Elections
2,118 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“A voter's ballot in New Zealand did not carry the name of Leni Robredo”
“Photo shows Leni Robredo and Comelec officials in a meeting to plan an election fraud scheme”
“There is an an unverified report from a Filipina worker in New Zealand who said she received a ballot without the name of presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo”
“Bongbong Marcos accepted the verdict of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal when it dismissed in its entirety his poll protest against Leni Robredo in 2016.”
“Leni Robredo said her and Kiko Pangilinan's victory in the 2022 elections is guaranteed. She also said that if they are cheated and their tandem loses, there would be chaos.”
“A consent decree approved by Gov. Brian Kemp “invalidated all voter ID law” and “allowed fraudulent ballots to be accepted” in the 2020 race.”
PolitiFact says: The agreement said nothing about voter ID law and we found no evidence that it opened the door to the counting of fraudulent ballots.
“Joma Sison said he is an advisor and a key contributor to the campaign of Leni Robredo”
“Robredo supporters curse Marcos Jr at a campaign rally”
FactRakers says: Video is of students protesting the burial of the late dictator Marcos Sr. in 2016
“Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Ma. Sison is a key contributor to the campaign of Leni Robredo and acting as an adviser to her and her spokesperson Barry Gutierrez.”
Vera Files says: Jose Ma. Sison, Leni Robredo, and Barry Gutierrez all belied the news report, published by a news tabloid owned by the family of an uncle of presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr..,. and an online video channel run…
“Photo shows a huge crowd in Cebu City who have gathered for Leni Robredo's campaign rally, with some standing on the sea”
“Robredo claims sure win in May 9 polls, warns of chaos if she doesn't”
FactRakers says: Quote is fake; quote card impersonated Rappler's
“Exit polls from the first day of overseas voting in Qatar, Riyadh, Italy, South Korea and Hong Kong show Bongbong Marcos leading in the presidential race”
“Robredo, Comelec spox met to rig May polls”
FactRakers says: Video of Comelec briefing for presidential bets participating in the April 3 debate was taken out of context
“Robredo's new campaign logo resembles logo of sex toy company”
FactRakers says: It's not the logo of a sex toy shop
“Brian Kemp "dismissed concerns about voter fraud in the 2020 election" and "widespread illegal ballot harvesting continued, electing two Democrat senators.”
PolitiFact says: “Ballot harvesting” generally refers to someone collecting absentee ballots on behalf of others and then submitting them to an official drop box. The claim that "widespread illegal ballot harvesting” happened in Georgia
“In France "polls closed a few hours ago and they already know who the winners are.”
PolitiFact says: Initial results were reported election night in France however experts told us that it’s not so simple to compare France and the U.S. because there are key differences in how their elections are administered.
“Claims that "widespread illegal ballot harvesting" elected Georgia's two Democratic U.S. senators.”
FactCheck.org says: Georgia officials are investigating claims of illegal “ballot harvesting” during the 2020 elections and the January 2021 runoffs. That's not evidence that "harvesting" elected Georgia's two Democratic U. S. senators.
“Uses a skewed bar graph to show Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's polling advantage over Republican rival David Perdue in a hypothetical general election matchup with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.”
FactCheck.org says: An Emerson College/The Hill poll indicates Kemp would beat Abrams by 2 percentage points more than Perdue would. But side-by-side graphics in the tweet make the difference appear larger.
“Mike Lee advised Trump's legal challenges to overturn our election” and “was one of only two senators who was in on the scheme.”
PolitiFact says: Lee advised Trump’s legal team, but he ultimately broke with Trump, concluding there was no evidence for overturning the result of the 2020 presidential election.