Elections Scorecard true 0% 209 Checks mostly-true 0% 234 Checks Half True 0% 221 Checks mostly-false 0% 270 Checks false 0% 866 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 377 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Elections 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. 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 expense of Medicaid.” January 14, 2026 Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Voting in California is “rigged.” November 5, 2025 X posts stated on November 2, 2025 in an X post: New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts." November 4, 2025 Elon Musk stated on November 4, 2025 in an X post: “The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.” November 4, 2025 X posts stated on October 9, 2025 in a post on X: “If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat. October 14, 2025 Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators. October 9, 2025 Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in remarks at the White House: With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night." August 19, 2025 Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.” August 18, 2025 Donald Trump stated on July 26, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Democrats paid Beyoncé $11 million for an endorsement. July 28, 2025 Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2025 in a press conference: In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton. July 22, 2025 Social Media stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts: The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.” May 28, 2025 X posts stated on May 8, 2025 in posts: Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.” May 9, 2025 X posts stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X: Arizona Democrats “needed a lawsuit to force them to remove 50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls.” April 18, 2025 Byron Donalds stated on April 10, 2025 in a NewsNation interview: Under the SAVE Act, “as long as you have a Real ID … it should be easy for you to register to vote.” By Grace Abels • April 18, 2025 Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a memo: The 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 10, 2025 X posts stated on April 1, 2025 in an X post: “Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout. By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2025 Sydney Batch stated on February 28, 2025 in a podcast interview: North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.” By Paul Specht • March 28, 2025 Susan Crawford stated on March 12, 2025 in TV debate: "Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network." By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2025 Social Media stated on March 9, 2025 in in social media posts: Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election. March 10, 2025 Load More Latest Articles Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on her agency’s role in elections • February 18, 2026 Does the US have stricter ID rules for buying beer than voting? • February 16, 2026 Las acciones de Trump podrían afectar las elecciones de medio término de 2026. ¿Qué significaría? • November 5, 2025 Trump’s actions could affect the 2026 midterm elections. 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Donald Trump Require proof of citizenship at the polls Judge blocks part of Trump order to require proof of citizenship for voter registration | April 24, 2025
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 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 Restrict super PACs Proposal to restrict super PACs fizzles after House passage in 2021 | December 6, 2024
Joe Biden Update the Voting Rights Act President Joe Biden broke promise to update the Voting Rights Act | December 11, 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
