“Why is it that dead people always vote Democrat?”
Kevin Rinke
Republican candidate for governor in Michigan. TV ad. Claim dated 2 Jun 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
An illegal ballot cast on behalf of a deceased voter is rare, and we could find no examples of it occurring in Michigan in 2020 or 2016.
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In short
Kevin Rinke (Republican candidate for governor in Michigan) made this claim around 2 June 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 June 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO8v1pWygEU
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: False“Dead people always vote Democrat.”