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.

Checked by PolitiFact8 Apr 2022United States Elections

J.D. Vance, candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio

“Joe Biden’s open border” means that there are “more Democrat voters pouring into this country.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Immigrants who cross the border illegally cannot vote in federal elections. For immigrants who become citizens and therefore gain the right to vote, that’s a process that can take a decade or longer.

Checked by Vera Files8 Apr 2022Philippines Elections

Social media posts

“Leni Robredo led the vice presidential race in 2016 after a brownout happened while votes were being counted”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files8 Apr 2022Philippines Elections

Social media posts

“P468 million was spent for Leni Robredo's campaign rally in Pasig”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by FactCheck.org8 Apr 2022United States Elections

Social media posts

“Senate candidate Josh Mandel, a former Marine, photoshopped his head onto the body of a Black man in a photo showing a group of Black Marines in Iraq.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The Mandel campaign denied the claim and provided the media with a copy of the original image.

Checked by Vera Files8 Apr 2022Philippines Elections

Social media posts

“The Commission on Elections (Comelec) admitted that it attempted election fraud against Bongbong Marcos”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact7 Apr 2022United States Elections

Occupy Democrats, Occupy Democrats

“Josh Mandel doctored an image in a campaign ad but "forgot to Photoshop the hands that clearly show he put his face on the body of a Black soldier.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files5 Apr 2022Philippines Elections

Social media posts

“Guinness World Records declared a caravan of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos as the “longest in the world.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by Washington Post5 Apr 2022United States Elections

Amy Klobuchar, Senator (D-Minn.)

“The facts are clear here. This is unbelievable. You have the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice advocating for an insurrection, advocating for overturning a legal election to the sitting president’s chief of staff.”

Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios

Washington Post says: Thomas criticized the violence attack on the Capitol even as she sought to overturn the election results.

Checked by Vera Files4 Apr 2022Philippines Elections

Social media posts

“A supporter of Vice President Leni Robredo tweeted to say that they fired their helpers and drivers who are supporting rival candidate Bongbong Marcos”

Vera Files rated this: Fake

Checked by PolitiFact4 Apr 2022United States Elections

Mike Gibbons, Candidate for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination

“According to the Census Bureau, “5 million more people voted than were registered to vote” in the 2020 election.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: The most accurate count found 48 million more registered voters than votes cast in the 2020 election. The Census Bureau's survey found 13 million more registered voters than votes cast.

Checked by FACTLY1 Apr 2022India Elections

Social media posts

“Old video of PM Modi supporting ballot paper voting over EVMs”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is a cropped one. The video shows PM Modi’s address at the Parivatan rally held in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad in 2016. The full version of the video shows Narendra Modi praising India’s advan…

Checked by Vera Files1 Apr 2022Philippines Elections

Social media posts

“Pia Wurtzbach said "People who does negative campaigning is really on pressure and threatened because he/she is behind by the other candidate”

Vera Files rated this: Fake

Checked by Vera Files30 Mar 2022Philippines Elections

Social media posts

“Attendees of Leni Robredo's rally in Kidapawan chanted "BBM" in support of rival candidate Bongbong Marcos”

Vera Files rated this: Fake

Checked by PolitiFact29 Mar 2022United States Elections

David Perdue, Republican primary candidate for Georgia governor

“The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: State officials in Georgia – Republicans – certified the results of the 2020 presidential election and the 2021 Senate runoffs. Perdue conceded days after his January 2021 loss.

Checked by FactCheck.org23 Mar 2022United States Elections

Pennsylvania Conservative Fund, Super PAC

“[Pennsylvania Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mehmet] Oz was a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: Dr. Mehmet Oz has been outspoken about opposing defunding the police. An Affordable Care Act ad that Oz did for California Endowment in 2010 was his only affiliation with the foundation.

Checked by Vera Files18 Mar 2022Philippines Elections

Cebu Dairy News

“Toni Gonzaga developed laryngitis and was hospitalized after trying to hit high notes in her performances at the campaign rallies of Bongbong Marcos”

Vera Files rated this: Satire

Checked by FACTLY17 Mar 2022India Elections

Social media posts

“Recent picture of Akhilesh and Mulayam Singh Yadav meeting UP CM Yogi Adityanath and congratulating him for his victory in the 2022 UP Assembly Elections”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post shows UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s visit to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s residence in Lucknow in 2019, a day after Mulayam Singh Yadav was admitted to the hospital with high blood sugar levels. Yogi Adi…

Checked by FACTLY16 Mar 2022India Elections

Social media posts

“Akhilesh Yadav’s Tweet ridiculing the party workers following the loss of his party in the 2022 UP Assembly elections”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral screenshot is created digitally, as it is evident by the twitter handle and profile name of the purported tweet. Also, Akhilesh Yadav did not make any comments ridiculing his party workers. In fact, following …

Checked by FACTLY16 Mar 2022India Elections

Social media posts

“Photo confirming re-election by Election Commission in UP due to replacement of EVMs”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The screenshots of the video reports with the same titles and thumbnails were found in the YouTube channel of “Nation TV”, but such reports are not true. No credible news outlets reported any such news. Press Informatio…

Checked by PolitiFact15 Mar 2022United States Elections

Michael Gableman, Wisconsin special counsel

“Five Wisconsin cities received money for the 2020 election from Mark Zuckerberg, which amounted to "a wave of massive election bribery.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire