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ខ្មែរ សុវណ្ណភូមិ, Social Media User

“Cheap! Where can CLP supporters vote for in the ballot which has only one box?” This implies that CLP was removed from the ballot by the electoral body so that the party supporters could not vote.”

Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated this: Misleading

Fact Crescendo Cambodia says: Fact Crescendo Cambodia found out the claim mentioned above is misleading. The ballot having only CPP in Sangkat Phsar Deum Kor for the commune election this year is correct because there was only CPP running in the com…

Donald Trump, Former president of the United States

“From a statement alleging "cheating" in the 2020 election: "Jocelyn Benson, the Michigan Secretary of State ... insisted that the Antrim County Clerk simply made a mistake, and this was not a cause to look closer at every county in Michigan.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Hand Recount Verified Results

FactCheck.org says: An audit, including a hand recount, conducted in December 2020 had confirmed Antrim County's election results.

Checked by PolitiFact23 May 2022United StatesElections
David Perdue, former U.S. Senator running in Republican primary for governor in Georgia

“Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger -- not Gov. Brian Kemp -- announced in March 2020 that amid the COVID-19 pandemic he would send absentee ballot applications -- not actual ballots -- to every active voter.

Checked by PolitiFact11 May 2022United StatesElections
Jeffrey Toobin, Chief legal analyst for CNN

“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Experts said the public release of a draft majority opinion is unprecedented. Supreme Court leaks happen rarely, but there are times when votes and decisions have been leaked before rulings are publicly announced.