“An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This is inaccurate. Anyone who attempts to do this is committing fraud, and before election officials mail out a ballot to a voter, the signature on the application must match the signature on record.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 August 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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