“Interview with BJP General Secretary KT Raghavan, he says “If we compete alone in Tamil Nadu election, we will win in 660 places!”
Youturn rated this: Fake
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.
“RBG was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Facebook posts falsely claim that the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.” She was nominated and confirmed more than three years before the next presidential election.
“John F. Kennedy said, "If a Supreme Court Justice died one day before the election, it would be more Constitutional to indefinitely postpone the election than postpone the confirmation a single day.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year”
PolitiFact rated this: Full Flop
PolitiFact says: Johnson said in 2016 that an election-year Supreme Court vacancy should be delayed until after the election to “let the American people have a voice." But in 2020 Johnson says the spot should be filled immediately.
“On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year”
PolitiFact rated this: Full Flop
PolitiFact says: Baldwin flip-flops on SCOTUS nominations in a presidential election year
“Says “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was formally nominated and confirmed as a Supreme Court justice in about 42 days in 1993. The presidential election took place the year before, in 1992.
“The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“You saw what happened in Pennsylvania. Some state Supreme Court justice just ruled that they can take as long as they want to count the ballots.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had ruled that the ballots mailed by Election Day (or presumed to have been mailed by Election Day) could be counted if they arrived by 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, three days after Election Day.
“On not confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Full Flop
PolitiFact says: In 2018, Graham said Supreme Court vacancies coming close to term's-end should wait for the election. In 2020, he said no waiting is needed.
“There's no court session between now and the end of this election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: According to the Supreme Court website, the justices have scheduled five days of oral arguments in October and two more in November before the polls close.
“4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Two of the senators cited, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, have stated their position since Ginsburg’s death. They both said they opposed a vote before the election, but they did not rule out a lame duck vote.
“Turns out people don’t like seeing their country destroyed. So, after 90+ days of silence and a dip in the polls, I’m now against rioting.”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The 1983 legislation had wide bipartisan support. In 1993, Vice President Al Gore cast the deciding vote after the Senate split 50-50.
“They don’t even have to have an authorized signature in Nevada. Do you know that? They don’t have to have …You don’t have to have an authorized signature on a ballot? No. They’re trying to rig an election, and we can’t let that happen.”
PolitiFact rated this: This is wrong.
PolitiFact says: Signature verification is performed on every ballot received, according to the Secretary of State.
“Feds Seize 19,888 Fake State Driver Licenses (Made in China) in Chicago O'Hare Airport - ALL Registered to Vote -- ALL Democrat”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
“Mail-In Ballots will lead to massive electoral fraud and a rigged 2020 Election.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“Election officials are “sending 80 million ballots all over the country. Eighty million ballots, non-requested. I call them ‘unsolicited ballots.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The New York Times predicted in August that roughly 80 million voters will cast ballots by mail for the Nov. 3 election. But Trump misleads by calling them all "unsolicited."
“More than 500,000 mail in ballots in Virginia and 200,000 in Nevada were sent to dead people or pets”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The post twists two news stories, but neither one showed hundreds of thousands of ballots sent to dead people and pets.
“Elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion. For example, we indicted someone in Texas — 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios