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No, Wisconsin doesn’t have more ballots cast than registered voters

November 4, 2020

“Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. … This is direct evidence of fraud.”

Sharpiegate, voter fraud claim in Arizona is False

November 4, 2020

Voters in Maricopa County, Ariz., were forced to vote using Sharpie pens that aren’t read by voting machines.

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Sean Hannity falsely suggests Ilhan Omar encouraged voter fraud. She didn’t

By Samantha Putterman November 4, 2020

“NOT A JOKE: Ilhan Omar Tells Residents ‘You Don’t Have to be Registered to Vote’ in Minnesota.”

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No, Trump hasn’t won the election (and neither has Biden)

November 4, 2020

“Trump has won the election with 294 electoral votes.”

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Fact-checking a misleading photo caption about a Philadelphia ballot box

By Amy Sherman November 4, 2020

An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.”

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Trump falsely and prematurely claims 2020 presidential victory

By Louis Jacobson November 4, 2020

“We already have won” the election.

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No, sign outside a Pennsylvania poll isn’t a voting scam

By Jon Greenberg November 4, 2020

“Only sign outside Bucks County voting place. Democrats shown, republicans blurred out. … More scamming in Pennsylvania!”

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Unfounded Election Day social media posts warn of ‘mass murder’

By Daniel Funke November 3, 2020

“If Biden wins the election, there are people out there planning on mass murdering poc and lbgtq+ people. Please stay inside during the election and…

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A nonpartisan reality: National Guard troops deployed to red and blue states on Election Day

By Daniel Funke November 3, 2020

"Deep RED cities are not boarding up" and the National Guard is "not being called in, in case Biden wins."

Meida, Pennsylvania voting line, 11-3-2020

Fact-checking claim about poll watchers turned away in Philadelphia

By Miriam Valverde November 3, 2020

Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places.

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No, ballots for Trump weren’t thrown out by a poll worker from Pennsylvania’s Erie County

By Bill McCarthy November 3, 2020

A poll worker in Erie County, Pa., threw out over 100 ballots for Donald Trump.

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No, bricks in Denver aren’t being staged for riots

November 3, 2020

Stacks of bricks are showing up in Denver because “the Evil Left is getting ready to destroy downtown.”

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