85 People 21411 Fact-checks 7850 Articles People (85) California Republican Party Miss California USA Progress Texas Texas GOP Texas Values Battleground Texas Texas Future Oregon Ballot Measure 81 Election Integrity Project California California Together, No On Proposition 1 Enterprise Florida Seamless Florida Florida Grown Florida for All Florida Strong Florida voter Progress Florida Get EQUAL Texas Libertarian Party of Texas Texas Organizing Project Fact-checks (21411) Ted Cruz stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet: Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• October 28, 2022 Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in remarks at the White House: With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night." By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 19, 2025 Donald Trump stated on November 04, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.” By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2020 Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud. By Louis Jacobson, Chris Nichols, Amy Sherman• July 31, 2020 Instagram posts stated on March 08, 2024 in an Instagram post: The 2020 election was the only time in American history that an election took more than 24 hours to count. By Sofia Ahmed• March 14, 2024 Kathleen Clyde stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference: "Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election." By Tom Feran• February 7, 2012 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2022 in a video shared on Instagram: It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night. By Madison Czopek• November 16, 2022 Facebook posts stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!” By Chris Nichols• July 15, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2021 in Facebook posts: The “president of Drag Queen Story Hour” was “arrested, charged with child pornography.” By Noah Y. Kim• March 24, 2021 Jason Stanford stated on November 17, 2014 in a commentary: "Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections. By Dylan Baddour• November 25, 2014 Bloggers stated on November 04, 2020 in an article: Wagon arriving at Detroit counting center after deadline “may have been a ballot box.” By Clara Hendrickson• November 5, 2020 Viral image stated on August 27, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 29, 2023 Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2023 in a Truth Social post: A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).” By Amy Sherman• May 3, 2023 Instagram posts stated on November 08, 2022 in a post: Glitches with voting in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are proof the election is rigged. By Andy Nguyen• November 11, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 18, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Ballot dumps" in Pennsylvania, California, North Carolina, Alaska and Wisconsin show election officials are improperly “flipping" down-ballot seats for Democrats. By Caleb McCullough• November 21, 2024 Rick Scott stated on August 01, 2014 in a press statement: "Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida. By Amy Sherman• August 4, 2014 John Morgan stated on February 24, 2014 in a medical marijuana debate at the University of Tampa: Says Cathy Jordan was "arrested" and dragged out of her home by "a SWAT team of hooligans" for using medical marijuana. By Joshua Gillin• March 13, 2014 Donald Trump stated on June 07, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The ongoing ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election." By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2026 Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2020 in social media posts: Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.” By Chris Nichols• July 28, 2020 X posts stated on October 09, 2025 in a post on X: “If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 14, 2025 Articles (7850) Be patient on election night 2020: Counting the returns will take time By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 18, 2020 Why days of ballot counting isn’t suspicious By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: What would speed up election results? By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• November 10, 2022 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 Fact-check: Trump relies on falsehoods when pushing voting changes in speech to governors By Amy Sherman• February 26, 2025 Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2026 Colombia's fast voting results aren't proof of cheating in California elections By Maria Briceño• June 25, 2026 What’s in Florida’s new election law? By Lawrence Mower, Amy Sherman• June 2, 2021 Don’t fall for these false claims as you await the 2024 election results By Amy Sherman• November 3, 2024 PolitiFact’s guide to finding good information on Election Night By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2020 Fact-checking ‘Succession’: What happens if a fire destroys 100,000 absentee ballots in Milwaukee? By Loreben Tuquero• May 19, 2023 Vivek Ramaswamy has called for ‘paper ballots.’ Most Americans vote that way already. By Amy Sherman• September 19, 2023 How Democrats aim to define the lessons of Jan. 6 By Jon Greenberg• January 6, 2022 How battleground states are preparing for the pandemic election’s massive increase in voting by mail By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 19, 2020 Trump Draws False Contrast Between Absentee, Mail-In Voting, Election Experts Say By Chris Nichols• July 30, 2020 Donald Trump and Rick Scott allege fraud in Broward, Palm Beach vote counting without any evidence By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias• November 13, 2018 Donald Trump wins 2024 US election for president By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 6, 2024 Where abortion laws stand after the 2022 midterms By Louis Jacobson• November 9, 2022 Iowa’s newest election laws, explained By Lauren White• June 21, 2021 U.S. Postal Service postcard causes confusion about mail-in voting in California By Chris Nichols• September 11, 2020
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Ted Cruz stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet: Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• October 28, 2022 Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in remarks at the White House: With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night." By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 19, 2025 Donald Trump stated on November 04, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.” By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2020 Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud. By Louis Jacobson, Chris Nichols, Amy Sherman• July 31, 2020 Instagram posts stated on March 08, 2024 in an Instagram post: The 2020 election was the only time in American history that an election took more than 24 hours to count. By Sofia Ahmed• March 14, 2024 Kathleen Clyde stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference: "Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election." By Tom Feran• February 7, 2012 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2022 in a video shared on Instagram: It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night. By Madison Czopek• November 16, 2022 Facebook posts stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!” By Chris Nichols• July 15, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2021 in Facebook posts: The “president of Drag Queen Story Hour” was “arrested, charged with child pornography.” By Noah Y. Kim• March 24, 2021 Jason Stanford stated on November 17, 2014 in a commentary: "Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections. By Dylan Baddour• November 25, 2014 Bloggers stated on November 04, 2020 in an article: Wagon arriving at Detroit counting center after deadline “may have been a ballot box.” By Clara Hendrickson• November 5, 2020 Viral image stated on August 27, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 29, 2023 Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2023 in a Truth Social post: A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).” By Amy Sherman• May 3, 2023 Instagram posts stated on November 08, 2022 in a post: Glitches with voting in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are proof the election is rigged. By Andy Nguyen• November 11, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 18, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Ballot dumps" in Pennsylvania, California, North Carolina, Alaska and Wisconsin show election officials are improperly “flipping" down-ballot seats for Democrats. By Caleb McCullough• November 21, 2024 Rick Scott stated on August 01, 2014 in a press statement: "Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida. By Amy Sherman• August 4, 2014 John Morgan stated on February 24, 2014 in a medical marijuana debate at the University of Tampa: Says Cathy Jordan was "arrested" and dragged out of her home by "a SWAT team of hooligans" for using medical marijuana. By Joshua Gillin• March 13, 2014 Donald Trump stated on June 07, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The ongoing ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election." By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2026 Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2020 in social media posts: Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.” By Chris Nichols• July 28, 2020 X posts stated on October 09, 2025 in a post on X: “If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 14, 2025
Be patient on election night 2020: Counting the returns will take time By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 18, 2020 Why days of ballot counting isn’t suspicious By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: What would speed up election results? By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• November 10, 2022 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 Fact-check: Trump relies on falsehoods when pushing voting changes in speech to governors By Amy Sherman• February 26, 2025 Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2026 Colombia's fast voting results aren't proof of cheating in California elections By Maria Briceño• June 25, 2026 What’s in Florida’s new election law? By Lawrence Mower, Amy Sherman• June 2, 2021 Don’t fall for these false claims as you await the 2024 election results By Amy Sherman• November 3, 2024 PolitiFact’s guide to finding good information on Election Night By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2020 Fact-checking ‘Succession’: What happens if a fire destroys 100,000 absentee ballots in Milwaukee? By Loreben Tuquero• May 19, 2023 Vivek Ramaswamy has called for ‘paper ballots.’ Most Americans vote that way already. By Amy Sherman• September 19, 2023 How Democrats aim to define the lessons of Jan. 6 By Jon Greenberg• January 6, 2022 How battleground states are preparing for the pandemic election’s massive increase in voting by mail By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 19, 2020 Trump Draws False Contrast Between Absentee, Mail-In Voting, Election Experts Say By Chris Nichols• July 30, 2020 Donald Trump and Rick Scott allege fraud in Broward, Palm Beach vote counting without any evidence By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias• November 13, 2018 Donald Trump wins 2024 US election for president By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 6, 2024 Where abortion laws stand after the 2022 midterms By Louis Jacobson• November 9, 2022 Iowa’s newest election laws, explained By Lauren White• June 21, 2021 U.S. Postal Service postcard causes confusion about mail-in voting in California By Chris Nichols• September 11, 2020
