“The Department of Government Efficiency found evidence that thousands of noncitizens illegally registered to vote and many "who did vote.”
What FactCheck.org found
Voting experts say the claim is highly dubious, and warn that when matching millions of numbers in databases, even a small percentage of errors can distort things.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Elon Musk (Leader of DOGE) made this claim around 1 April 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 April 2025, 16 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Elon Musk has 13 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.