“If the voting bill H.R. 1 is passed, “absentee ballots would be mailed out to anyone without proof of the voter’s identity.”
Social media posts
social media posts. Claim dated 25 Mar 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The bill does require states to send mail ballot application forms to all registered voters before federal elections, but sending an application is not the same thing as sending an actual ballot.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 March 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 March 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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