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“DEMS OPPOSE GOP MOVE TO REMOVE DEAD PEOPLE FROM VOTER ROLLS.”
Social media posts Facebook. Claim dated 18 Jun 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

H.R. 1 doesn’t oppose removal of dead people from voter rolls, and existing federal legislation requires states to remove names of the deceased from voting lists.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 18 June 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 July 2021, 14 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Where the claim appeared

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