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.
“North Carolina is "in the small minority of states that requires an absentee ballot to be signed by two witnesses or a notary public.”
PolitiFact says: The National Conference of State Legislatures, a nonpartisan group that tracks state laws, confirms his claim is correct.
“New York Times editor admits Biden sexual assault story was censored at behest of Biden campaign.”
PolitiFact says: The New York Times story examined a new allegation that Joe Biden sexually assaulted a former staff assistant in 1993. Thirteen words were removed, but the same words that were removed are intact two paragraphs earlier.
“The investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election ended in “the complete and total exoneration of President Trump.”
FactCheck.org says: In fact, on the question of whether Trump obstructed justice, special counsel Robert Mueller’s report pointedly said that the investigation “does not exonerate him.”
“An Ipsos poll shows Taita Taveta governor winning in 2022”
“An Ipsos poll shows Taita Taveta governor winning in 2022”
“Republican Kris Kobach’s U.S. Senate campaign in Kansas "is being bankrolled by an anti-Trump D.C. special interest group.”
FactCheck.org says: It’s true that Club for Growth backed Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. But it has had a change of heart toward President Trump, and supports his administration and his policies.
“Alex Trebek died today" and "left behind his estate to the Trump campaign.”
“The new election commissioner of Andhra Pradesh, Justice V. Kanagaraj is a pastor”
FACTLY says: The person in the photo is not the new state election commissioner of Andhra Pradesh, Justice V. Kanagaraj. The name of the pastor seen in the photo is ‘Rt. Rev. S. Edwin Jayakumar’