigan's GOP-backed election bills By Clara Hendrickson• May 12, 2021 Obama gets START treaty through the Senate By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 22, 2010 Guest column: False attack against Ron DeSantis shows how political attack ads are often crafted By Jason Altmire• April 4, 2018 UPDATED: Who pays taxes? Roberton Williams knows By W. Gardner Selby• September 19, 2012 HHS' Oz says $1 billion of Medicaid funds went to immigrants in US illegally. States disagree By Phil Galewitz• November 3, 2025 Welcoming PolitiFact Missouri (properly pronounced MIZZ-ER-AH, we believe) By Mike Jenner• September 25, 2015 46 minutes of falsehoods: Trump rehashes baseless election claims in White House video By Bill McCarthy• December 3, 2020
