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“Fulton County, Georgia, acknowledges, in a major Consent Decree, that 3,600 individual ballots were DUPLICATED (36 Batches). THAT’S A LOT OF CRIME.”

FactCheck.org says: He is referring to errors made during an audit — not during the official ballot count. State investigators deemed the errors unintentional and said they did not affect the election outcome.

“Home Minister Amit Shah asked people not to vote for BJP candidate Manoj Nirbhaysingh of Depalpur in Madhya Pradesh.”

FACTLY says: The original video of Amit Shah’s speech in Depalpur on 11 November 2023 has been edited at 7:40 and 7:59 timestamps and shared with this false narrative

“Claim: Uttar Pradesh campaign video of Akhilesh Yadav being shared on Madhya Pradesh election”

“Rahul Gandhi announced a 3-month free mobile recharge offer to all Indian citizens ahead of the 2024 General Elections”

FACTLY says: Rahul Gandhi did not announce any such free recharge offer to citizens ahead of the 2024 General Elections. The web link shared in the post is fake and not associated with the Indian National Congress

“Chandrababu Naidu asked his community to back Congress in Telangana elections”

“On Nov. 7, 2023, Pennsylvania voting machines were “flipping votes,” which is evidence of “election fraud.”

PolitiFact says: A Pennsylvania voting machine error caused votes in two judicial races to appear switched on printed ballot summaries, but voters' choices were recorded accurately. This occurred due to human error, not election fraud.

“The Department of Education welcomes the recent statement of the Commission on Elections that it will no longer pursue filing criminal charges against teachers for backing out of their Electoral Board duties during the 2023.”

Vera Files says: The Comelec did not make a definitive pronouncement on filing criminal charges against teachers who quit their electoral board duties. What Comelec Chairman George Garcia said was that the poll body will be filing cases…

“Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is offering “three months free recharge” so that more people can vote for Congress in the 2024 general elections”

“Gaddar Khangress, Made this symbol of Islam as its election symbol. 99% of Hindus are not aware of this even today, whereas 99% of Muslims know this from the beginning. But no one tells that because Hindus might stop voting for Congress.”

“BRS leader assaulted voter during election campaign in Telangana”

“Claim: EPS not commented this on DMK campaign against NEET”

“Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan extended his support to Congress and Kamal Nath in upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.”

“The viral video shows Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan discussing election strategies and referring to Kamal Nath”

FACTLY says: The original video was actually a meeting held by Chouhan to review a fire incident in Bhopal’s Satpura Bhawan. There was no audio in the original video. Audio has been digitally added to make the viral video

“Narendra Modi said “Hindutva is a card to play the election game”

“Latest constituency-wise survey report released by the NDTV and India Today on the upcoming 2023 Telangana assembly Elections”

FACTLY says: Neither NDTV nor India Today had released such a constituency-wise survey report for the upcoming Telangana assembly elections. The latest India Today- CVoter opinion poll projected Congress securing 54 seats and BRS se…

“A video clip shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling Hindutva a ‘card to play the election game’”

FACTLY says: Contrary to the claim, in the original video from which this viral clip was taken, the Prime Minister states, “Hindutva.. ye, chunavi khel khelne ke liye ek tash ka patta nahi hai” (Hindutva… is not a card to play the e…

“Prime Minister Modi refers to Hindutva as a ‘card to play the election game’.”

“The Republicans and Trump funded $400 million in March of 2020 for mail ballots.”

PolitiFact says: The CARES Act had bipartisan support and included funding to help election officials safely provide mail and in person voting during the pandemic.

“Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Minister recommends appealing votes in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name in the upcoming 2023 assembly elections”

FACTLY says: The video in question is an edited snippet from an older clip, and a voice-over has been added to this, which is not part of the original video

“A discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.”

PolitiFact says: A difference in the number of votes in a certified election result and the number of voters who voted, according to their voter history in a different data set, is not evidence of a federal crime.