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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 Vera Files13 May 2021PhilippinesElections
Rodrigo Duterte

“President Rodrigo Duterte renews his 2016 campaign promise to create a working environment where security of tenure, among others, "are not only upheld, but also cherished”

Vera Files rated this: Needs Context

Vera Files says: President Duterte had a chance in July 2019 to enact a Congress-approved bill penalizing contractualization, but he chose to veto it, saying the proposed law "unduly broadens the scope and definition of labor-only contr…

Checked by MediaWise10 May 2021United StatesElections
Gabriel Sterling, a Georgia election official, Georgia Election Official

“Georgia provision that bans giving away water or food to voters within a certain distance of polling sites is the same law that's in place in Joe Biden's home state of Delaware.”

MediaWise rated this: Mostly Not Legit

MediaWise says: While Delaware does prohibit gifts to voters, it’s not true to say that Georgia’s ban on food and water is the same law that’s in place in Delaware, since Delaware’s laws don’t even mention food or water.

Social media posts

“An ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona “showed Trump ahead by 250,000” votes, and “nearly 950,000 ballots are declared illegal, nearly all for Biden.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: Republicans in Arizona’s Senate ordered an audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, which is ongoing. No preliminary findings have been released. There's no proof for the colossal numbers claimed.