“A photo shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at a 2019 campaign rally for President Donald Trump.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
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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.
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending ballots “to anybody. People that aren’t citizens, illegals. Anybody that walks in California is going to get a ballot.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: California will send every registered voter in the state a mail-in ballot for the November general election.
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan calls for sending mail-in ballots only to active registered voters in California, not to “anyone.” Trump’s claim that voting by mail leads to fraud is misleading. Experts have found it rare.
“[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Lamb’s voting record shows that Trump’s claim is not true. He was one of 15 Democrats in Congress who did not vote for Pelosi in the January 2019 speaker election, instead voting for U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III.
“Donald Trump said he'd run as a Republican because of their 'dumb voters”
TheJournal.ie rated this: False
TheJournal.ie says: A commonly-shared image purporting to be from a 1998 interview with People Magazine is a fake.
“Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Rep. Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania "said he would NOT vote for her for Speaker, and did.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Lamb voted for Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts to be speaker -- not Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
“HEROES Act would eliminate state requirements for voter IDs in federal elections”
USA TODAY rated this: True
“Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“Huge Scandal: Oregon Changes Hundreds Of Republican Ballots To "Non Partisan" Denying GOP Voters the Right To Participate In Primary.”
PolitiFact rated this: Partly False
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence yet to back up the statement. Some voters expecting to receive ballots that included partisan races, such as for president and Congress, received ballots that included only nonpartisan races
“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Sen. Amy Klobuchar cited a poll by a liberal group that found 78% support for voting by mail. Other national polls show majority support for voting by mail, but not as high as the poll cited by Klobuchar.
“Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The state has said it will send absentee ballot applications — not actual ballots — to all registered voters, who may want to vote by mail.
“Ranjan Gogoi tweeted that it is better not to conduct elections for the next 10 years”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Rogue” Michigan official sent absentee ballots to 7.7 million people “illegally and without authorization” ahead of the primaries and general election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced May 19 that all registered voters in Michigan will be sent an application to vote by mail in the August and November elections — not a ballot.
“Says he can "hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!”
The New York Times rated this: False.
“State of Nevada ‘thinks’ that they can send out illegal vote by mail ballots, creating a great Voter Fraud scenario for the State and the U.S. They can’t! If they do, ‘I think’ I can hold up funds to the State. Sorry, but you must not cheat in elections. @RussVought45 @USTreasury”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“Nancy Pelosi said, “if you accept a check from Trump, you might as well vote for him.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The video includes short clips of Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz sounding critical of voting by mail, but that was in the narrow context of a proposal to re-do a presidential primary in Florida in 08.
“The CDC has recommended mail in voting. That’s what this whole pandemic is about: the election!”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The CDC recommended in March many ways voters could minimize contact with other people, including voting by mail, early voting or voting at off-peak times.
“it is a clipping from Tejashwi Yadav’s rally…but people will only vote for Modi.”
Vishvas News rated this: Misleading
Vishvas News says: This video of people asking to vote for PM Modi in Tejashwi’s rally is during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It is not from current Bihar Assembly elections as in the claim.