“USPS failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Election officials in South Florida went to post offices and processing centers and got every ballot.
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“When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Carlson is wrong that people were ignored or mocked, but the government was slow to spend money.
“Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Any delay in results being reported stemmed from an influx of mail-in ballots — not because officials “took a break.”
“Wisconsin voter turnout jumped from 67% in 2016 to 89% in 2020”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Turnout is measured as a percentage of eligible voters, not registered voters. Trump Jr.’s figures use eligible voters for the 2016 figure but registered voters for 2020. Using the proper denominator for 2020 shows 72%.
“40,000 rejected vote by mail ballots in DeKalb County need to be cured by Friday or they will be tossed.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections has debunked the post. The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has told reporters that it expects 3,000 rejections statewide.
“A person is on film “burning 80 Trump ballots.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A “sign outside Bucks County voting place. Democrats shown, republicans blurred out. … More scamming in Pennsylvania!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Both Democrats and Republicans use sample ballots to highlight their candidates.
“An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The person in the image is an election worker transporting the ballots in Philadelphia as part of their official duties.
“Early morning election results from Michigan and Wisconsin show voter fraud.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“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.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Variations in who led the race stems from the normal tabulation processes playing out. And the allegation of “surprise ballot dumps” is flat wrong. Officials had been warning about delays in counting for months.
“Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, “I will not certify the vote in my state for Donald Trump, no matter the outcome.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“NOT A JOKE: Ilhan Omar Tells Residents ‘You Don’t Have to be Registered to Vote’ in Minnesota.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: In the tweet, Rep. Ilhan Omar clearly referenced same-day registration, reminding Minnesota residents that state law allows them to register at the polls.
“Now that it’s even, Nevada decides to stop counting and is now not going to count anything until TOMORROW! What?!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Nevada Elections office tweeted early in the morning of Nov. 4 that it would post its next updated results on Nov. 5. But counting of ballots continued in the counties.
“Photo shows massive wall in front of White House on Election Day.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The image is doctored. The original photo was taken in 2009 and includes no wall.
“Says Joe Biden received a sudden influx of 138,339 votes in Michigan while Donald Trump received none.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Six states "decided to stop counting" votes as Donald Trump was "headed for a win” on election night.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: None of the states cited in the post stopped counting votes altogether on Nov. 3.
“Trump has won the election with 294 electoral votes.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Voters in Maricopa County, Ariz., were forced to vote using Sharpie pens that aren’t read by voting machines.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Voters could use ink pens to fill out their ballots, but the county gave Sharpie markers to voters because ballots filled in with Sharpie pens are processed more precisely by voting machines.
“We already have won” the election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Trump led in the raw vote count in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania as he spoke, but not all the votes have been counted in those states. Races also remain close in North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona.
“Wisconsin found 112k votes at 3am.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The City of Milwaukee was still counting absentee ballots around 3 a.m., but that doesn’t mean that those ballots were “found” or appeared at that time.