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“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”
Donald Trump President. Claim dated 2 Dec 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

What PolitiFact found

When people register to vote, they sign a form attesting under penalty of perjury that they are a citizen and eligible to vote.

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

In short

Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 2 December 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 December 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.

This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.