“Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: About 2,000 ballots in a precinct in Los Angeles omitted the presidential race entirely. The county sent replacement ballots.
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“Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The email states that the author will know if the voter cast a ballot for President Donald Trump. That’s not true; a voter’s choice is private.
“You can vote in Wisconsin with a photo ID "even if that ID is expired or you've moved.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The ID can be expired, but for the Nov. 3 election it can’t have expired before Nov. 6, 2018. And it’s OK if the address is wrong, as long as the voter is already registered or provides some other proof of residence.
“15 days left to vote BUT if you are voting by mail, you need to vote TODAY. USPS says it needs a 14 day roundtrip to be counted on election day.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: It’s best to check with your local state or local election officials about deadlines.
“A photo shows mail-in ballots cast for President Donald Trump discarded on the side of a road”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“If you know someone's name and date of birth you can change their votes on Oregon’s voting website.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Election officials have procedures in place to verify the validity of ballots, including through voters’ signatures.
“Poll workers are writing notes or putting marks on voters’ ballots to prevent their ballots from being counted”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Conservative reports wrongly conflated applications for mail-in ballots with actual ballots in Pennsylvania.
“Jaime Harrison is being left off of South Carolina ballots”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: When voting straight ticket, a voter who selects the Democratic Party would see Harrison’s name appear automatically on the Senate screen. However, if the voter then touches Harrison’s name, that would deselect his name.
“Kentucky election results show Kanye West, Jo Jorgensen with major vote totals”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“Project Veritas discovered a voter fraud scheme connected to Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“Pennsylvania ballots will be rejected without outer and inner envelopes”
USA TODAY rated this: True
“Says Joe Biden said, “You know, we have to come together. That’s why I’m running. I’m running as a proud Democrat for the Senate. So vote! Vote!”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Your ballot could be disqualified if it is written on” in Haltom City, Tex.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Bongbong Marcos won as vice president in the 2016 elections. The National Board of Canvassers’ final official result are as follows: 15,155,344 votes for Marcos while Leni Robredo had 11,418,817.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Donald Trump is not the first president to nominate a Supreme Court justice amid an election”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Biden’s campaign told local news reporters that it didn’t release details about the times and locations of the day’s events to avoid crowding amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Says voter registration in Wisconsin ends Oct. 14.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Abraham Lincoln said filling a Supreme Court vacancy just before the 1864 election was "not the right thing to do.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
“Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The mail was not found in a river or creek, and there’s no evidence linking this to mail voting fraud, as Trump implied.