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Elections

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0% 210 Checks
mostly true
0% 235 Checks
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0% 225 Checks
mostly false
0% 272 Checks
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0% 871 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Elections

Abdul El-Sayed
stated on June 14, 2026 in an X post:
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “took a $14 million payout as a pharma lobbyist.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • July 2, 2026
Move Indigo
stated on June 1, 2026 in a statement:
New York state law allows citizens with dual residences to choose where they want to vote.
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 26, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2026 in remarks in Suffern, New York:
“No Republican wins in Nassau.”
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola • June 12, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The ongoing ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2026
X posts
stated on June 4, 2026 in X posts:
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt “got 0 out of 24,000 votes in a late night (Los Angeles) ballot drop.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • June 8, 2026
Social Media
stated on June 5, 2026 in social media posts:
This image shows a person stuffing ballots into a California ballot box.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • June 8, 2026
X posts
stated on June 7, 2026 in X posts:
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman had conceded the race as of June 7.
False
By Maria Briceño • June 8, 2026
Ken Paxton
stated on May 26, 2026 in a primary election victory speech:
Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico “is a vegan.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • May 27, 2026
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on April 24, 2026 in an ad:
In 2020, “Amy Acton called off Ohio’s election at the last minute.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2026
Byron Donalds
stated on May 4, 2026 in an interview:
Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black…
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 8, 2026
Fentrice Driskell
stated on April 29, 2026 in an interview:
“Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 1, 2026
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 27, 2026 in an interview with Fox News Digital:
Since the 2020 census, Florida has “moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • April 29, 2026
X posts
stated on April 21, 2026 in an X post:
“Newly released FOIA door logs show that former President Joe Biden didn’t enter the Oval Office once after the 2024 election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 22, 2026
Restoration of America
stated on April 13, 2026 in an ad:
“83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2026 in remarks at a Memphis event:
“Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand • March 25, 2026
Mark Kelly
stated on March 17, 2026 in an X post:
The SAVE America Act “requires everyone to re-register to vote in person and your driver’s license, REAL ID, or military ID aren’t even good enough.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 24, 2026
Tammy Duckworth
stated on March 18, 2026 in an X post:
“9% of American citizens don’t have the identification that the SAVE act requires to vote. Almost 1 in 10.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2026
Charles Schumer
stated on March 17, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
The SAVE America Act “would force Americans to register (to vote) only in person, something only 5% of Americans do today.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2026
Benny Johnson
stated on January 16, 2026 in an X post:
Video showing a vacant lot at a Venice, California, address where 26 voters were registered exposes voter fraud.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 21, 2026
Mehmet Oz
stated on January 6, 2026 in an interview on Fox News:
“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the…
False
By Amy Sherman • January 14, 2026
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Latest promises about Elections

Donald Trump
Count all votes by election night
In rebuke of Trump, Supreme Court says states can count postmarked, late-arriving ballots | June 29, 2026
Donald Trump
Require voter ID at the polls
House passes Trump-supported voter ID law, Senate passage unlikely | February 17, 2026
Donald Trump
Require proof of citizenship at the polls
SAVE America Act requires proof of citizenship to vote, but faces hurdles in Senate | February 17, 2026
Donald Trump
Require only paper ballots
Trump’s promise to require only paper ballots stalls | January 21, 2026
Joe Biden
Update the Voting Rights Act
President Joe Biden broke promise to update the Voting Rights Act | December 11, 2024
Joe Biden
Introduce a constitutional amendment to eliminate private dollars from federal elections
Narrow constitutional amendment proposals went nowhere under Biden | December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Increase transparency of election spending
Election transparency effort withers after initial progress | December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Require all federal candidates to release tax returns
Twin efforts to require tax return disclosure fail to make it to Biden’s desk | December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Restrict super PACs
Proposal to restrict super PACs fizzles after House passage in 2021 | December 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Place lifetime ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections
Trump breaks promise to ban foreign lobbyists from raising election money | December 21, 2020
Barack Obama
Fix problems of voter access such as long lines on Election Day and on early voting days
Wait times at the polls improve in 2016, but battle isn’t over | December 22, 2016
Latest promises about Elections